It indexes and abstracts articles in over 400 journals, as well as books, dissertations, and working papers from January 1969 to the present. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students. This mega-site is a hypertext version of a guide to internet resources of interest to academic and practicing economists, prepared by Bill Goffe, Dept. of Economics and International Business, University of Southern Mississippi. The system contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. International in scope, most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information.
Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly.
The 28 categories cover everything from the methodology and history of economic thought to development, technological change and growth. Economic Policy Institute A consumer site featuring public opinion data, teh site provides graphs and charts to highlight an economic issue each week. The World Bank Of special interest are the Topics in Development and Countries and Regions sections. The country reports provide a good overview of the economic situation and trends in each country. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is required to view the full text of articles.