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Reference Databases

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Content: A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Purpose: An excellent starting point for brainstorming a research topic and building out your initial search terms list.
Special Features: Mindmap; related articles; image search
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Content: Ebooks with coverage across all academic disciplines. The collection offers a critical mass of more than 150,000 foundational scholarly ebooks with balanced quantity and quality to improve teaching, learning and research workflow and outcomes.
Purpose: Provides access to multidisciplinary ebooks for download or to be read online.
Special Features: Browse by subject option; highlight and take notes in text.
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Content: Reference sources, primarily books but also videos and business cases.
Purpose: Use for finding reference sources like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material.
Special Features: Includes Sage Navigator

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Accounting by S. M. H. Collin; Jane Russell; A-and-C Black UK Staff Dictionary of Accounting covers a wide range of topics related to accountancy, including personal finance, investments and company accounts. Ideal for students of accountancy, users without a background in accounting and those working in company accounts departments.
ISBN: 9780713682861
Publication Date: 2007
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara Etzel Clear, accessible, and cross-referenced explanations of today's most essential financial terms, including vocabulary related to accounting, finance, banks and banking, economics, investing, markets, real estate, and securities.
ISBN: 9781438001401
Publication Date: 2003
Dictionary of Financial Engineering by John F. Marshall A practical guide to the inside language of the world of derivative instruments and risk management ding Swaps.
ISBN: 9780471242918
Publication Date: 2000
Wall Street Words by David L. Scott; Louis Rukeyser (Foreword by) Has 4,500 entries; more than 700 of them newly added to reflect key developments in national and world markets.
ISBN: 9780618176519
Publication Date: 2003
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary by Barbara J. Etzel This resource gives you cross-referenced explanations of financial terms, including vocabulary related to: Accounting; Finance; Banks and banking; Economics; Investing; and Markets.
ISBN: 9780764526350
Publication Date: 2003

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Research Starter: International Economic Development
Provides an overview of the concept of international economic development.

Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
ISBN: 9780465060733
Publication Date: 2014
Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on common sense economics, bringing the world into clearer focus through a basic understanding of the fundamental economic principles and how they explain our lives.
Foundations of International Economics by Johan Deprez (Editor); John T. Harvey (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415146500
Publication Date: 1999
This unique collection presents a Post-Keynesian perspective on international economics and trade.
Guide to Economic Indicators by Norman Frumkin
ISBN: 9780765616463
Publication Date: 2006
Now revised and expanded, this widely-used desk reference provides quick and easy access to current and reliable data on the major statistical measures of the U.S. economy.
Handbook of Research on Globalization and the International Political Economy by Abdulkadir Isik
ISBN: 9781522508526
Publication Date: 2016
A comprehensive reference source for the latest academic material on the development of the global political economy and its impact on sociology, economics, and political science.
International Economics by Soeren Kjeldsen-Kragh
ISBN: 9788763000376
Publication Date: 2002
This book offers an overall presentation of the economic knowledge that we have today about the causes and effects of international trade and international investments.
Short Course In International Economics by Jeffrey Edmund Curry
ISBN: 9781607800767
Publication Date: 2008
This book provides readers with the key concepts, including: balance of trade, foreign exchange, currency valuation, free trade, protectionism, foreign investment, barriers to trade, and different economic systems.
Terms of Trade: Glossary of International Economics by Alan V. Deardorff
ISBN: 9789812566287
Publication Date: 2006
This useful reference book offers a glossary of terms in both international trade and international finance, with emphasis on economic issues.