1. Making good use of the Web in A2 Economics
Andy Beharrell (Triple A Learning) Andy Hargrave (Biz/ed) John Sloman (UWE and Economics LTSN)
Welcome and introduction to centre staff
New initiative supporting learning and teaching in higher education economics

2. 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

3. Primary resources: News sites
Economist FT
BBC News
Guardian/Observer
Reuters
Ananova

4. Primary resources: News portal sites
Guardian World News Guide
My virtual newspaper
Newspapers on WWW
Google Econ. News news.google.com
Moreover
John Sloman’s news links

5. Primary resources: UK official sites
Government gateway
Treasury
Bank of England
Parliament
DTI
Regulatory bodies

6. Primary resources: Data
LTSN data access
National Statistics
BofE (M&FS)
Pocket Databank
Europa (E&FA)
OECD Economic Outlook
IMF
Country briefings

7. Primary resources: Data banks & gateways
LTSN data access
OFFSTATS
www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm
Economagic
MIMAS
Data Archive
Biz/ed Timeweb

8. Gateways and libraries
Biz/ed
Economics LTSN
Tutor2U
SOSIG
WebEc netec.mcc.ac.uk/WebEc.html
RFE
John Sloman’s hotlinks

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

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