TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

• ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
• Resources
• By
• Joyce B. Radcliff

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Economics Defined

• Economics A social science that deals with
  analyzing and describing
• the use of goods and services.
• how resources can best be distributed to meet
  the needs of the greatest number of people.

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Finance Defined

• Finance The science or study of the management
  of funds, such as
• Investments
• Credits
• Securities, and
• Banking

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Electronic Access To Books

• Online Catalog
• Athena
• Interlibrary Loan
• Electronic Books
• Free e-books

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Selected Print Reference Resources

• Dictionary of Money and Investing-REFHG216 .M67
  2002
• Dictionary of Economics and Business- REFHB61
  .N45 1978b
• Almanac of Business Industrial Financial
  Ratios- REF HF5681 .R25 T65 2003

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Selected Print Reference Resources (2)

• The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance-
  REFHG151 .B49 1998
• Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate USA.-
  REFHG181 .F56 1999
• Business Statistics of the United States
  REFHC101 .A13122

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Selected Print Reference Resources (3)

• The Fitzroy Dearborn Encyclopedia of Banking and
  Finance- REFHG151 .E63
• Directory of the Worlds Bank- REFHG3879 .W79
  1996.
• Major Financial Institutions of the World.
  Vol.1-2- REFHG64 .M35 2003
• Industry Research Using the Economic Census
  REFHC101 .B594 2004.

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Electronic Resources Databases On/Off Campus

• ABI/INFORM Global
• Business Source Premier
• EconLit
• SP Market Insight
• Global Market Information Database
• ScienceDirect
• Columbia International (CIAO)

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Electronic Resources Databases On/Off Campus (2)

• Statistical Abstract
• EDGAR
• LexisNexis
• General OneFile 

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Search Online Catalog for More Print and
Electronic Books

• Capital
• Economic Development
• Keynesian economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Wealth

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Search Online Catalog for More Print and
Electronic Books (2)

• Economic History
• Value
• Exchange
• Labor Economics
• Finance
• Exchange

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Periodical Holdings

• May be accessed from
• http//www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid1211ptid
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• Periodical Holdings List notebook at Circulation
  Desks at Williams and Main Libraries.

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Selected Periodical Holdings

• American Economic Review
• Economist
• Employment Earnings
• Journal of Commercial Bank Lending
• Economic Development Cultural Change

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Selected Periodical Holdings (2)

• Review of Economics and Statistics
• Public Finance Review
• Barrons
• RMA Journal
• Journal of Finance

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Internet Resources

• Financial Web (Banking and Credit)
• The World Bank
• IMF -- International Monetary Fund
• Census Bureau
• National Bureau of Economic Research

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Internet Resources (2)

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Best of the Best Business Web Sites
• Economic Indicators - Economics and Statistics
  Administration

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CONCLUSION

• Thank you for your attention. Additional
  assistance may be requested by contacting the
  Reference Departments.
• [phone]. Williams Library
• [phone]. Brown Daniels Library