A number of sites contain comprehensive
directories or indexes of economic information. The best of these indexes is
Bill Goffe's Resources for Economists on the Internet, listed below. The listings
are annotated and are updated regularly.
Resources for Economists
on the Internet
This is the best general resource for
finding economics resources on the Internet. Use it as you would a reference manual.
WebEc
Another useful general economics index, WebEc is an
effort to categorize free information in economics on the Web. Based in Finland and
mirrored in the U.S.
The Scout
Report for Business and Economics
Published bi-weekly, this site provides links to current
information on recently released data, economics-related research, learning resources, and
a current economic news topic. Archives of past issues are also available at the
site.
- The Current Awareness
section contains links to current contents of Federal Reserve publications, economic
journals, books, and current economic data releases.
- The New Data section contains links to the most recent economic
data reports.
- The In the News sectioin provides an in-depth look at an economic
topic that is currently in the news.
About.com
- Economics
About.com provides a variety of resources useful to
economics students, including links to data sources, national and international government
resources, news, an economic bulletin board and chat room, and weekly reviews of economics
in on-line magazines.
YAHOO
- Economics
YAHOO, a popular general-purpose site on the Web, has a set
of economics links for you to explore.
EDIRC
A large list of economics departments,
institutes and research centers from around the world.
Inomics
Inomics was developed as the "Internet
site for economists." The site offers a useful directory and search engine for
economics information on the Web.
FINWEB
A valuable listing of Web resources concerning economics
and finance-related topics.
Economics
Resources (Rutgers University)
Provides a comprehensive listing (with no annotation) of
links to economics resources on the Web, arranged in broad groupings. Contains an
extensive list of links to worldwide economic data (see "Data" Resources).
General Searching
Library
of Congress-Explore The Internet
This general-purpose search tool allows you to search for
information from both national and international government resources, as well as the rest
of the Internet.
- Google.com - One of the
best search engines on the Web, for economics and general information.
Comments or questions, broken links? Send
an e-mail message to Scott Simkins at
simkinss@ncat.edu
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