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February 2001, update of June 1988
Mark Alpert, Social Sciences Librarian
The undergraduate concentration in the Economics department stresses analytic and quantitative approaches to the economy as a system as well as to specific subject areas and economic issues. By the completion of the concentration, students are expected to be familiar with the scholarship associated with a variety of economic subjects; readings center on readings written for the general economist. Undergraduates in Economics can apply for admission as "five year students" to the Lemberg Master's Program in International Economics and Finance thereby completing a bachelor's and master's degree in five years. Refer to the Graduate School of International Economics and Finance description.
The collection supports the research needs of the undergraduate concentration in Economics and the collection also serves many of the needs of the Graduate School of Economics and International Finance. The predominant collecting emphasis is on theoretical works and on application of theory to economic problem. Although Economics is primarily an undergraduate program, the collection aims to be sufficiently comprehensive for use by the five year combined bachelor's/master's program and the GSIEF program. Materials of an economic nature that would be of interest to History, Politics, Heller Graduate School and Sociology are also included. Areas of study include: economic development and industrial organization, technological change, international economics, business, macroeconomics, third world debt, Asian economics, international trade, and the environment. Electronic databases are important resources for Economics. The collection supports, in part, East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies
Brandeis is a member of the Boston Library consortium Asian Business Group. Within the group, various member institutions are responsible for purchasing comprehensively for assigned countries. Brandeis is responsible collecting monographs for Taiwan and Cambodia.
Major emphasis is on the United States, Western Europe, and Asia as well as selective interest of countries worldwide.
The emphasis is on current economics with limited with limited historical materials being collected for background reading.
Currently published material is emphasized.
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Monographs are primary to the collection.
Serials are primary to the collection.
The library buys or subscribes to electronic indexes and full-text databases that offer research value. Links to free websites are not actively collected together on the library's website although links to websites are included in guides produced by the library.
There is an emphasis to acquire electronic databases, especially in the area of statistics, in support of this program.
Research collections in microforms are purchased when deemed relevant.
Dissertations are acquired on a highly selective basis.
Video and audio materials are acquired when relevant to the curriculum.
Materials are located at the Main Library.
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Subject Area |
Collecting Levels |
| Macroeconomics | Undergraduate Study |
| International Economics | Graduate Study |
| Money and Banking | Undergraduate/Graduate Study |
| Economic History | Selective/Basic |
| Economic Development | Undergraduate Study |
| Industrial Organization | Undergraduate Study |
| Environment | Basic/Undergraduate Study |
| Business | Basic/Undergraduate Study |