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Virtual Libraries

• Argmax.com has economics news, directory of economists, links to economics Web sites, sites with economic data. Maintained by John S. Irons.
• Economics @ Miningco.com has a collection of Web sites organised by categories.
• McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought has full text of selected authors works.
• Resources for Economists on the Internet by Bill Goffe Dept. of Economics, SUNY Oswego. Part of WWW Virtual Library and NetEc.
• WWW Virtual Library Economic and Business History by Co Seegers for the Netherlands Economic History Archive. Part of WWW Virtual Library.
• Virtual Library on International Development has lots of links to resources in broad areas related to international economics. Maintained by Canadian International Development Agency.
• WebEc : World Wide Web Resources on Economics by Lauri Saarinen. Part of WWW Virtual Library and NetEc.

Working Papers

• BRIE (Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy) is an 'interdisciplinary research project that focuses on international economic compeitition, development and application of advanced technologies'. Their web site has BRIE working papers (selected papers have the full text attached) and research papers.
• Brookings Institution is a well-known American think tank for public policy, economic studies and foreign policy. Their Web site has many of their staff publications in full text.
• EconWPA is created by Washington University. 'Devoted to the free distribution of working papers'. You can obtain a working paper by sending to your email address or by ftp.
• IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service) allows searching for many working papers from WoPEc, BibEc, EconWPA and other archives.
• Monetary Authority of Singapore Publications have made their publications available under the section Pulications are largely in PDF. Includes their occasional papers, reports and consultative papers, newsletters and annual reports.
• National Bureau of Economic Research or NBER's Web site has bibliographic details of their publications, including books and working papers.
• UNU/WIDER, World Institute for Development Economics Research is the first research and training centre established by the United Nations University. The Web site has details of their activities, including their publications. Some research papers and working papers are available in PDF.
• EconsPapers EconPapers use the RePEc bibliographic and author data, providing access to a large collection of online Economics working papers and journal articles.

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International Organisations

• ASEAN has information & news about ASEAN activities.
• Asian Development Bank provides information about its activities, publications, statistics on ADB, including its annual report.
• G-8 Information Centre contains information about G-8 in newspapers, G-8 meetings and other scholarly publications on G-8. Maintained by the University of Toronto.
• European Union contains news, activities, official documents, institutions of EU and information sources that includes statistics and publications.
• International Monetary Fund gives information about IMF, news and publications with full text for selected publications. Also contains the Directory of Economic, Commodity, and Development Organizations with detailed information about related organizations.
• OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development contains information on OECD's activities, OECD statistics with some free online publications.
• United Nations has links to Official WEB Site Locator for the UN System of Organizations and UN Documentation: research guide which "provides an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization...and guidance on how to work with them."
• World Bank "provides a wealth of knowledge and information on developing nations throughout the world. It containing a wide array of rich and timely resources including financial and economic data, regional, country-specific, and topical information, as well as information on World Bank publications and projects." -- Sue O'Neill Johnson.
• World Trade Organisation provides information about WTO activities, news, online documents, resources with statistics, research and publications.

Economics Departments

• National University of Singapore Department of Economics
• Nanyang Technological University Division of Economics
• EDIRC is a directory of economic departments, institutes and research centres in the world. The index is organized by countries, continents, field of research. A hyperlink is given the organization's web site. Maintained by Christain Zimmermann.
• University Economics Departments, Faculties & Centres : Non - U.S.A. is maintained by David Giles from University of Victoria.
• US Economics Departments on the Internet is maintained by Ed Price from Oklahoma State University and hosted on AMOS Web.

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Economics Databases Subscribed by NUS Libraries

Electronic Journals

• E-journals Suncribed by NUS Libraries
• Economic Journals on the Web lists the journals alphabetically with links to the journal's Web site which may offer table of contents, abstracts or full text. Maintained by John Kane from State University of New York at Oswego.
• List of Economics Journals from WebEc.

Almanacs and Dictionaries

• AmosWeb Economic Gloss*arama is a searchable glossary of economic terms. Maintained by Prof Orley Amos.
• Information Please is an online dictionary, Internet encyclopedia and almanac reference. Offers browsing with a quick and easy search capability.
• OneLook Dictionaries allows searching across many dictionaries at one go.

Nobel Prize

• Nobel Prize for Economics where you can get a list of all the winners in Economics, with links to articles by the winners. Maintained by the Nobel Foundation.
• Nobel Prize Internet Archive where you can look for the winners in all fields, including Economics. Information collated for the winner can be substantial. Maintained by Alamaz Enterprises.

Jokes

• Jokes about economists and economics for some comic relief.
• One Line Economics for quotations by economists. Maintained by Hiroyuki Kawakatsu from Queen's University Belfast.

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