- Internet Economist
A new "teach yourself" tutorial for economists called Internet Economist has been launched by Economics LTSN. It is one of a set of tutorials that has been created for the RDN Virtual Training Suite. - National statistics website
The revamped official UK National statistics website is now up and running. A key feature is StatBase, an on-line database which holds a large selection of government statistics organised under various main headings (known as "themes"). - Resources for Economists on the Internet
The latest edition of Bill Goffe's splendid on-line guide to Resources for Economists on the Internet, Vol. 4, No. 3 March, 2000 is now available (and on the UK mirror site).
February 2000 News
With the "My Account" feaure users can create their own personal view of the Web, using the high quality
SOSIG catalogue and the massive harvested "research-engine" database. You can find out which resources have been added
recently in your area and register for regular e- mail notification of important
developments in your specialism.
The University of Bristol's bid to host the new Learning and Teaching Support Network [LTSN], Economics subject centre was
accepted by the HE funding councils. The centre has now opened (January 2000) and will gradually take over all the functions
of CTI Economics. However, the new centre will encompass all forms of learning and teaching material, not just C & IT.
The web site for SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) has been redesigned with
a new look for the 21st century. The service has also been expanded with the inclusion of Grapevine
where you can create an online CV (resume) or search through the others in the database.
The latest edition of Bill Goffe's splendid on-line guide to
Resources for Economists on the Internet, Vol. 4, No. 2 September, 1999 is now available
(and on the UK mirror site). Some of the new updated links are
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