Resources
for Economics Students
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For All Students
Useful Links
This is a collection of general
online references that are ideally suited to the needs of students in
business-related courses.
For Students with Special Needs
Disability
Accommodations
Information is provided on how
to make arrangements for special resources to accommodate the impact of a
disability.
For Online Students
Technical
Assistance
This page provides students with
basic information to optimize the Internet browsing
software on your computer and improve your online learning experience.
For Economics Students
Important instructions on the availability and use of the
Thinkwell macroeconomics and microeconomics video CD sets that are available on
overnight reserve at L&C’s Reid Memorial Library.
Economics Today
(Portal to Miller text-related
content)
Important resource that includes
chapter previews, computerized practice tests, and so on.
Thinkwell CD
Instructions
Important instructions to be
followed by students at Lewis & Clark that have purchased the Supplemental
CD Package for Macroeconomics or Microeconomics.
ECONlinks
ECONlinks was developed to
provide easy access to basic economic and financial information for students in
economics and business courses.
Resources
for Economists on the Internet
This guide is sponsored by the
American Economic Association. It lists 1,248 resources in 73 sections and
sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing
economists, and those interested in economics.
World Wide Web Resources in Economics
WebEc lists and describes
material that could be of interest to mainly academic economists and is at
least in part freely available on the Internet.
National Bureau of Economic Research
The NBER site provides important
links to useful information related to economics.
The Library of Economics
A thoroughly searchable collection
of more than 30 online books that represent a wide range of classics in
economic thought.
AmosWeb
A set of economic resources that
includes a glossary of terms and principles, a pedestrian's guide to the
economy and practice quizzes.
Business
Cycle Indicators
The composite indexes of
leading, coincident, and lagging indicators produced by The Conference Board
are summary statistics for the U.S. economy.
For All Students
Guide to Grammar and Writing
APA Citation
Guidelines
MLA Citation
Guidelines
Purple Math - Your Algebra Resource
Introductory
Algebra 1A (Units 1 & 3 recommended.)
Algebasics – Algebra Tutorials
(Chapters 1, 2, 3 & 11 are recommended.)
Algebra 1 Tutorial Videos (Sections 1
thru 4 recommended.)
Video
Tutorials – Introductory Algebra (Lessons 1 thru 6 recommended.)
Linear
Graphs & Slope Video (Flash) Tutorial
Top Ten Reasons
The following is an example
of what can be found at JokEc, Jokes about Economists and
Economics. This site is located
in Finland, but it is mirrored at Washington
University.
TOP 10 REASONS TO STUDY
ECONOMICS
1. Economists are armed and
dangerous: "Watch out for our invisible hands."
2. Economists can supply it on
demand.
3. You can talk about money
without ever having to make any.
4. You get to say "trickle
down" with a straight face.
5. Mick Jagger and Arnold
Schwarzenegger both studied economics and look how
they turned out.
6. When you are in the
unemployment line, at least you will know why you are there.
7. If you rearrange the letters
in "ECONOMICS", you get "COMIC NOSE".
8. Although ethics teaches that
virtue is its own reward, in economics we get taught
that reward is its own virtue.
9. When you get drunk, you can
tell everyone that you are just researching the law of
diminishing marginal utility.
10. When you call 1-900-LUV-ECON
and get Kandi Keynes, you will have something
to talk about.
Content Owner: Business Division
Page Created by: Bob DiPaolo (bdipaolo@lc.edu)
Last updated: January, 2010