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General Sites with Web Links

AmosWEB (Orley M. Amos, Jr., Oklahoma Univ.)
This economics Web portal is a good introduction to economics as well as serving as a portal to many economics sites.

EcEdWeb: Economic Education Web (University of Nebraska at Omaha)
The mission of this site is to support economic education at all levels. It's a great place for teachers and faculty to find Web sites on a variety of topics relating to economics.

Economics BUBL Link (Strathclyde Univ.)
Links to economics Web sites by topic.

The International Economics Network (Jamus Jerome Lim, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz)
This site is organized by broad categories, such as international law, international politics, international economics, global business & finance, and international development. Provides links to and descriptions of hundreds of useful Web sites.

Resources for Economists on the Internet (American Economic Association)
One of the most highly-regarded and well-organized sites for finding resources in economics.

ArgMax:Economics, News, Data, and Analysis (John S. Irons)
Current news, economic conditions, forums, and links, designed for economists. This site was created by economist John Irons and was named a "Top 5 Economics Blog" by Forbes.com.

Statistics & Data

Comprehensive Sites | Specific Topics | Wisconsin

Comprehensive Sites

B&E DataLinks : Econ & Financial Data Sources (American Statistical Association)
A searchable database of hundreds of U.S. and international sites that offer macroeconomic, microeconomic, and finance data.

Data - Resources for Economists (American Economic Association)
Links to sources for a wide variety of data from around the world, including U.S. and regional economic data.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
Find the latest economic data on employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production, transportation. From the latest data, links are provided to the Web site of the originating agency (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Reserve Bank, etc.)

Fedstats: The Gateway to Statistics From Over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies
Search statistics from more than 70 U.S. Government agencies.

USA.gov: Your First Click to the U.S.Government
A gateway to government information.

Stat-USA (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) Off-Campus Users access requires UW-W ID number.
Comprehensive library of international trade resources from 40 U.S. government agencies compiled by the Department of Commerce includes: Bureau of Economic Analysis Economic Information (news releases and data files from BEA's national regional, and international product accounts); the Electronic Bulletin Board (news releases and analyses of markets, products, and economic trends); and National Trade Data Bank (country commercial guides, market research reports, and extensive import and export statistics.)

Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
Compiles data from federal agencies and departments. Includes some regional and foreign statistics. PDF Files are available from 1995 - present.

Specific Topics

Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
Economic accounts information by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
Statistics such as CPI, International Labor Statistics, PPI, Employment Cost Index.

County and City Data Book (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population and housing data for US counties, cities with population of 25,000 or more, and places with more population of 2,500 or more.

County Business Patterns (U.S. Census Bureau)
Economic data by industry and county.

DataZone (Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC)
Includes national and regional time series data on historical labor market trends and earnings data.

Econ Data & Links (John A. Shaw, California State University-Fresno)
This ugly-duckling site doesn't have anything to dress it up, but it has extensive links to data tables that make visiting worthwhile.

Economic Data: Fred II (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Historical time series data for the U.S. economy which includes daily US interest rates, CPI, PPI, GDP, monetary data, exchange rates, balance of payments and more. Data may be exported into Excel or text files.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room (The White House)
Link to the latest statistics on employment, income, international trade, money, output, prices, production and transportation.

FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Find information on banking regulation as well as a directory of all US banks regulated by the FDIC.

Federal Reserve Bulletin (via ABI/Inform) Off-Campus Users access requires UW-W ID number.
This quarterly publication from the Federal Reserve Bank deals with bank regulatory issues and provides data and analysis of economic developments.

National Bureau of Economic Research
Find data sets as well as cutting edge research in working papers written by the nation's top economists.

OANDA Currency Converter (Olsen & Associates)
Find current and historical exchange rates.

Regional Economic Accounts (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
This database includes economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1999 including personal income, employment variables, transfer payments, and farm income and expenses variables.

Statistical Databases (United Nations)
The United Nations makes some of its databases and statistical publications freely available oon its site, including the Demographic Yearbook, Millennium Indicators Database, National Accounts, Population and Social Indicators.

Statistics: Releases and Historical Data (U.S. Federal Reserve Board)
Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual data collected by the Federal Reserve Board. Includes interest rates, foreign exchange rates, banking and consumer credit data.

Tax Stats (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)
The IRS collects a wealth of information from individual and business tax returns in its Statistics of Income (SOI) program.

U.S. Census Bureau
Find data on the economy, business, population, housing, labor & employment.

U.S. Department of Commerce (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
Information on business development, economic analysis, patents & trademarks, international trade and more.

U.S. Economy at a Glance
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.

U.S. Federal Trade Commission (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
Information on federal consumer protection and antitrust laws.

Wisconsin

Facts About Wisconsin (State of Wisconsin)
Data on Wisconsin health care, labor, economic indicators, business, population estimates, ethnic diversity, and land information resources.

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Books & Working Papers

Archive of the History of Economic Thought (McMaster University)
Important historical texts that document the development of economic thought. Arranged by author, the entries link to full text articles, books and treatises and will sometimes include links to biographies and bibliographies.

Online Economics Textbooks (State University of New York at Oswego)
Link to textbooks available online in a variety of economics topics.

National Bureau of Economic Research
Find data sets as well as cutting edge research in working papers written by the nation's top economists.

NetLibrary (ebooks) Off-Campus Users access requires UW-W ID number.
Search by subject, keyword, author or title for online books in the netLibrary collection.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
This site is a collaborative effort of volunteers in the U.S. and more than 50 countries and includes links to sites that contain economic research including working papers, journal articles, books, etc.

Economics Articles

The following resoures require a UW-W ID number to access from off campus.

EconLit (FirstSearch: 1969- )
Subject indexing and abstracts of journals and over 500 collectivevolumes per year, plus books, dissertations, and working papers. Produced by the Journal of Economic Literature.

ABI/Inform Global (ProQuest: 1971- )
Indexes more than 1,300 business publications including 600 journals with full text from 1992 to present.

Business & Industry (FirstSearch: 1994- )
Contains important facts, figures and key events dealing with publicand private companies, industries, products and markets for all manufacturing and service industries at an international level. B&I focuses on a body of literature that includes leading trade magazines, newsletters, the general business press and international business dailies. LIMITED SEARCHING: The Library is charged per search for this database. Please contact B. Bren (brenb@uww.edu or 262-472-5521) before beginning large research projects requiring many searches.

Business Full Text (WilsonWeb: 1982- )
Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 345 English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere, including the leading business magazines and trade and research journals, plus the partial/full text of over 160 of those periodicals. Partial/full text coverage begins in January 1995.

Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost)
Provides comprehensive access to abstracts and indexing for over 1500 titles, plus searchable full text for more than 750 business periodicals.

LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
Choose News or Business to search for news and articles about companies from business magazines, industry trade journals, newspapers and newswires.

ProQuest Newspapers (ProQuest)
Full text articles and citations from more than 500 U.S. and foreign newspapers including Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Madison Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal, and Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Tablebase (RDS) Restricted to 1 user at a time.
TableBase is a database comprised of tables providing information such as: market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, product and brand rankings, forecasts, healthcare statistics and demographics. Tables are drawn from the more than 1000 sources including statistical annuals, brokerage reports, trade association reports, and governmental reports.

Electronic Journals

Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers (University Library)

See Electronic Journals for University Library journals subscribed to in electronic format.
See Journal Holdings in Electronic and Print for all University Library journals (whether in print or electronic format.

Economist (via EBSCOhost) Off-Campus access requires UW-W ID number.
Browse or search articles from the Economist. Full-text articles available from 7/7/90-present.

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