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Economics Overview

General library overview for beginning research and finding resources in economics at TCC

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Search

As you begin entering a search word, you will see suggestions show up below the search box. These may be helpful if you are looking for ideas.  

Statista search screen with the word inflation entered in the search box and keyword suggestions showing below, with a box around and arrow pointing to the search.

Need to be more specific or broad with your search? 

You can try combining keywords with AND or OR:

Examples: interest rate AND inflation, wage OR salary

To exclude results that contain a certain word, use the minus sign in front of it:

Example: imports -agricultural

Refine your results

Limit your results using options under Refine Your Search. These can help you narrow down your results to a certain content type (statistics, reports, topics, etc.), location (specific region, country, or territory), or industry.  

Statista results screen with a box around and arrow pointing to the options to refine your search

Browse

If you would rather browse to see what kind of information is available, use the options at the top of the search screen. For example, under Statistics you have the option to browse by industry. Some industries show up in the drop-down, or you can click "All Industries" to get to the Industry Overview page.    

Arrow pointing to menu options that you can use to browse topics in the Statista database

The industry overview page has all the industries and sub-industries listed out. Simply click on the industry you are interested in exploring.    

Arrow pointing to where you can browse by industries and sub-industries listed on the Industry Overview page in the Statista database

Cite

The Source section provides information about the original source(s) of the data. 

You can find the citation by clicking on the quotation mark icon or by clicking on the view options under Citation formats located under the source information. Available citation styles include APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, Bluebook, and IEEE.

Boxes around and arrows pointing to the quotation mark icon and the citation format options on a chart in the Statista database