FRS 121 - What Work Is
Books, Videos & CDs:
Reference Books can be a good way to begin your research.
Search Our Library Catalog (includes around 60,000 ebooks)
Other Library Catalogs – to see what's available at UNC-A and other local libraries.
WorldCat – searches the collections of libraries all over the world and indexes books, audiovisuals, & archival and manuscript materials.
Articles & Databases:
Big Full-Text Databases:
Academic Search Premier
JSTOR – select disciplines, e.g., "Business," "Economics," "Finance," "Political Science" & "Sociology."
MasterFILE Premier
OmniFile Full Text
Proquest Research Library
Other Good Electronic Resources for Economics-related Topics:
Business Source Premier
Social Sciences Package
EconLit
ABI Inform
Business & Industry
Columbia International Affairs Online
SIRS Researcher
Alternative Press Index
Alternative Press Index Archive
See all of our Business & Economics databases.
Newspaper Sources:
New York Times – for national and international news.
Historical New York Times – for national and international news, with coverage back to the first issue in 1851.
Wall Street Journal
Country Data:
CountryWatch – general demographic and economic data for countries .
World Data Analyst – for easy comparisons of demographic data from different countries.
Web Sites:
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Department of Labor, Wages by Occupation U.S. Department of Labor, National Compensation Survey--
Wages U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008/09 U.S. Department of Labor, Consumer Price Index U.S. Department of Labor, Employment U.S. Census Bureau (includes Statistical Abstract, USA Counties and County & City Data Book) U.S. Census Bureau Factfinder HUD Data Sets Economics Statistics (from the U. of Mich.) Economic Policy Institute
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