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Economics

Economics @ Collins Library

This subject guide identifies discipline-specific and general resources available to University of Puget Sound Students doing economics research. While not exhaustive, this site is a good starting point to identify library resources.

  • Getting Started leads you to suggested background sources for an overview of your topic.
  • Primary Sources lists collections of primary resources related to Economics.
  • Books & Media highlights current books, e-books, Primo, and films.
  • Articles highlights important research databases.
  • Writing & Citing provides information about style manuals and citation management tools.

What's a tertiary source?

Tertiary sources are excellent starting points!  They consist of information synthesized from primary and secondary sources.  Examples include:

  • Almanacs
  • Chronologies
  • Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  • Directories
  • Fact books
  • Guidebooks
  • Indexes, abstracts, bibliographies used to locate primary and secondary sources
  • Manuals
  • Textbooks

These resources give you succinct overviews of your topic, explain scholarly arguments, point out interesting questions, and refer you to especially key sources. 

Sage Knowledge

Sage provides online Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries that cover topics in the Social Sciences.

Sage Knowledge Online

 

Video Introduction to Economics

Economics USA: 21st Century Edition  is a video instructional series produced by the Annenberg Foundation on micro- and macroeconomics comprised of 28 half-hour episodes.

Starting Points