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Periodical Databases Back to Top
Bengal Central Search - Economics and Finance 
Business Source Complete
Full-text articles from scholarly and general business periodicals. Provided by SUNYConnect.
EconLit
Subject indexing and abstracts of journals, dissertations, books, and working papers.
Education Research Complete
Indexes over 1,800 journals, with full text for over 1000 journals, in all areas of education. Includes full text for more than 130 books and numerous education-related conference papers. Provided by SUNYConnect.
ERIC
Citations and abstracts in education; also available through the U.S. Department of Education (provided by SUNYConnect).
JSTOR
Archive of back issues from scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
LexisNexis Academic
News, business, legal, and reference information from periodicals, wire service reports, news broadcasts, and more.
ScienceDirect
Journals in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and social sciences from Elsevier Science and other publishers.
Web of Science
Search for citations to scholarly journal articles in all subject areas. Conduct cited reference searches for articles that cite a previously published work. (1970 - present)
Reference Back to Top
Reference Books: Economics and Finance
An active catalog link for reference books in this subject. Reference books are located in the Information Commons room (map).
Economics and Business: Oxford Reference Online
Academic dictionaries and reference books.
Economics: Encyclopedias (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Academic encyclopedias and reference sources.
Economics: Sage eReference
Academic encyclopedias and reference books.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
The major academic encyclopedia of economics.
American Factfinder
A quick entry into U.S. Census information, with Fact Sheets available for cities/towns, zip codes, counties, and states, including population, housing, economic, and geographic data.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
This office of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce links to many statistical sources, including Gross Domestic Product, Personal Income and Outlays, Balance of Payments, Trade in Goods and Services, and more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Web page of this Federal government bureau offers online statistics for inflation, unemployment, consumer prices, consumer spending, earnings, and much more.
Business and Industry (U.S. Census Bureau)
Provides links to a plethora of business and economics statistics sources from the Federal government.
Company Dossiers from LexisNexis Academic
Summary and financial information about companies, with some stock information and current news items included. Searchable by company name, ticker symbol, and more.
Company Profiles from Business Source Complete
In-depth reports on over 17,000 domestic and global companies, prepared by Datamonitor and Life Science Analytics.
Consumer Price Index
Web site of monthly government data on consumer prices.
Country Reports from Business Source Complete
Over 1,500 reports outlining business and economic conditions in many countries.
Economagic: Economic Time Series Page
A collection of over 200,000 free, easily available economic time series data files useful for economic research, primarily on U.S. economics topics. Includes text data, PDF charts, Excel spreadsheets.
Federal Economic Indicators
The monthly government publication Economic Indicators, January 1998 to present. Many charts, tables, and statistics.
Financial Services Fact Book
Data on the financial services industries: insurance, banking, mortgage, securities, and financial companies. The charts and graphs are listed in approximately 12 broad categories, and sources are cited. Provided by the Insurance Information Institute and the Financial Services Roundtable.
Industry Profiles from Business Source Complete
Over 17,000 industry reports prepared by Datamonitor and Icon Group International.
International Financial Statistics
Financial statistics from the International Monetary Fund covering over 200 countries.
Morningstar Investment Research Center (On-campus access)
Research on over 20,000 stocks and mutual funds. Click here for off-campus access.
New York State Data Center
Statistics on New York State. Home page includes the section "Commonly Requested Data about New York State." Additional menu options feature links to New York State Population and Housing Data, Economic Data, and more. Hosted by the Empire State Development Office.
New York State Labor Statistics
Statistics from the NY State Dept. of Labor.
Oxford Latin American Economic History Database
Data and statistics covering a wide range of economic and social indicators from twenty countries in the region for the period 1900-2000.
Regional Knowledge Network
Data, maps, and statistics about Western New York and Southern Ontario, from the University at Buffalo's Regional Institute.
Web Sites Back to Top
American Stock Exchange
As the second largest options exchange in the world, the American Stock Exchange has a significant presence in common stocks, index shares and equity derivative securities.
AmosWEB ECONOMIC GLOSS*arama
A searchable and browsable database containing economic terms and concepts.
Dismal Scientist
Offers comprehensive and timely analysis of the world economy, covering economic releases from many countries.
Economic History Services
Promotes communication among economists, historians, and related social scientists with similar interests in economic history.
Economics Links from Yahoo!
Hundreds of links to economics Web sites sorted by major categories and most popular links.
Economics Nobel Prizes
Information about the laureates who have been named from 1969 to the present.
Films On Demand 
Over 5,000 academic-level educational streaming videos covering most subject areas, from Films Media Group.
Fora TV
FORA.tv helps intelligent, engaged audiences get smart. Our users find, enjoy, and share videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world.
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market began in 1971 as the world's first electronic stock market.
netLibrary
Search the contents of thousands of books online.
New York Stock Exchange
The nation's largest exchange.
U.S. Treasury Department
Official site of this U.S. government agency. Divided into topic areas such as: economy, financial markets, international, taxes, and illilcit finance.
World Bank Group
Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. The Bank, which provided over $19 billion in loans to its client countries in 2002, is now working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty.
WWW Virtual Library: Economics
Internet resources of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.
Government Resources Back to Top
Federal Trade Commission
This branch of the federal government is the enforcer for laws relating to consumer protection and fair business practices. Get up-to-date news releases on the home page, a host of consumer education pamphlets in the Consumer Protection section, and reports, regulations and policy statements in the Business Guidance section. There is an Antitrust/Competition section, where the FTC's antitrust activities are covered. Other main topics include Economic Issues, Legal Framework, and Formal Actions, Opinions and Activities.
Statistical Resources on the Web
Index to statistical information for the United States and the world compiled by the Documents Center at the University of Michigan Library, a reference and referral point for government information.
U.S. Department of Commerce
This homepage is an excellent starting point for information about this behemoth of the U.S. government and its bureau subsidiaries. The Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the DOC, provides information on the gross domestic product (GDP), personal income, international transactions, an overview of the U.S. economy, BEA news releases, and much more.
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistics cover topics such as wages, collective bargaining, and employment, on national and regional levels. Consumer Price Indexes are also included.
U.S. Government Printing Office
Access to full-text government publications including the Budget of the U.S.
U.S. Small Business Administration
This site has a wealth of resources that pertain to starting, financing and growing a business. There is an online library with publications, forms and shareware to download, a list of SBA offices and services, outreach and regulatory information, and much more.
Local Resources Back to Top
Economics and Finance Department at Buffalo State
Professional Organizations Back to Top
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