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Resources for Economists

NIU Campus

  • NIU Test Preparation (GRE, GMAT, LSAT)
  • NIU Library - The NIU library subscribes to many databases that give you access to the most current and relative journal titles available - most of these are online. And don't forget that for help with your research, there is a subject specialist librarian for economics. 

    Wendell Johnson
    Economics Librarian 
    815-753-1634
    wjohnso1@niu.edu

Blogs

  • Top 100 Economics Blogs
  • Marginal Revolution
  • Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
  • Freakonomics
  • "The Economist" Blog
  • Greg Mankiw's Blog
  • Planet Money's The Indicator
  • Tim Harford (The Undercover Economist)

Economic Associations

  • American Economics Association
  • Illinois Economic Association
  • Midwest Economic Association
  • Southern Economic Association
  • Missouri Valley Economic Association

Institutional and Other Online Sources

  • American Economic Association Resources for Economists
  • Central Banks of the World
  • Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
  • Economagic
  • FRED Economic Research
  • International Monetary Fund 
  • Security and Exchange Commission
  • EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
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Department of Economics
Zulauf Hall 515
815-753-1031
815-752-1019 (fax)

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