"Political economy analysis is interdisciplinary, bridging such organized disciplines as history, economics, geography, philosophy, anthropology, literature, communications, psychology, political science, and sociology". There are twelve subfields of Canadian political economy: growth, resources, industrialization, labour, gender, international issues, regionalism, Quebec, the state, law, race/ethnicity, and culture and communication.
Source: The New Canadian Political Economy, edited by Wallace Clement and Glen Williams, (Montreal, QC, CAN: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989), p.21-22
The interdisciplinarity of political economy research requires and the number of subfields require the use of a wide variety of library resources, most often library catalogues and databases.
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Library catalogues locate scholarly books and ebooks in all disciplines.
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Library databases locate scholarly books and scholarly journal articles in all disciplines.
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Databases are listed under the tabs above, e.g. Find Articles and Find Books and Government Documents.
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The databases may be specialized databases, i.e. the Alternative Press Index, or an overarching search database like Library Search.
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The core Canadian political economy journals should be consulted, these are listed under Find Articles
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Further sources to consider:
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Government documents (including reports, budgets, estimates, performance reports, departmental/ministerial reports, legislation, studies, and commissions).
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Reports from independent policy research institutes, Think Tanks.
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Statistics.
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Current events and media reports from newspapers, television, radio, government websites, and social media sites (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook).
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Google and Google Scholar are not comprehensive and cannot be scholars' sole resources for academic research.
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