Research Guides: PADM 609: Financial Management in Government: Recommended Article Sources

Search Term Examples

Be sure to include government OR "public sector" when searching for general fiscal topics

Topics / Concepts

PADM 609 - Search Tips
Examples and tips for searching the ProQuest and EBSCO database families, and VCU Libraries Search.

Contact:

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(804) 828-8565
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ABI/INFORM Collection
Articles on a many areas of government financial and fiscal management, responsibility, and policy. Materials are from a wide variety of publications including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
Business Source Complete
Citation and full text content from scholarly business journals and other sources including peer-reviewed business publications. Addresses the same types of topics as ABI/INFORM Collection. (EBSCO)
EconLit with Full Text
Produced by the American Economic Association and indexes the international economics literature. Includes much material relevant to this class including fiscal policy, taxation, national debt, government expenditures, government revenue.
PAIS Index
International in scope, so may be of especial use if you are looking at other countries and/or comparing countries. 1915-present. (ProQuest)
Public Administration Abstracts
Similar to PAIS, but much smaller since coverage is 1978 forward. (EBSCO)

WestlawNext
Federal and state cases; federal statutes, codes, and regulations; state statutes, codes and regulations. Full-text articles from law review journals.
HeinOnline
Full text legal journals, Congressional Record Bound volumes, U.S. Reports back to 1754, United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all U.S. Treaties, Federal Register, CFR, texts, cases, statutes, and more. Searchable, exact page images.

The following three databases cover many different subjects, but none in great depth. Very good for retrieving materials from other disciplines.

Academic Search Complete
Results will be from a broad spectrum of disciplines, and will be from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. (EBSCO)
Google Scholar
Citations for scholarly literature from a wide variety of disciplines. Customize Google Scholar for VCU by selecting 'settings' and then 'library links.' Select both Virginia Commonwealth University and Open WorldCat; click on 'save.'

VCU Libraries Search (Advanced Search)
Records will be for books, articles, audio-visual, and other items VCU Libraries owns or subscribes to. Format of items will range from electronic to physical.