EconLit is the American Economic Association’s bibliographic database for economics literature. It contains over 2 million records covering 140 years of publications and is updated weekly. Its collection includes peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, PhD dissertations, books, book reviews and articles in collective volumes. Searchable record fields can include title, author, affiliation, source, publication details, document type, identifiers, keywords, subject classifications, named people and geographic descriptors. Its subject descriptors follow the Journal of Economic Literature classification system. Institutions can subscribe through EBSCO, ProQuest or Ovid; the data is the same, though interfaces differ. Full-text links depend on library holdings, and EconLit with Full Text is offered only through EBSCO. AEA members can use a courtesy bibliographic service, but it has no full-text links and may be phased out. Institutional pricing is supplied by providers. A free trial request is available through EBSCO, without a stated trial duration.
Who it is for
EconLit suits economics scholars and other researchers who need to search across publications, working papers and dissertations. Institutions can access it through EBSCO, ProQuest or Ovid.
What is good
- Over 2 million records, updated weekly.
- Coverage spans 140 years of economics literature.
- Search fields include subjects and geographic descriptors.
- Institutional access is available through three providers.
What to know first
- Full-text links depend on library holdings.
- Full Text is available only through EBSCO.
- AEA member access has no full-text links.
- Institutional prices are supplied on request.
Verdict
EconLit brings broad economics literature coverage and detailed search fields into one bibliographic database. Check provider access and full-text availability with your institution before relying on it for full-text reading.
EconLit plans and pricing
All plansCompared on academic research databases
- Free plan
- No
- Full-text access
- Yes
- Advanced search
- Yes
- Subject coverage
- social_sciences
- Content types
- journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, working papers, book reviews
- Theses and dissertations
- Yes
- Conference proceedings
- Yes
- Institutional access
- Yes
