The Economics
Working Paper Archive (EWPA), which is a large scale archive
created by Robert Parks at Washington University in St. Louis. This archive historically has been
the best,
most comprehensive, and most complete of the economics
working paper archives on-line. But sadly Washington University
has stopped supporting it, so new submissions to EWPA are no longer
possible. It can only be used to search for and locate old
uploaded working papers. However, the role of the EWPA has
now been taken over by a new archive at the University of Munich.
It is the Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) designed for use by economists who are not at institutions having a working paper series affiliated with RePEc.
If you should wish to upload to MPRA, you will need to register with
it. Once registered, you can use the archive in a straightforward
manner by going directly to its User Area.
The Social Science Research
Network's
(SSRN) Abstracts contain a valuable, growing archive of
research
abstracts. This web site has much promise.
Also see NEP, which stands for "New Economics Papers."
The EconLit
Abstracts and Indexing Database is invaluable
to any serious economics researcher. It is maintained (and copyrighted)
by the American Economics Association and contains indexes and
abstracts
for more than 400 journals and more than 500 collected works per year,
including books, dissertations, and working papers. The database is
updated
monthly. This index is the first place to look for papers on any
economics
subject or for the published papers or working papers of any economist.
Most academic libraries subscribe (not free). If you are here at
the University of Kansas, you can
get to EconLit from the Title
List of Library Indexes and Databases. If you are not
at
this university, you will not be able to use that EconLit link, since
you
will need a password. However, you should by all means find out the URL
location of that index at your own university. This database would
certainly
have been 5 stars, if it were available directly on the web, rather
than
through its current web link to telnet.
The JSTOR digital archive of
previously
published journal articles, especially in the social sciences and
humanities,
is growing and promises to become a major space saver for libraries.
For Elsevier's excellent archive, see Science Direct.
Also see Scopus for abstracts and citations. To access citations directly, use the Scopus Citation Tracker. You will need to be at an institution that subscribes for you to be able to access these archives.