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- Economy at a Glance - Bureau of Labor StatisticsIncludes monthly and quarterly data such as unemployment rate and consumer price index.
- EH.netEH.net provides full text of book reviews and course syllabi, directory of economic historians, lists of conferences, an Encyclopedia of economic and business history, and access to historical economic data sets (such as Global Financial Data, 1880-1913 and historic labor statistics).
- RFE- Resources for Economists on the InternetMaintained by Bill Goffe at Penn State University, and sponsored by the American Economic Association, this site has over 2,000 resources of interest to economists and economic students. It is part of the WWW Virtual Library in Economics.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisThe US Bureau of Economic Analysis produce some of the most important economic measurements of the United States such as US gross domestic product, as well as state-level data.
Use Compustat, CRSP, WRDS, and FactSet
Compustat provides accounting information for US firms. Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) provides access to market data for US firms. Both are accessed through the Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS). WRDS includes financial datasets such as company accounting information, stock price information, patent information, operational business information and more for firms and in the US and around the world. Fairfield University subscribes to these services through the Dolan School of Business and provides access to them for students and faculty of the university.
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AMA Manual of Style, 11th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level R119 .A533 2020ISBN: 9780190246556Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our AMA Citation Guide.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th ed.Call Number: Reference Main Level BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our APA Citation Guide.
MLA Handbook, 9th ed.Call Number: Reference Main Level LB2369 .G53 2021ISBN: 9781603293518Click the title above to view the handbook. For help with this style, check out our MLA Citation Guide.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level Z253 .U69 2017ISBN: 9780226287058Click the title above to view the manual. Our Citation Guides can help with Chicago Notes-Bibliography style or Chicago Author-Date style.
IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors by Call Number: OnlineClick the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our IEEE Citation Guide.
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