The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding general information resources in economic statistics area.
Reference sources
| Title | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Economic Indicators | Available online via ABS Statistics. ABS Catalogue No. 1350.0 | |
| The Europa World Year Book | Available online. | |
| World Development Indicators | Gardens Point Reference 330.91724 162 | |
| Year Book Australia | Available online via ABS Statistics. ABS Catalogue No. 1301.0 | |
| Yearbook of Labour Statistics | Gardens Point Reference and Periodaical 331.10212 1 | |
| International Financial Statistics | Gardens Point Reference 332.0212 1 | |
Relevant databases
To look through issues of journals to find relevant articles is too time consuming. Use electronic databases/indexing and abstracting services to find periodical (also called journals or magazines) articles, conference papers, etc on your topic.
| Database | Description |
|---|---|
| ABS Statistics | ABS Statistics provides access to Australian Bureau of Statistics publication from 1998 onwards. |
| ECONLit | Provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, to the international literature on economics since 1969. |
| EIU CountryData | Produced by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI), publishers of The Economist, this service is an analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts. The service allows you to compare 117 countries across 271 economic series. |
| Source OECD | Provides access to all electronic publications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including themed studies, monographs, 24 ejournals and statistics databases on the economic status of nations of the world. |
Most databases and print indexing and abstracting services provide reference information and a summary (abstract) of the journal article you have found.
To locate the full-text of the cited document (commonly a journal article or conference paper) search the QUT Library catalogue (and perhaps other library catalogues) for the source publication. The source publication is usually either a periodical title, or a published conference proceeding. QUT library holds / subscribes to only a selection of the source publications indexed by services.
Methods of searching for the source publication can vary. Commonly, you search by title, corporate author (useful for conferences) or keyword.
Subscribed periodical titles are listed in our catalogue, regardless of whether they are print copies or available electronically via the Internet.
Journals
Possible journals of interest.
| Journal | Location |
|---|---|
| Economic Round-up | Gardens Point Periodical 330.994 103 Jan. 1989 - Carseldine Periodical 330.994 103 |
| Journal of Business & Economic Statistics : A Publication of the American Statistical Association | Connect to eJournal via ProQuest |
| Main Economic Indicators | Via SourceOECD and SourceOECD |
| Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics | Via Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost) Via Blackwell Synergy |
| Quarterly Labour Force Statistics | Connect to eJournal via SourceOECD Connect to eJournal via SwetsWise Gardens Point Periodical 331.10212 3 No.1 (1983) - |
| Review of Economics and Statistics | Connect to eJournal via Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost) |
Web sites
| Web site | Description |
|---|---|
| Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page http://www.economagic.com/ |
Over 100,000 US and international time series data files, with charts and Excel files for each. Strong emphasis on U.S. materials but includes series for Australia, Canada, Japan, and Europe. Also has time series for stock price indexes - Dow Jones, S & P and Nasdaq. |
| Monthly Statistical Bulletin http://www.aph.gov.au/LIBRARY/Pubs/MSB/ |
Data and graphs provided by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. |
| OESR - Office of Economic and Statistical Research http://www.oesr.qld.gov.au/ |
The Office of Economic and Statistical Research (OESR), has been established as a centre of excellence for independent economic information, econometric modelling, statistical data, advice and analysis. | Reserve Bank of Australia http://www.rba.gov.au |
This web site contains both current and historical data for a range of financial issues. Coverage includes - government finance, financial markets, interest rates, exchange rates, money and credit and payments. Also the site has press releases and articles from the RBA |
| US Census International Database http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ |
Worldwide Demographic Data | World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ |
The World Bank publishes the World Development Indicators annually; most of the text and samples of the tables on labor, education, the economy, are available online as PDF documents at the World Bank Website |