Web and Library Research Tools

for Economic Topics


Web Sites

The following web sites may be useful. Some have search routines to assist in locating specific information.

Description

Web Site

Yahoo-general reference

http://www.yahoo.com/

Altavista-search engine

http://altavista.digital.com

New York Times-newspaper

http://www.nytimes.com

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org /

Bureau of Labor Stati stics

http://stats.bls.gov/

U.S. Government Agencies

http://www.itaiep.do c.gov/eebic/cduga.html

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

http://www.frbatlanta.org/

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System / Washington D.C

http:// www.bog.frb.fed.us/

Internet Labor Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/IIRL/iirlnet.html

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

http://www.cme.com/

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

http://www.nasdaq.com

Econ Data & Links

http://www.csufresno.edu/economics/econ_EDL.htm

Business Cycle Indicators from Media Logic

http://www. globalexposure.com/

M acroeconomic Advisors, LLC

http://www.macroadvisers.com

The White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html

The Economist Magazine Online

http://www.economist.com/

Progressive Perspectives on a Number of Topics

http://www.cruznet.net/~seangame/prog.htm

Lists of Chambers of Commerce Locally and Internationally

http://online-chamber.com/

Mondragon Firms and Relate d Topics

http://www.mondragon.mcc.es/

Dollars and Sense Magazine

http://www.igc.a pc.org/dollars/index.html

U.S. Census Bureau

http://www.census.gov/

Magazines

The following l ist of magazines and journals will contain current articles on subjects related to economics that are accessible to undergraduate economics students. Generally, professional economics journals are quite mathematical and are filled with jargon, but you may find useful articles in them as well.


Encyclopedias & Dictionaries Available in USM Library

The following are available on the first floor of Cook Library:

Dictionary of United States Economic History (1992)

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics (1994)

A Lexicon of Economics (Knopf 1991)

Dictio nary of Economics (Rutherford 1992)

Dictionary of Economics (Shim 1995)

A Dictionary of Economics (Darnell 1991)

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