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Links for Economists

The Business and Economics Resource Centerat the University of Chicago Library offers a wealth of research information, links to data, and personalized research assistance.

You may also find the following specific links to be useful:
Guides to Internet Resources in Economics
Economics Journals & Working Papers/Government Publications
Economics Departments and Associations
Data Sources
Job Openings for Economists (JOE)

Guides to Internet Resources in Economics

• AEAweb
• FINWeb - Financial Economics Web Site
• Law and Economics Resources
• Resources for Economicsts on the Internet (Bill Goffe)
• WebEc - World Wide Web Resources in Economics

Economics Journals & Working Papers/Government Documents

• Journals available online
• EconLit
• EconPapers
• Elsevier Science Direct
• GPO Access
• JSTOR
• Medline
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers
• NEP
• Working Papers

Economics Departments and Associations

University of Chicago bibliographies – including links to RefWorks databases:

• University of Chicago, Department of Economics faculty bibliographies
• University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business faculty bibliographies

Directories of Departments

• Economics Departments on the Internet (U.S. only)
• Directory of Economics Departments (outside the U.S.)

Associations

• AEA - American Economics Association home page. Directory of members.
• Economic History Services
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• Society for Computational Economics

Data Sources

General

• B&A DataLinks
• ICPSR (InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research)
• TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, IRS data from Syracuse University)
• University of Michigan Documents Center
• WebEc Economics Data Links

Government Sources and International Agencies

• Combined Health Information Database (NIH)
• Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenial Edition 
• International Financial Statistics [International Monetary Fund]
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• SourceOECD
• U.S. Bureau of the Census (DES)
• Data Extraction System (DES)
• International Data Base
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Current Population Surveys
• Foreign Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Commerce Web Sites on the Economy and Statistics
• U.S. Social Security Administration
• United Nations Common Database 
• World Development Indicators Online [World Bank] 

Specific Datasets

• Datastream - Access in Regenstein Library, terminal A9.  Datastream Advance Guide
• Historical Census Data 
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Other

• The Universal Currency Converter
• Olsen & Associates Currency Converter
• JEL classification codes

If you know of a useful economics link to add to the list, please tell us about it.