LibGuides: SSEES Economics and Business: Welcome

Welcome to the SSEES Library Economics and Business Guide

Economics is one of the core subjects taught at SSEES. This guide describes the library resources which SSEES students might find most useful. The Economics and Business collection is a comprehensive collection of print and electronic resources developed by SSEES and other UCL libraries. This guide offers suggestions for search aids and other resources that you may find useful in tracking down materials of interest in your subject area. It also provides links to other aspects of the Library such as training, help and support. Economics resources related to individual countries can be found in the Economics and Business section of the relevant country guide.

Subject Collections

Key resources for studying Central and Eastern European Economics

EconLit:
Index of economic publications with selected abstracts.
The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports and Profiles
The Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports and Profiles: full text of reports covering the political scene, economic policy, domestic policy, sectoral trends and foreign trade of each country with detailed two-year political and economic forecast. Access only to reports and profiles of countries studied at UCL SSEES available via Explore
Eurostat
The statistical arm of the European Union provides statistics at European level which enables comparison between countries and regions.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
Essential index of literature in the social sciences provides comprehensive coverage of core social science subjects of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology.
Macroeconomics : a European perspective
Microeconomics
RFE
Resources for Economists on the Internet guide is the American Economic Association publication presenting economic resources available on the Internet aimed at academics, practicing economists and, those interested in economics.
Scopus
This multidisciplinary database provides access to high quality science, social science and art journals some dating back to 1970. It enables easy citation tracking.
Passport
Euromonitor International’s global market analysis software platform analyses industry in countries around the world. It provides industry-specific data sets, coverage of relevant channels and products, long historic data series, and reports by local analysts analysing the characteristics of countries. You will need to log in with your UCL username and password to access the site.
UK Data Service
Provides access and support for an extensive range of key economic and social data both quantitative and qualitative. Key data sections include: UK Government surveys and panel data, cross-national surveys, longitudinal surveys, census data, international macrodata, business macrodata, qualitative/mixed methods and administrative data. Registration is required to download data.