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Websites
- Subject Directories to Economics
Economic Research Network
http://www.ssrn.com/ern/index.html
Everything International by Lloyd C. Russow
http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/russow.html
Links to free resources on international business and country studies.
IDEAS: Research Papers in Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/
Developed by UCONN this website provides access to the abstracts of over 77,000 working papers and 33,000 journal articles.
Research Resources for the Social Sciences
http://www.socsciresearch.com/
A subject directory for the social sciences which provides a link to economic resources, united states and international including business and industry, federal/state finances, foreign trade, and labor.
SOSIG / INTUT
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/economics/
Previously SOSIG, INTUTE is a site which provides access to economic resources selected and evaluated by subject specialists in universities across the United Kingdom.
AsiaSource
http://asiasource.org
The Asia Society provides information including listings of events, maps, statistics, holidays, appropriate business behavior, and government agencies.
Background Notes
www.state.gov
Country information prepared by the United States Department of State; especially useful for political information and international business.
Countries of the World
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/
Country information compiled from the CIA, United Nations, and the Library of Congress publications.
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Valuable resource for information about a country's culture, history, society, politics and government.
Cultural Profiles Project
http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/index.html
Economist Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries
Developed by Economist.com.
InfoNation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Searchable database for statistical information for countries worldwide.
United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp
World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Up to date country information and economic reports on countries around the world; published by the CIA. Also, includes maps.
Atlas of Global Inequality
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu
American Factfinder
http://factfinder.census.gov
Includes industry and business facts, community profiles, links to economic census reports and geographic summary tables.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov
An agency of the department of Commerce, the BEA 's mission is to "promote a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner."
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov
Site for data regarding labor economics and statistics; includes wages, employment, earnings, consumer information, and topics of interest to employees and employers. Provides regional, state and local data.
Economic Census
http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/index.html
Industry data on a 5 year basis with 2002 latest.
Economic Indicators
http://www.economicindicators.gov
Key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Provides basic, current economic indicators from the White House with links to eight subject areas: employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production, and transportation.
EPI DataZone
http://www.epinet.org/datazone/
Economic Policy Institute's site provides access to information regarding income, wages and labor. Some data back to the 1940's.
Federal Reserve Board
http://www.federalreserve.gov
Includes the "Beige Book," a summary of current economic conditions along with consumer information and statistics, surveys, reports and studies.
Geodata.gov: Geospatial One-Stop
http://gos2.geodata.gov
A gateway to local, federal, and state online resources, primarily governmental data. Includes mapping services.
International Trade Centre
http://www.intracen.org/
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/
Information on the political economy of development, economic surveys, statistics and studies, and provides an economic outlook.
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/tradestats/
International trade data including import, export, U.S. trade and commercial policy.
Regional Economic Conditions (RECON)
http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/
RECON was originally designed to assist the FDIC in the examination process by providing economic information at the state, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), and county levels. Anyone with Internet access is able to drill down to any state, MSA, or county to view standard graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions and how they have changed over time.
STAT-USA M
http://www.stat-usa.gov/
From the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Full Text business and economic information and statistics from over 50 U.S. federal government agencies. Includes: State of the Nation, GLOBUS, National Trade Data Bank, International Trade Library.
United Nations Statistics Division
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/statdiv.htm
Links to socioeconomic data for 229 countries.
*** Vermont State Data Center***
http://crs.uvm.edu/census/
Excellent resource for current local data and projections.
World Bank
http://publications.worldbank.org/WDI/
Provides economic data and information on countries worldwide.
Catherwood Digital Collections
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/collections/digitalCollections.html
Digitalized documents and images on labor and management, especially useful for history and economic students.
Economic History Services
http://www.eh.net/
Providing information and links to organizations, lists, databases, book reviews, syllabi and other sites dealing with this topic.
History of Economic Thought
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/
Created as a collaborative project by two graduate students, Goncalo L. Fonseca (John Hopkins University) and Leanne Ussher (New School University).
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov
A searchable database of government agency publications as well as access to documents such as the Statistical Abstracts, Socioeconomic Status, and State and Metropolitan Data Book.
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Access to government agencies, databases, and full text documents.
State and County Quickfacts
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
"Quick easy access to facts about people, business, geography."
U.S. Government Documents
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/rref/index.html
A subject arrangement of links to government documents selected by Columbia University Libraries.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Links to a multitude of sites including libraries, new, government, research, international and official country sites.
VIBES:Virtual international business and economics sources
http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibehome.htm
Fulltext and statistical information.
Currency Converter
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
Euro
http://europa.eu.int/euro/entry.html
Homepage for the future currency.
Euromoney World Link
http://www.euromoney.com/
Financial Data Finder
http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/dept/fin/osudata.htm
A database you can easily search for financial information including historical statistics related to economics.
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
http://www.bos.frb.org/
New England economic data including banking trends and economic indicators.
Miser (Massachusetts Institute of Social and Economic Research)
http://www.umass.edu/miser/
Research institute at UMass, designated as a state data center for Massachusetts, organizes and publishes census and economic data.
New England Economic Project
http://www.neepecon.org/
Provides economic information, analysis and forecasts for the 6 state area.
Vermont State Data Center
http://crs.uvm.edu/census/
Excellent resource for current local data and projections.
Vermonters in International Trade and Services
http://www.uvm.edu/~vits/
A non-profit organization with a" mission to foster the promotion and development of Vermonters in the International Trade and Services arena."
European Union
http://europa.eu.int
International Institute of Social History
http://www.iisg.nl/
National Association of Economic Educators
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/naee.htm
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/
Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/tradestats/
World Bank
http://worldbank.org/
World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/
UNESCO
http://www.unesco.org |