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Making good use of the Web in A2 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). Today’s presentation, with all Web addresses linking directly to the sites, can be found at: www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/archive/y12_2004.

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Making good use of the Web in A2 Economics

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  1. 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. Today’s 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. 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. Primary resources: News sites • Economist www.economist.com • FT www.ft.com • BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news • Guardian/Observerwww.guardian.co.uk • Reuterswww.reuters.co.uk • Ananovawww.ananova.com/business

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

  6. Primary resources: UK official sites • Government gatewaywww.ukonline.gov.uk • Treasurywww.hm-treasury.gov.uk • Bank of Englandwww.bankofengland.co.uk • Parliamentwww.parliament.uk • DTIwww.dti.gov.uk • Regulatory bodieswww.ofgem.gov.uk www.sra.gov.uk

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

  8. 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 • Economagicwww.economagic.com • Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com • Biz/ed Timeweb www.bized.ac.uk/dataserv/datahome.htm

  9. Gateways and libraries • Biz/ed www.bized.ac.uk • Economics LTSN www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk • Tutor2U www.tutor2u.net/ • SOSIG www.sosig.ac.uk • WebEcwww.helsinki.fi/WebEc • RFEwww.rfe.org • John Sloman’s hotlinks www.booksites.net/sloman

  10. Using Google • Use www.google.co.uk • Use Google Advanced. • Using “…” • Searching within website • Using Google toolbar

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

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