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College of Liberal Arts > Department of Economics

Dr. Simran Sahi's Home Page

USEFUL LINKS

 

International Economics Site at Helsinki - gives WWW Resources (data, journals and documents) in Economics.

Resources for the Economists on the Internet - compiled by Bill Goffe

The Nobel Foundation

Listing of Jobs in Economics

Trends in U.S. International Trade

U.S. Federal Agencies Master List

World Bank – click on Data & Research

GATT

WTO

IMF  

To access the International Financial Statistics of the IMF, go to the main University Libraries web page at http://www.lib.umn.edu/ . Click on  Indexes (at the top); click on I and scroll down to IFS Online. 

Economic Report of the President http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis http://minneapolisfed.org

University of Michigan Statistical Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Statistical Abstract of the United States http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html

U of Minnesota sources: UM Library links to newspapers, on-line indexes and full text searching for articles.

A cool website dealing with trade chronology, glossary, acronyms (suggested by Tyler Eckberg)  http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/trade/

MAGAZINES

WRITING HELP

The Economist Style Guide http://www.economist.com/research/styleguide/

Online Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

Online Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm

 Center for Writing: 10, Nicholson Hall (612.626.7579) http://writing.umn.edu. Click on Student Writing Support.

The Center offers all University of Minnesota students free, individualized writing instruction, both face-to-face and online

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

http://www.lib.umn.edu   - click on Undergraduate Virtual Library .

The ultimate resource for research, the University library has five major facilities and eleven branch sites with a wealth of reference materials, online resources, books, articles, newspapers, microforms, government documents, maps and more.  Librarians are available and happy to help orient students to all aspects of the library system. You can find research assistance at http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu . The library tutorial, Quickstudy, is a self-paced tutorial covering the research process at the University of Minnesota Libraries.  It starts with selecting a topic for a paper and ends with citing sources for a bibliography. Hands-on research tutorials with a research librarian are also available.  Sign up at http://www.lib.umn.edu/registration. These workshops focus on effectively using MNCAT, the library catalogs, the Expanded Academic Index, and more. 

Disability Services: 180 McNamara; (612.626.1333) V/TTY

http://ds.umn.edu.

It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, reasonable accommodations to students who have disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course activities or to meet course requirements. Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact their instructors to discuss their individual needs for accommodation or to contact Disability Services to schedule an appointment with a Specialist.

The Student Writing Guide: A guidebook providing student writers with detailed, step-by-step guidance through the writing process and lists numerous writing resources. Available on the web in pdf at: http://writing.umn.edu/docs/sws/swgpdf.pdf or at the Center for Writing, 10 Nicholson Hall , (612.626.7579), writing@umn.edu.