1. ltsn Economics Making good use of the Web in A2 Economics Andy Beharrell (Triple A Learning) Andrew Ashwin (Biz/ed) John Sloman (UWE and Economics LTSN)

2. ltsn Economics Todays presentation, with all Web addresses linking directly to the sites, can be found at: www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/archive/y12_2004 Thinking of doing Economics at University? Have a look at www.whystudyeconomics.ac.uk

3. ltsn Economics Advantages of using Web resources Up-to-date Relevant (if you know where to look) Accessible Interesting Can use information to illustrate your answers The Internet Economist http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/

4. ltsn Economics Primary resources: News sites Economist www.economist.com www.economist.com FT www.ft.com www.ft.com BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news www.bbc.co.uk/news Guardian/Observer www.guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk Reuters www.reuters.co.uk www.reuters.co.uk Ananova www.ananova.com/business www.ananova.com/business

5. ltsn Economics Primary resources: News portal sites Guardian World News Guide www.guardian.co.uk www.guardian.co.uk My virtual newspaper www.refdesk.com/paper.html www.refdesk.com/paper.html Newspapers on WWW http://www.fiu.edu/newspapers.html http://www.fiu.edu/newspapers.html Google Econ. News news.google.com news.google.com Moreover http://p.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?o=portal&c=Economics%20news John Slomans news links www.booksites.net/sloman www.booksites.net/sloman

6. ltsn Economics Primary resources: UK official sites Government gateway www.ukonline.gov.uk www.ukonline.gov.uk Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk www.hm-treasury.gov.uk Bank of England www.bankofengland.co.uk www.bankofengland.co.uk Parliament www.parliament.uk www.parliament.uk DTI www.dti.gov.uk www.dti.gov.uk Regulatory bodies www.ofgem.gov.uk www.ofgem.gov.uk www.sra.gov.uk

7. ltsn Economics Primary resources: Data National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk www.statistics.gov.uk BofE (M&FS) www.bankofengland.co.uk/mfsd www.bankofengland.co.uk/mfsd www.bankofengland.co.uk/targettwopointzero Pocket Databank www.hm-treasury.gov.uk www.hm-treasury.gov.uk Europa (E&FA) http://europa.eu.int/comm http://europa.eu.int/comm OECD Economic Outlook www.oecd.org www.oecd.org IMF www.imf.org www.imf.org Country briefings www.economist.com/countries www.economist.com/countries

8. ltsn Economics Primary resources: Data banks & gateways LTSN data access www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/links/data_free.htm OFFSTATS www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm Economagic www.economagic.com www.economagic.com Nationmaster www.nationmaster.comwww.nationmaster.com Biz/ed Timeweb www.bized.ac.uk/dataserv/datahome.htm

9. ltsn Economics Gateways and libraries Biz/ed www.bized.ac.uk www.bized.ac.uk Economics LTSN www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk Tutor2U www.tutor2u.net/ www.tutor2u.net/ SOSIG www.sosig.ac.uk www.sosig.ac.uk WebEc www.helsinki.fi/WebEc www.helsinki.fi/WebEc RFE www.rfe.org www.rfe.org John Slomans hotlinks www.booksites.net/sloman www.booksites.net/sloman

10. ltsn Economics Using Google Use www.google.co.uk Use Google Advanced.. Using … Searching within website Using Google toolbar

11. ltsn Economics Need an economist? http://images.google.com Keynes? Milton Friedman? Galbraith?