(1) Summarizing Knowledge
(Encyclopedic Articles, Textbooks & Histories, Handbooks, Research Reviews)

Overview Article on the Field

Encyclopedias
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Encyclopedia of American Economic History HC 103 .E52
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Not held by OU)
Encyclopedia of Political Economy HB 61 .E554 2001
Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text
Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics HB 61 .F67 1993
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
International Encyclopedia of Economics. (Not held by OU)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics HB 61 .E55 1994
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History HC 15 .O94 2003
Survey of Social Science. Economics Series HB61 .S94 1991
Worldmark Encyclopedia of National Economies HC 15 .W67

Textbooks & Histories
Amazon New and Used Textbooks on Economics
Economics History is a good subject heading to use when searching online catalogs.
Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science (Not held by OU)
Concise Economic History of the World from Paleolithic Times to the Present HC21 .C33 1993
Critical History of Economics HB 75 .M535 2002
Early History of Financial Economics, 1478-1776 HG101 .P65 2000
Economics and the Historian
Explorations in Economic History
History of Economic Thought HB 75 .R54 1992
History of Economic Thought: A Critical Perspective HB 75 .H77 2002
History of Economic Thought
Reinventing The Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets HB 501 .M554 2002

Handbooks
Economic Indicators Handbook HC 101 .E385
Handbook Of Applied Econometrics HB 139 .H35 1995
Handbook of Development Economics HD 82 .H275 1988
Handbook of Econometrics HB 139 .H36 1983
Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics (Not held by OU)
Handbook of Experimental Economics (Not held by OU)
Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications HB 144 .H36 1992
Handbook of International Economic Statistics PREX 3.16:
Handbook of Labor Economics HD 4802 .H36 1986
Handbook of Monetary Economics HG 221 .H24 1990
Handbook of the Economics of Finance (Not held by OU)
Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators HC 106.8 .O47 2000
Handbook of Win-Win Economics HD 75 .H3158 2001
Handbooks in Economics

Research Reviews

Conference Board's Research Database
The Economic History Review
International Economic Review HB 1 .I65
Journal of Economic Literature HB 1 .J6
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
The World Bank Research Observer
 

(2) Selective Bibliography
(Research & Subject Guides, Selective & Didactic Bibliographies, Subject Directories)

Research & Subject Guides

American Economic and Business History Information Sources Z 7165 .U5 L66
Columbia University: Economic and Political Development: Information Resources
Economic Education Station
Economics: Business Library: University of Florida
Economist's Handbook: A Research and Writing Guide HB 74.5 .W97 1994
Finding & Using Economic Information: A Guide to Sources and Interpretation Not held by OU
Guide For The Young Economist H 62 .T465 2001
Resources for Economists on the Internet
 

Selective & Didactic Bibliographies
Bibliography of European Economic and Social History HC 240 .A6653 1993
Bibliography of Historical Economics to 1980 HB 97 .M43 1990
Search for Economics as a Science: An Annotated Bibliography HB 71 .S43 1996
Select Bibliography of Modern Economic Theory 1870-1925 330 B32s
 

Subject Directories
Academic Info Economic Gateway - Directory of Online Economic Resources
BUBL LINK / 5:15: Economics Research
Education Index: Economic Resources
Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
Social Science Information Gateway: Economics
Social Science Resources: Economics
Virtual Library: Economics
 

(3) New Information
(Most frequently cited journals, electronic texts, government information, books & monographs, news & newspapers, article databases)

Journals (most frequently cited)
 

Electronic Texts
 

Government Information

Books & Monographs

Books & Monographs--LC Subject Headings

Books & Monographs--LC Call Numbers

H – HJ series: Economics
HA Statistics
HB Economic Theory
HC Business and Economics Studies
HD Industrial Economics
HE Transportation
HF Commerce
HG Finance
HJ Public Finance and Economics

News & Newspapers

Article Databases
ABI/INFORM Global
Business Source Elite
Conference Board's Research Database
EconLit
JSTOR
LexisNexis Academic

Working Papers
Colombia International Affairs Online
EconWPA (Economics Working Paper Archive)
EuroStat Working Papers
Federal Reserve Board Working Papers
Links to Working Papers in Business
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
Research Papers in Economics
SSRN: Economics Research Network
WoPEc: Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers Archive at the California Digital Library

Abstracts & Indexes

Library & Book Catalogs, Archives
Harvard Libraries
MIT Dewey Library
Social Science Reference Center of Princeton University Library
Stanford University Libraries
University of Chicago Business and Economics Resource Center

Search Engines
 

(5) Reference Resources, Facts & Data
(Almanacs, Biographical Sources, Dictionaries , Directories, Grants & Scholarships, Job Resources, Statistical Resources)

Almanacs
Europa World Year Book JN 1 .E85
Eurostat Yearbook HA 1107.5 .E976
Information Please Almanac - Business and Finance
World Economic Factbook HC 59.15 .W67

Biographical Sources

Data Collections

Dictionaries
Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Managerial Economics HD30.15 .B53 1998
Dictionary of Economics HB61 .B33 2003
Dictionary of Economics HB 61 .B554 2002
Dictionary of International Trade HF 1373 .H55 2002
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics HB61 .M32 1984
MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics HB 61 .P4 1992
New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics K 487 .E3 N48 1998
New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics and the Law K487 .E3 N48 1998
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance HG151 .N48 1992
Online Glossary of Research Economics
Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics HB61 .R68 1999
Routledge Dictionary of Economics HB 61 .R92 2002

Directories -- Academic Departments, Schools, Colleges

Directories --  Associations, Organizations & Societies

Directories --  Companies, Vendors, etc.

Directories --  Discussion Groups

Directories --  Research Centers & Institutes
Economic Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
Open Directory Project - Research Institutes
Resources for Economists on the Internet. Academic Research Organizations and Institutes

Grants & Scholarships
Grantfinder: Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide: Social Sciences (Not held by OU)
Grants in Graduate Studies - Economics

Job Resources

Statistical Resources

Style Manuals