This database is published by the American Economic Association and provides bibliographic coverage of a wide range of economics-related literature. An expanded version of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) indexes of journals, books and dissertations, EconLit covers both economic theory and application.
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is one of the leading Economics research organizations. This link goes to their working paper repository. A working paper is a type of resource used in Economics research that is essentially a final draft of a scholarly journal article. Working papers are commonly used for understanding the most current thought on a topic due to the length of the Economics publishing process.
RePEc is the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet. This site is part of a large volunteer effort to enhance the free dissemination of research in Economics. It is a working paper and open access journal repository. A working paper is a type of resource used in Economics research that is essentially a final draft of a scholarly journal article. Working papers are commonly used for understanding the most current thought on a topic due to the length of the Economics publishing process.