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Political Economy Databases
The University of Sydney Library provides access to a large number of databases for University of Sydney staff and students. A full list can be found at Electronic Databases. The following relate to Political Economy.
ABI Inform
This database is one of the world's largest for economics and business. Use it to locate articles on:
- Economic theory.
- Labor theory of value.
- Globalization.
- Finance, accounting and banking.
- Economists.
- Economic models.
- Politics.
Information about ABI Inform
This database is one of the world's largest for economics and business. Use it to locate articles on:
- Economic theory.
- Labor theory of value.
- Globalization.
- Finance, accounting and banking.
- Economists.
- Economic models.
- Politics.
Information about ABI Inform
AGIS: Attorney General's Information Service
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AGIS Plus Text (Includes the full text of most of the journals in the database.)
Use AGIS and AGIS Plus Text to find references on Australian topics with a legal content.
Subject coverage includes all aspects of law including administrative law, banking, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, human rights, international law, legal aid, and trade practices.
It is a bibliographic database and source documents include over 120 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, and selected articles from major law journals from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
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AGIS Plus Text (Includes the full text of most of the journals in the database.)
Use AGIS and AGIS Plus Text to find references on Australian topics with a legal content.
Subject coverage includes all aspects of law including administrative law, banking, companies and securities, constitutional law, copyright law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, human rights, international law, legal aid, and trade practices.
It is a bibliographic database and source documents include over 120 Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, and selected articles from major law journals from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
APAIS: Australian Public Affairs Information Service
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APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full Text (Includes the full text of many of the journals in the database.)
Use APAIS and APA-FT to find references on Australian topics.
This is the main database for Australian politics and public affairs.
The subjects covered are current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics, social sciences.
The geographic coverage is Australia.
It is a bibliographic index to journal articles, newspaper articles, conference papers and books in English.
Information about APAIS
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APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full Text (Includes the full text of many of the journals in the database.)
Use APAIS and APA-FT to find references on Australian topics.
This is the main database for Australian politics and public affairs.
The subjects covered are current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics, social sciences.
The geographic coverage is Australia.
It is a bibliographic index to journal articles, newspaper articles, conference papers and books in English.
Information about APAIS
Asia-Studies Full-text Online
Asia-Studies Full-text Online brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries from the Asia-Pacific region on a range of business, government, economic, and social issues. Subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies. The average study is 100 pages long and contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Most contain tables, charts, and/or graphs. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Pacific Rim countries in the Americas, and Pacific islands. Users can browse by country to find country-specific annual statistical overviews. Multi-country and Asia-wide comparisons are also available.
Asia-Studies Full-text Online brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries from the Asia-Pacific region on a range of business, government, economic, and social issues. Subject coverage include finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, fisheries, tourism, education and women's studies. The average study is 100 pages long and contains statistics, research, analysis, and forecasts. Most contain tables, charts, and/or graphs. Country coverage includes all of Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Pacific Rim countries in the Americas, and Pacific islands. Users can browse by country to find country-specific annual statistical overviews. Multi-country and Asia-wide comparisons are also available.
AUSSTATS
AUSSTATS is the online database for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Providing access to ABS publications from 1998+ plus selected time series in economics and labour. Topic areas include: national accounts, balance of payments, international trade, labour force, earnings, income, prices and industry statistics. There are selected statistics from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the OECD included in the time series material.
Information about AUSSTATS
AUSSTATS is the online database for the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Providing access to ABS publications from 1998+ plus selected time series in economics and labour. Topic areas include: national accounts, balance of payments, international trade, labour force, earnings, income, prices and industry statistics. There are selected statistics from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the OECD included in the time series material.
Information about AUSSTATSCapital Monitor
"Capital Monitor's University Intranet" provides current and historical legal and political and regulatory information. Updated throughout the day, Capital Monitor contains Federal Bills Monitor, Acts Assented, Proclamations, Tax Rulings, High Court rulings, Budgets, 1998 and 2001 Elections, and the Canberra Newsletter. There is also a NSW Bills Monitor, Acts Assented, and NSW Newsletter. Newsletters contain Press Statements, Policy Changes, New Regulations, Orders, Bills etc. Similar information is available for other states. It also tracks information by selected Topics.
"Capital Monitor's University Intranet" provides current and historical legal and political and regulatory information. Updated throughout the day, Capital Monitor contains Federal Bills Monitor, Acts Assented, Proclamations, Tax Rulings, High Court rulings, Budgets, 1998 and 2001 Elections, and the Canberra Newsletter. There is also a NSW Bills Monitor, Acts Assented, and NSW Newsletter. Newsletters contain Press Statements, Policy Changes, New Regulations, Orders, Bills etc. Similar information is available for other states. It also tracks information by selected Topics.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Updated monthly.
Note: To view full text off-campus, click CIAO remote access button and register.
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online is a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Updated monthly.
Note: To view full text off-campus, click CIAO remote access button and register.
Current Contents Connect
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Current Contents Connect [Off campus use] [off-campus access - setup required]
A bibliographic service which indexes more than 3800 science, social science, arts and humanities journals. It provides access to the table of contents of journals together with complete bibliographic information about each article.
Information about Current Contents Connect.
Current Contents Connect [Off campus use] [off-campus access - setup required]
A bibliographic service which indexes more than 3800 science, social science, arts and humanities journals. It provides access to the table of contents of journals together with complete bibliographic information about each article.
Information about Current Contents Connect.
Econlit
Econlit indexes scholarly journals, books and papers relating to the whole field of economics. Topics would include - financial and international economics, electronic commerce, trade, labour relations and industry economics.
Econlit indexes scholarly journals, books and papers relating to the whole field of economics. Topics would include - financial and international economics, electronic commerce, trade, labour relations and industry economics.
Expanded Academic ASAP
This database covers a wide range of academic discplines. It has good coverage of economics, finance and business and currrent issues. It indexes scholarly, popular and trade publications.
Information about Expanded Academic ASAP
This database covers a wide range of academic discplines. It has good coverage of economics, finance and business and currrent issues. It indexes scholarly, popular and trade publications.
Information about Expanded Academic ASAPFactiva
You can search for news, commentary, pictures, company information and stock quotes. The database contains more than 8,000 overseas and Australian newspaper and newswire publications and more than 9,000 web sites. For Australian news sources, the Fairfax publications archive is 13-22 years [SMH 1986+, AFR 1988+] and the News Limited archive is 8 years [Australian 1996+]. There is also a briefer archive on media transcripts for the ABC, SBS and Channel 9 (up to 1 year archive). Overseas media transcript archives are longer (up to 5 years). Pictures of major news events and reports also are available.
You can search for news, commentary, pictures, company information and stock quotes. The database contains more than 8,000 overseas and Australian newspaper and newswire publications and more than 9,000 web sites. For Australian news sources, the Fairfax publications archive is 13-22 years [SMH 1986+, AFR 1988+] and the News Limited archive is 8 years [Australian 1996+]. There is also a briefer archive on media transcripts for the ABC, SBS and Channel 9 (up to 1 year archive). Overseas media transcript archives are longer (up to 5 years). Pictures of major news events and reports also are available.
Historical Abstracts
Besides covering mainstream historical topics, this database provides references to articles on economic, labour and political subjects from an historical perspective. Good for foreign relations, labour history and economic history.
Besides covering mainstream historical topics, this database provides references to articles on economic, labour and political subjects from an historical perspective. Good for foreign relations, labour history and economic history.
IFS - International Financial Statistics
This time series database, from the International Monetary Fund, provides a wide range of financial and economic indicators. Data covered includes - exchange rates, IMF accounts, interest rates, government finance, consumer prices, reserves, national accounts and balance of payments, some export and import data.
This time series database, from the International Monetary Fund, provides a wide range of financial and economic indicators. Data covered includes - exchange rates, IMF accounts, interest rates, government finance, consumer prices, reserves, national accounts and balance of payments, some export and import data.
PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service
This is the main database for government and public policy. The subjects covered are contemporary social, economic and political issues, social sciences, business, public policy, government, political science, law, international relations, public administration.
The geographic coverage is international.
It is a bibliographic index to journal articles, government documents, reports, books, year books in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Information about PAIS
This is the main database for government and public policy. The subjects covered are contemporary social, economic and political issues, social sciences, business, public policy, government, political science, law, international relations, public administration.
The geographic coverage is international.
It is a bibliographic index to journal articles, government documents, reports, books, year books in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Information about PAIS
SourceOECD
Includes the full text of all OECD publications, such as OECD Economic Outlook, and OECD Economic Surveys. It also includes a range of OECD databases such as Main Economic Indicators, Main Industrial Indicators, National Accounts, Social Expenditure, Economic Outlook and many others.
Includes the full text of all OECD publications, such as OECD Economic Outlook, and OECD Economic Surveys. It also includes a range of OECD databases such as Main Economic Indicators, Main Industrial Indicators, National Accounts, Social Expenditure, Economic Outlook and many others.
Web of Science
This database covers not only the physical sciences, but all aspects of human knowledge. It contains Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index for the years:1985-2000 data, plus all 2001 year-to-date weekly updates. All the key scholarly journals are indexed in this database. There is also the capacity to search by cited reference - that is to trace references that refer to a particular work or author.
This database covers not only the physical sciences, but all aspects of human knowledge. It contains Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index for the years:1985-2000 data, plus all 2001 year-to-date weekly updates. All the key scholarly journals are indexed in this database. There is also the capacity to search by cited reference - that is to trace references that refer to a particular work or author.
World Development Indicators
This database from the World Bank includes a large series of economic statistics. It includes statistics for national accounts, investment levels, infrastructure and communications, government economics, money and prices.
World Development Indicators is only available on the database network in the Library.
This database from the World Bank includes a large series of economic statistics. It includes statistics for national accounts, investment levels, infrastructure and communications, government economics, money and prices.
World Development Indicators is only available on the database network in the Library.
World News Connection (WNC)
World News Connection (WNC) information is compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources obtained from full text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.
World News Connection (WNC) information is compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources obtained from full text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports.
The following databases are not available via the world wide web, but are networked in the Library - ask at a Library Information Desk for access to them.
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UNBIS
UNESCO Databases
SEIFA 1986: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
SEIFA 1991: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
SEIFA 1996: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
Election Statistics 1996, 1999
UK Parliamentary Papers Index
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CLIB91
CLIB96
CLIB2001
UNBIS
UNESCO Databases
SEIFA 1986: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
SEIFA 1991: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
SEIFA 1996: Socio-Economic Index for Areas
Election Statistics 1996, 1999
UK Parliamentary Papers Index
See also
Government Databases
Economic Statistics Databases
Law Databases