Little emphasis is placed on material related to rural or agricultural economics. Our collection provides objectively good support for the University's instructional programs. More than eighty percent of the journals indexed by the Journal of Economic Literature are available to NYU users. Most of those not received are in foreign languages or are country-specific. The physical deterioration of older volumes of some key journals and the lack of multiple copies of key monographs are problems that are being addressed.
Statistical publications are a special strength of the collection.
The U.S., U.N., and International Documents Collections include extensive print statistical holdings, as well as comprehensive microform collections keyed to the American Statistics Index, the Statistical Reference Index, and the Index to International Statistics. Other statistical sources include foreign statistical abstracts in the Current National Statistical Compendia, and annual reports and periodic publications from the world's central banks. The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives contain extensive material on both New York and American labor history and New York City labor unions. New York Public Library's Politics and Economics Division has noteworthy collections of foreign censuses and national development plans as well as outstanding historical collections in economics. Selective collection development of Internet Resources is currently underway.