Tutt Library Databases

Resource Name	Scope	Description
Academic Universe	1977-present	Use this resource to ccess to articles in popularnewspapers and magazines.  Contains Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Foreign Newsservices.  Full text.
Ebsco Academic Search	1988 to present.	Start here! Indexes popular and scholarly sources.. Many full text articles including Economist.
Periodicals Abstracts	1987-	Some overlap with Ebsco.  Some fulltext articles.
EconLit	1969-	Indexes the most scholarly literature in the field of economics including journals, books, and conference proceedings. Published by the American Economics Association. Some fulltext.
PAIS	1972-	Index to articles, books and major government documents in the fields of political science, public affairs, economics and international relations. Some fulltext.
ABI Inform	1971-	Index to economics and business magazines and journals. Many fulltext articles included.
JStor	late 1800's - most recent 3-5 years	All full  text archival access to many scholarly periodicals. An excellent source for early issues of the major academic journals in economics, political science and history. Includes 14 important economics journals. JStor does not cover the most recent 3-5 years of any journal.
Country Reports and Profiles (Economist/EIU)	1996-	Current economic and political analysis for 126 countries. Excellent data.

Web sites of interest for International Finance

Bloomberg.com

Information on world currencies and exchange rates.  Financial news.

Institute for International Economics

"The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. "

Foreign Policy.com

Web site for the publication, Foreign Policy.  Newslinks and global news category for Economics and Business.

Slate

Especially useful are articles from sections: International Papers, The Dismal Science, and Foreigners.

World Bank

"The World Bank is the world's largest source of development assistance, providing nearly $16 billion in loans annually to its client countries. "

World Trade Organization

"The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations "

International Monetary Fund

"The IMF is an international organization of 183 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements"

Interamerican Development Bank

"The Inter-American Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean."

CD-ROMS in Library - Statistical Data

Located in Tutt Library Reference area.  Computers behind the reference desk.  Access isn't obvious.  Reference librarian will be happy to assist.

Global Development Finance

Examines recent developments and prospects for private and public global development finance and explores short-term capital flows that may help protect a country from volatile private capital flows. Includes Analysis and Summary Tables and Country Tables for 137 countries.

World Development Indicators (World Bank)

500 time-series indicators for 210 economies plus regional and income groups. Retrievable data in spreadsheet format, display maps and graphs, and export data.

International Financial Statistics (IMF)

Provides users with time series which summarize each country's balance of payments, with collateral data on its principal components (trade and reserves), and data on the principal cause and effect elements (monetary expansion and contraction, government surpluses and deficits, production, prices and interest rates)

Robin Satterwhite, Social Sciences Librarian
X6856 3rd floor Tutt rsatterwhite@coloradocollege.edu

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