HC Libraries: ECON 2301/2302 Economics Research Guide: Websites

Evaluating Websites

When searching the Internet, remember to evaluate the websites you visit.

Keep in mind the 5 W's:

Who?	Is the writer an authority on the topic?

What?	Is the information relevant to your search?

Where?	Where was the information published? What domain (for websites)?

When?	Is the information current?

Why?	What is the purpose of the information?

Websites

Brookings - Economic Studies
Bureau of Economic Analysis(BEA)
Economic Policy Institute The Economic Policy Institute’s mission is to inform and empower individuals to seek solutions that ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity.
The Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary system and financial system.
International Monetary Fund
Macroeconomics (The World Bank) Growth is the essential ingredient for sustained poverty reduction. The research program focuses on identifying the contribution of policies and institutional changes to the diversity in growth and aggregate economic performance around the world.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Resources for Economists on the Internet The purposes of the Association are: The encouragement of economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of the actual conditions of industrial life. The issue of publications on economic subjects. The encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The Association as such will take no partisan attitude, nor will it commit its members to any position on practical economic questions.
Social Science Research Network Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences
U.S. Census Bureau
World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum is the international institution for public-private cooperation committed to improving the state of the world.

Additional Sources

Library of Congress Economics Blogs Web Archive

Library of Congress Economics Blogs Web Archive