Online resources introduction

Brief introduction

The pages here provide a brief introduction to a wide range of online resources of particular relevance to students of both Economics and Development Studies. 

Economic databases, statistics and datasets

Databases : This section provides links to a variety of databases. These include company information, ebooks, ejournals, working papers and sources of statistical information.

Statistics (National / International) : This section provides links to a wide variety of statistical data sources originating from the UK and other national and international organizations. There are also links to sources of historical statistics.

Datasets : This section provides links to a wide variety of micro and macro datasets, American and British household panel surveys, financial data and data sources for replication studies.

Ebooks

Provides information about locating, accessing and using ebooks provided by the University of Cambridge

Ejournals

Provides information about locating, accessing and using ejournals provided by the University of Cambridge

Moodle

Provides information about locating and accessing eCounterItems i.e. scans of heavily used book chapters designed to support Undergraduate and MPhil courses within the Faculty of Economics and Centre of Development Studies.

Newspapers

Provides advice for accessing economic related newspaper content e.g. The Finanical Times, Economist etc.

Blogs and podcasts

A very short list of blogs and podcasts, covering Economics, Politics and Social history.

Economics Subject Repositories

Provides links to repositories from a range of institutions containing specifically economics related full text material such as journal articles, book chapters, books, working papers and conference papers.

Institutional Repositories

Provides links to general online repositories from a range of institutions which, although not specifically economics related, do nevertheless contain material relevant to economists.

Databases

The pages here provide links to a variety of databases. These include company information, dissertations, ebooks, ejournals, working papers and sources of statistical information.

Statistics

These pages provide links to a wide variety of statistical data sources originating from the UK and other national and international organizations. There are also links to sources of historical statistics.

Economic data

These pages provide links to a wide variety of economic and financial datasets