Economics: Top Resources
COVID-19 and the Economy
Below are select resources on the economic impact of COVID-19. Please contact your librarian for specific research questions, materials requests or instruction inquires. UB Libraries' COVID-19 operational updates can be found here.
Economic Impact of COVID-19 Special Reports: FRASER analysis of the national economic impacts of the novel coronavirus and steps taken to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
FRASER Uncurrent Events: Epidemics, Pandemics, and the Economy: As many schools and universities move to online learning in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, FRASER hopes these historical primary and secondary source resources from our collection and those of our partners and colleagues will be useful.
Timeline of Events Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: This up-to-date timeline from FRASER provides details and key events in the crisis, focusing on its impact in the United States.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louise COVID-19 Research Resources: The most-current resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic from the economists and staff of the Research Division: preliminary and published analysis, daily data updates and projections, data tools, and a timeline of related events and policy responses.
COVID-19 Economic Impact Tracker: Freedonia analysts and economists are sharing their insights about the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
World Bank Group and COVID-19 (coronavirus): Latest news and information on how the World Bank Group is helping countries with COVID-19.
OECD Tackling COVID-19: What are the impacts and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on our lives and our societies – and what are some of the solutions we can find to boost our healthcare systems, secure our businesses, maintain our jobs and education, and stabilise financial markets and economies?
International Monetary Fund & COVID-19: Latest news and information on how IMF is supporting COVID-19 efforts.
Top Resources
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EconLitIndexes scholarly literature in all fields of economics, including economic theory, production, welfare, growth, inflation, accounting, international trade, economic history, social indicators, capital markets, consumer finance, business credit, labor and demographics.
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Social Science Research Network (SSRN)The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. Scholars also use SSRN to receive prepublication comments from their peers. SSRN is made up of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
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JSTORJSTOR presents the full-text, in facsimile form, of the complete back files of more than 35 high-impact economic journals, generally from the first volume through issues published prior to the most recent five years (current issues are not available in JSTOR).
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ScienceDirect - (Elsevier)ScienceDirect provides access to more than 80 fulltext Elsevier journals in economics and economic-related fields.
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Social Sciences Citation IndexThe Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database which indexes more than 1,700 social sciences journals (including over 150 important journals in the field of economics). Because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (i.e., the bibliography), you can also search for articles that cite a particular author or work. Searching for cited references often locates relevant articles that cannot be found through traditional searching techniques.
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Business Source CompleteBusiness and economic-related research and information.
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NBER Working PapersFull-text of NBER Working Papers from November 1994 to the present.
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International Financial StatisticsContains approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas. More InfoDataPUBLIC
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OECD iLibraryThe OECD iLibrary provides online access to all books, statistical series, journals, and databases originating from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published since 1998.
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IDEAS/RePEcA collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 70 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics.
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IMF eLibraryIMF eLibrary, now free to all users as of January 2020. The platform delivers the most complete collection of IMF content and statistics with user-friendly tools.
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World Bank Open Knowledge RepositoryThe World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. The Open Access Policy and the OKR represent the third major development in the World Bank’s Open Development Agenda.
