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Academic and Data Resources

UNLV's Library-Based Electronic Resources

CBER's Directory to Economics/Business Electronic Resources in the UNLV Libraries
UNLV Libraries' Collections
Business/Economics Subject Guide to the UNLV libraries' databases, e-journals, print, and Web resources

Web Resource Directories for Economics and Business

General Directories and Collections

RFE -- Resources for Economists on the Internet [Search RFE] (by Bill Goffe, University of Southern Mississippi)
RePEc -- Research Papers in Economics
Inomics -- The Internet Site for Economists
EconData & Links (from CSU Fresno)
Business and Economic Information links (from UNR Libraries)
Economics and Statistics Webliography (from Louisiana State University Libraries)
Other LSU business webliographies
Scout Report for Business & Economics (from University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Scout Report for Social Sciences
Internet Scout Project by the Scout Report
INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections (from UC Riverside)
Search by database
Social sciences and humanities
Government information
Librarians' Index to the Internet (annotated directory from UC Berkeley)
Business Web sites
Economics Web sites
Statistical Resources on the Web (from University of Michigan Documents Center)
Statistical resources on the Web -- Economics
Business and Marketing Geography/GIS (from Grant Thrall's Web Page Picks at the University of Florida)
Business and Technology Research Library (from BizTech)
Intute: Social Science Information Gateway (from University of Bristol)
Economic Classification System Guides and Conversions (from Université Catholique de Louvain, in French and English)

Teaching Resources

Web Center for Social Research Methods/ William M.K. Trochim (from Cornell)
MERLOT Online Learning Materials (from Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching consortium)
Business/economics
Social sciences/statistics
SSRIC Teaching Resources Depository (from Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council, California State University system)
Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists (TRAMSS) online statistics training and datasets (from Economic and Social Research Council [UK])

Web Searching

Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher (from Library and Information Technology Association)
Search Engine Showdown (affiliated with Montana State University Library)
Internet search strategies
Invisible Web -- Hidden Searchable Sites (from About.com)
net.TUTOR (from Ohio State University Libraries)
Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL (from UC Berkeley)

Academic Writing

"Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides" (from University of Iowa)
"How to Publish in Top Journals" (from Review of International Economics)
"Keep up with Changes on Scholarly Communication" (from Create Change/developed by Association of Research Libraries and Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)

Economics Scholarship Online

Journals

Economics Journals directory (from Washington University in St Louis)
Other resources of the NetEc Project
Economic Journals on the Web (from State University of New York at Oswego)
E-Journal SiteGuide: A MetaSource (from University of British Columbia Library)
Journals directory, including UNLV subscriptions (from UNLV Libraries)
Journals in business and economics
IDEAS the complete RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) database
EconPapers from RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)

Studies and Working Papers

NBER Working Papers (from National Bureau of Economic Research)
RAND Publications   [Search research briefs ]
National Academy Press (from National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, and others) Many studies free online
IDEAS the complete RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) database
EconPapers from RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (hosted by the Munich University Library)
NEP (New Economics Papers) (from RePEc)

Data Gateways and Collections

Economics and Business Data

EconData (from Inforum/University of Maryland)
EconData.Net (from Economic Development Administration) [View Summary list]
NBER Online Economic Data Available for Downloading
Economic indicators and releases
Economic Time Series Page [or browse collections by state] (from Economagic)
FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data (from St. Louis Fed)
FreeLunch.com (from Economy.com/Dismal Science)
Ed Yardeni's Economics Network (from Prudential Financial)
Business & Economics Numeric Data (from Mansfield University [Pennsylvania] Library)
Direct Search: Business/Economics Databases on the Web (from Gary Price Research and Library Consulting)
See also Current Key US Economic Indicators links (CBER)

Related Social Science Data

Internet Crossroads in the Social Sciences (from University of Wisconsin)
SSDC, Social Science Data on the Net (from UC San Diego)
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Archive (from University of Michigan)
Data access & analysis
ICPSR: Other social science data sites
NESSTARR: Network Social Science Tools and Resources includes "explorer" to find data online
Assessing the New Federalism State Database -- interactive or downloadable (from Urban Institute)
Guide to Mostly On-Line and Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data (from University of Arkansas)
Websites for Digital GIS Data (from Stanford)
GIS resources: finding data
Geospatial Data Research Network (from UNR Libraries)
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center (annotated directories from University of Virginia)
See also Nevada State and Local Information links (CBER)
See also US Information links (CBER)
See also International Information links (CBER)

Directories of Professional Organizations and Scholars

Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER)
Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (database from University of Connecticut)
Organizations and Associations (part of RFE )
Online University Survey/Public Opinion Research Centers directory (from the University of Kansas)

Libraries Around the World

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Must be registered LVCCLD borrower to use some databases; some restricted hours for online access
Research databases (including some duplicating UNLV's subscriptions: Info Trac, General Reference Center Gold, Business and Company Resource Center, EBSCO, and SIRS)
Library catalog
Library Web Servers (From WebJunction, a new host for a set of library listserv discussions previously hosted by UC Berkeley's SunSITE server)
Geographic Index to Library Online Catalogs (from the Berkeley Digital Library)
The Center for Business and Economic Research     University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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