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ECON 415: Market Failures: Home
Find Scholarly Articles
- EconLitAccess research articles, citations, and abstracts on economics, accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics, and more. Major index to economic literature from the American Economic Association.
- Business Source PremierCovers scholarly articles for all business subjects: marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. Also includes financial data, MarketLine company profiles, Harvard Business Review articles, SWOT analyses, and more.
- Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
- ABI/INFORM CollectionArticles from academic journals, trade publications, market and industry research reports, general business magazines. Topics covered include leadership, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting, international business and economics.
Using find@unc
If an article search comes back that we don't have an item:
1) click the 
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2) if available, click an article link, if not, click the journal link
3) if none are available, click on the link to look for it in print at UNC.
4) if still not found, follow the link to request a copy through Interlibrary Loan.
Find Policy Reports, Working Papers, & White Papers
- National Bureau of Economic Research Working PapersProvides full text of the complete set of working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
- Google Think Tank Search EngineSearches the websites of institutions that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity. These sites are affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, and non-governmental organizations. The list represents a mixture of partisan and non-partisan think tanks.
Find Government Reports & Data
- FREDFRED monitors the economic and financial literature and produces research in the areas of money and banking, macroeconomics, and international and regional economics.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisBEA prepares national, regional, industry, and international data that presents essential information on economic growth, regional economic development, inter-industry relationships, and the United States' position in the world economy.
- UNCTADstatUNCTAD is the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which collects statistics on almost every world economy. UNCTADStat provides more than 150 time series related to international trade, foreign direct investment, national accounts and balance of payments, inflation and exchange rates, remittances, information and communications technology, creative output, and maritime transport.
- World Bank DataBankThis database contains a variety of statistics, many of them related to economic development. Users can create their own reports with the data. World Bank is an economic development organization.
- StatistaContains statistics, infographics, industry and market research reports and publicly-available data for over 25 countries on all topics. Download statistics and charts in Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF.
Note: UNC Chapel Hill currently has full access to Statista with the exception of the Global Consumer Survey and Market Studies.
Evaluating Information Quality Questions
- What organization published this source?
- What is the perspective/point of view/bias of this organization?
- Who wrote the source? What are the author’s credentials?
- Anything else you can tell from the article that gives you “credibility vibes”?
- What’s the information contained in the article?
- Is the information relevant to your project?
- How can you use this information? (basically, now that you have this information, what is the next thing you’re going to do?)
Business Research Consultant/Librarian
Nancy Lovas
Contact:
Davis Library
Subjects: Accounting, Banking, Business, Company Information, Country Economics, Country Information, Economic Data/Statistics, Economics, Economics Literature, Entrepreneur/Small Business Information, Global Business, Industry Information, Investment Information, Marketing, Patents, POLI: Political Science, Political Science