Selected Web Sites
(Updated and verified: July, 2007)

Economics

Research

• FirstSearch (via The Occidental College Library - restricted access; EconLit for economics; WilsonSelect! for full-text; Lexis-Nexis; ProQuest Direct)
• Government Printing Office (GPO) Access
• Government Resources on the Web
• International Economics Gateway
• JW's International Economics Links
• National Bureau of Economic Research
•     NBER Digest
•     Working Papers: Search page
• Resources for Economists on the Internet (Bill Goffe)
• test

Teaching

• AEA website for students (8/19/06)
• Intute: Social Sciences
• FairModel: macro forecasting
• Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy - Publications
•    GUISD - Faculty Club
• Harvard Business Online
•     -- for educators
• The Journal of Economic Education
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• The Teaching Economist

Professional

• American Economic Association Member Services
• Economist Jokes
• Job Openings for Economists
• Econjobmarket (Wiki)

Data and reports

• Barchart: prices for commodity and stock traders
• Bureau of Economic Analysis--national accounts data
• CIA Library (includes link to CIA Factbook)
• Economy at a Glance
• Federal Digital System -- government data
• Economic Indicators, Monthly
• Economic Report of the President
• Interest rate data, major industrial countries
• Penn World Tables 5.6 (University of Toronto)
• Pew Research Center
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - Index
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Census Bureau
•     Statistical Abstract
•     International Trade Statistics
•     Subject Index: A to Z
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service Individual Tax Statistics
• The World Bank Group Data (data by topic and country, esp. good country data for LDCs)

Organizations

• Congressional Budget Office
• Federal Reserve Board
• Institute for International Economics
• International Monetary Fund
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
• United Nations
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• U.S. International Trade Commission
• United States Trade Representative
• World Bank Group
• World Trade Organization

Lookup

• College and University Home Pages
• White Pages
• Yellow Pages
• ZIP codes
• Telephone Directory
• AT&T Internet Toll Free 800 Directory
• Internet 800 Search
• Yahoo! People Search
• Gender guesser

Reference

• WWWebster Dictionary - Search screen
• A Web of On-line Dictionaries
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Wikipedia
• Roget's thesaurus
• California Digital Library
• Library of Congress
• Occidental College Library
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
• Best internet tools
• Statistical abstract of the United States
• The World Factbook (CIA)
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library

Academic

• College Board
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) Net
• Peterson's
• The Princeton Review
• Take the GMAT
• Tuition exchange program
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System)
• AAUP (w/Academe online)
• Institute for International Education (Study abroad)
• Comparison Colleges

News

• Business Week
• CNN
• The Economist
• Financial Times
• Los Angeles Times
      --my account
• MSNBC
• New York Times
• Newshub -- Summary of today's newest news
• NewsLink
• Pasadena Star News
• Time
• USA Today
• U.S. News & World Report
• Washington Post

Blogs and online journals

• Brad DeLong
• Paul Krugman
• N. Gregory Mankiw
• The Economists' Voice

Sports

• CBS.SportsLine - Scoreboard
•     MLB: Players
•     MLB: Statistics (categories)
• ESPNET SportsZone
• Baseball Links
• Baseball reference (with player search)
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• Anaheim Angels
• Major League Baseball
• USA Today - game odds

Medical

• American Cancer Society
• Body mas index (BMI) calculator
• Blue Shield of California (member login)
• Calories per hour calculator
• Cancer.gov
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Clinical trials
• Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
• familydoctor.org
• Healthfinder health services information web site
• Heart Attack Risk Calculator
• Kaiser Permanente Online (SoCal) - Login
• Mayo Clinic
• MEDEM: an information partnership of medical societies
• MedlinePlus (English | Spanish)
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page
• Rx list - internet drug index

Search engines

• Google
• Ask.com
• Microsoft Live Search
• Yahoo!

Web/Email

• Oxy Webmail
• Gmail
• check connection speed
• AT&T / Uverse
• Facebook
• Free Conference (conf.call service)
• Dropbox
• Road Runner
• Access Time Warner
• Digital Phone
• Garmin Nuvi 760
• Linksys settings (home)
• Sprint
• JWwebcam
• Roku

Software and Computing

• Download.com for the PC
• Microsoft Free Downloads
• NCH audio and video software
• Shareware.com
• Tucows
• ZDNet
• ZDNet Software Library

Technical support

• Dell Computer Corporation - Home Page
• The Java(tm) Development Kit
• The Java Language Specification

Bookmarks

• Saul Traiger's Bookmarks
• Linda Whitney's Delicious links
• The Web 100

Arts, Literature, and Entertainment

• Boondocks (gcomics)
• Entertainment Card
• Great Books Index
• Project Gutenberg (online books) Index
• Internet Movie Database
•   --DVDs
• Free online episodes
• National Public Radio
• Netflix
• Radio locator
• Videotheque rentals
• JW's bridge bidding flowcharts
• Blackjack - basic strategy charts
• Las Vegas Blackjack Survey
• Official Scrabble Website - dictionary
• Regional breweries guides
• Rose Bowl Aquatics Center login
• YMCA - Fitlinxx

Travel and Weather

• Auto Club
• MapQuest! TripQuest
• Google Maps
• QuickAID: LAX: Los Angeles International Airport
• California Highway Conditions Hourly
• Highway conditions: US/Can
• Los Angeles MTA
• LA DASH system
• Metrolink
• Amtrak
• Kayak (airfares)
• TravelZoo
• The Weather Channel
• Accuweather
• Time and date lookup
• U.S. time lookup
• Sunrise/sunset times
• Air quality
• Earthquake intensities

Trips

• Japan (2011)
• Kauai (2012)
• Iceland (2013)
• Spain (2014)

Shopping

• Amazon
• Angie's List login
• Consumer Reports online
• Customer support - get a human
• eBay
• internet.com's BotSpot
• Price Grabber
• Los Angeles Times Mortgage Report
• Realtor.com (licensed by National Association of Realtors)
• Zillow.com

the Environment

• Energy Star
• Carbon calculator
• LA County solar map

Personal finance

• American Express
• Bank of America
• Bank Rate
• myCalSTRS
• LACCD (LA Community College District)
• Fidelity
• Fidelity NetBenefits
• Firstrade
• Glendale Area Schools FCU
• ---Internet banking
• Nevada State Bank
• Turbotax Home Page
• IRS forms
• TIAA-CREF
• Yahoo Finance
• Financial calculators
• DollarTimes financial calculators

Jobs

• Monster.com
• Cool Jobs - the Coolest Jobs on the Planet

Occidental

• Blackboard
• Master Calendar Reservations
• MyOxy
• Occidental College
• Occidental Economics Department
• SCOF (Oxy only)
• ITS
• Campus directory

Video clips

• Fed Chair contender: Glenn Hubbard (2006)
• Mankiw's Ten Economic Principles (2007)
• White House Correspondents Dinner - Bush impersonation (2006)
• Baggage complaint (2007)
• Photos from space (2010)
• Tina Fey does Sarah Palin
• Tina Fey does it again
• Saturday Night Live
• Bengy and the Zipper (2008)

Miscellaneous

• City of Los Angeles
• California Election Results
• City of South Pasadena
• Learn2.com - The ability utility (home repairs)
• Jim Whitney
• Whitney family
• Cami's Argentina blog
• Linda's Japan forum

Bicycle tips

• How to Adjust a Front Derailleur
• How To Adjust a Rear Derailleur

Political polls and forecasts

• FiveThirtyEight
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• Intrade Prediction Market
• Real Clear Politics
• Early voting polls