Reference Collection

Web Resources by Discipline

The links below lead you to websites of academic interest in the following disciplines. Some have been gleaned from UW-Eau Claire faculty recommendations, others from reviews in the collection development literature. These are non-commercial sites.

Economics:

Big Charts: An investment research web site providing access to professional-level research tools like interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.
Bloomberg News: An information services, news and media company, the Bloomberg Company homepage provides an online business and financial news source, and a market monitor.
The Census Bureau's Business page The latest national and subnational data for major economic programs like the Economic Census and County Business Patterns, lays out the range of Census Bureau economic programs, explain the NAICS system, and links to related federal sites.
A Chartbook of international labor comparisons, Reviewed in 2004jan CHOICE. Information that can be used to evaluate the competitive position of the US in the global economy.
Economic News: A Financial Times collection of articles and information dealing with current news, world-wide markets, industries and an alphabetically list of international companies.
Economic Time Series Page: A collection of data files on economic related topics, from government agencies such as The Federal Reserve, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and IRS.
Economics Statistics Briefing Room: Access to current Federal economic indicators and links to information produced and updated by Federal agencies.
EduStock: An Educational web page designed to teach the Stock Market through tutorials, also includes information for selected companies and a twenty minute delayed stock market simulation.
Global Financial Data: Complete histories on a wide range of financial data series and stock market indices
IDBAmérica: Magazine of the Inter-American Development Bank, information about economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leadfusion (offered by FinanCenter): Information for the entrepreneur in areas of e-merchandizing, banking, investing, brokerage, analyzers, selectors and more. The user needs to log-in.
Investopedia - Tutorials and Lessons: Investopedia's tutorial page which includes a variety of financial topics, also links to a financial dictionary and articles.
Macroeconomic Time Series Data Source Locater Enhances access to historical macroeconomic statistics by providing a list of sources by date, geographic area and macroeconomic data category.
Quicken.com - STOCK Search: Allows the user to search for specific stock information, plus a link to Quicken Investing Basics.
"Rethinking Equity Trading at Nasdaq": The transcript of a conference held at Baruch College, CUNY, October 8, 1997, edited May 8, 1998.
Stock Research Sites on the Web: An evaluation of free sites on the Web, developed by University Libraries, University of Washington.
U.S. Department of Labor--Bureau of Labor Statistics: Current statistical data and information on labor statistics and economics.
Virtual Library on Economics: A link to two resources, the Resources for Economists on the Internet and the World Wide Web Resources.
TradeStats Express: National and state trade export data
Yahoo! Finance: Electronic links to financial topics in the areas of Investing, Personal Finance and Top News Stories.