CD-ROM Databases
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EconLit
The American Economic Association’s electronic bibliography, EconLit, indexes more than thirty years of economics literature from around the world. Compiled and abstracted in an easily searchable format, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations.
[Library holds EconLit records on CD-ROM for 1969 – 2008. The CD-ROM subscription has now been replaced with its online version, titled: EconLit with Full Text]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica 2005 (Deluxe Edition)
The Deluxe Edition includes: Encyclopaedia Britannica with more than 75000 articles; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus with nearly 555,000 definitions, synonyms and antonyms; World Atlas with more than 1,300 clickable maps linked to information; 14 historical timelines of people, events and discoveries; interactive Knowledge Navigator browser to gather more information on subjects; 10,500 images, videos, audio clips and animated maps with web links and online magazines.
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Population Census Data 1998
Contains data published in District, Provincial and National Reports of 1998 Census with general description of each territory, broad analysis of population and housing data, followed by detailed statistical tables.
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TradeCan 2005
TradeCAN is a global trade database consisting of two CD-ROMs configured to analyze international, national, and regional competitiveness in commodities and manufactured exports. The data has been sourced from the Standard International Trade Classification Revision-2 (SITC Rev-2) of COMTRADE, which is the official trade database of the United Nations Statistical Office. The useful feature of this CD-ROM is its ability to generate quick and powerful analytic reports of trade competitiveness.
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World Development Reports 1978-2006 with Selected World Development Indicators 2004
Published by the World Bank every year since 1978, provides a wealth of information on the economic and social state of the world. This omnibus CD-ROM edition includes the text of all 27 editions, from 1978 to 2005, as well as PDF versions of the 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 editions. All contents are fully indexed and cross-referenced for easy searching across the volumes in the archives. The CD-ROM also contains selected data from "World Development Indicators 2004," which provides a comprehensive range of statistical indicators for more than 200 economies. The selected indicators in this reference tool have many display options. Data can be exported for use in other applications, such as spreadsheets and databases.