Research Guides: #Economics: News &amp; Media

News

US Major Dailies (ProQuest)
Provides access to The Wall Street Journal as well as The New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day and provides archives stretching as far back as 1985.
News (Gale OneFile)
Access major U.S. and international newspapers online to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, or other fields. Includes New York Times (1985-Current) and Houston Chronicle (1996-2012).
New York Times: Create an Account
Find both news and reviews as well as access to historical NY Times issues dating back to 1851.

First time user: To get access, you need to first register for an NYT account.
1. Click the link. You will have to enter your LSC library barcode.
2. Select Create Account and complete registration fields. Use your LSC email address!
3. Once you have an account, you may access NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps like any subscriber, or go through this link but select "log in."

Note: Site passes will expire after 365 days. To renew, you will have to activate a new pass by repeating this process.

If Google Chrome shows a warning about this link, hit Ignore. You must use the proxy to get the special access.
MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO)
Full-text articles from magazines & journals, and other sources including pamphlets, books, biographies, reports, etc.

Economic Principles
Economic Principals appeared for more than 18 years as a column in the Business section of The Boston Globe. It moved to the Web in March 2002. Although its resources are reduced, the spirit of the online project remains much the same as in the newspaper version — to keep track of what’s going on in technical economics through the device of weekly profiles of various movers and shakers (hence the pun) and to offer occasional commentary on political economy.

Morningstar
Information to help with personal investments. Topics covered include stocks, funds, ETFs, as well as articles, videos and investment skills training.

Access is graciously provided via HCPL. Your LSC barcode will give you access to this resource!

Investopedia Simulator
This free "game" starts you with $100,000 in virtual cash to invest. Compete with thousands of Investopedia traders and trade your way to the top! Or start in the beginner game for $10,000 virtual dollars to experiment with.

Planet Money (NPR)
The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.
Marketplace (NPR)
Through stories, conversations and newsworthy developments, we help listeners understand the economic world around them. Marketplace doesn't just report on the numbers, we take it deeper, adding context to what's happening in the stock market and how macroeconomic policy can affect you and your business.
Freakonomics Radio
Discover the hidden side of everything with Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics books. Each week, Freakonomics Radio tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do) — from the economics of sleep to how to become great at just about anything. Dubner speaks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, intellectuals and entrepreneurs, and various other underachievers.