Research Guides: Political Economy: Books

Background Reference Sources

CQ Researcher (1923-current) (CQ Press)
Economic, social, political & international affairs, historical background, milestones, current situations, controversies, outlooks, etc.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
2020 ed. This a comprehensive source for economic thought and it consists of over 2,000 chapters written by leading figures in the field
SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior
This source "explores the intersection of psychology, political science, sociology, and human behavior."
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society
The emphasis of this source is "the contemporary world, contemporary issues, and society."

Below are a few recommendations for useful Ebook collections.

Ebook Central (ProQuest)
Full-text access to electronic books in areas including: history, political science, area studies, international relations and more.
JSTOR
Journals do not include last 2-5 years.
Multidisciplinary digital library that provides access to a vast collection of academic journals, books, and primary sources across 75 disciplines.
JSTOR employs a "moving wall" system between the latest published issue of a journal and the most recent issue available on JSTOR.
National Academies Press
Topics include homeland security, conflict and other security issues.
OAPEN Online library and publication platform
Provides open access to academic books

OECD iLibrary
This is OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.

Project Muse
Coverage includes journals and e-books
RAND
Coverages includes: energy, environment, homeland security, infrastructure, international affairs, national security, terrorism and more.
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. As a nonpartisan organization, RAND is widely respected for operating independent of political and commercial pressures.
Springer Nature Link
SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database of journals and books published by Springer. The Library has access to books and journals in: Business & Economics; Humanities, Social Science & Law and more.
You can also buy a softcover, black & white copy of ebooks that we subscribe to for $24.99 each including shipping.
Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Politics & International Relations and the Social Sciences
United Nations Digital Library
The United Nations Digital Library is a primary bibliographic database of the United Nations established in 1979. It consists the UN and non-UN documents and publications documented by the Dag Hammarskjold Library in six languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Wiley Online Library
This ebook collection includes: business, economics, social & behavioral sciences and more.

Entire book contents may not be available.

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