Deardorff's Useful Web Sites

Useful links for UM faculty

Contents:

Blogs
Economic Data
Economics Sites
Economist Blogs
Economists and Economics Departments
Geography
Help for Making Your Own Website
Journals
Maps
Misc
Movies
News
Publishers

Puzzles
Radio
Rankings
Search Engines
Shopping
Tools
Top Web Sites
Travel
U of M Information
U of M Electronic Links
Weather
Whimsy

Blogs

Top 100 Economics Blogs
Bhagwati: Homepage | Times of India
Delong
IELP (International Econoimc Law and Policy Blog)
Krugman: NYT columns | Early blog
Mankiw
Rodrik
Roubini
Smith, Noah
Trade Lawyer's Blog
Trade Law Blogs:
WITA (Washington International Trade Association)

Economics Sites

100 Useful Research Tools for Amateur Economists
Economic Report of the President
Encyclopedia of Economics from Library of Economics and Liberty
European Trade Study Group (ETSG)
Handbooks in Economics
Institute for International and Development Economics (IIDE)
JSTOR (Economics and Other Journals)
JIE
FinancialWeb (Financial Economics Web Site)
Dr. T's EconLinks
Inomics (Internet Site for Economists)
Marginal Revolution (Economics blog)
PoET (Prices of Economics Textbooks)
RePEc Research Papers in Economics (IDEAS)
UAUJE (University Avenue Undergraduate Journal in Economics)

Economists and Economics Departments

EconBiz Search engine for economists' profiles
US Graduate Programs in Economics (AEA)
Rankings of Departments:
- Niche (US only)
- NRC National Research Council
- Program Rankings AEA, links to many
- RePEc IDEAS
- ShanghaiRanking
- TopUniversities
- US News (US only)
- US News (Global)
- World University Rankings (Times Higher Education)
Rankings of Economists:
- RePec Top 1000 economists at RePec, 1990-2000
- RePEc IDEAS Top 10%

Economic Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis (Commerce Dept) National Accounts Data - GDP etc. | Survey of Current Business
Bureau of Labor Statistics (Labor Dept) Employment, Prices, Wages etc. | Definitions (Handbook of Methods)
BLS Top Picks (e.g., Unemployment, CPI, by year)
Census Bureau Statistics
CIA: World Fact Book (Country Information) | Country Comparisons
Consumer Confidence, the Conference Board
Data Classification Systems
Dismal Scientist Economic Data (Moody's Analytic's) (PDF)
Doing Business World Bank
Economagic Economic Time Series
Economic Report of the President | Statistical tables (PDF)
Economic View: Real Time (Moody's Analytics)
Federal Reserve Board | Statistics
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) (St. Louis Fed) Interest rates, etc.
FindTheBest
fxEconoStats: OANDA Economic Statistics Analysis Tool
Index of Economic Freedom Heritage Foundation
ICPSR Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
International Monetary Fund Data (IFS, etc.) (Requires UM login)
International Trade Data (from Jon Haveman)
LocalCensus.com Census data
NationMaster Interactive country comparisons
NBER Online Data
Office of Management and Budget Federal Budget Publications
Quandl Search over 2,000,000 financial, economic and social datasets
Statistical Abstracts of the US (US Census Bureau)
Survey of Current Business
Surveys of Consumers University of Michigan (Consumer sentiment, expectations, etc.)
Tradeport
U.S. Department of Commerce Data and Reports
U.S. Tariff Schedule
WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution, World Bank)
World Bank Data
World Development Indicators
World Economic Outlook IMF
WTO Trade and Tariff Data

Geography

G-Econ Geographically based Economic data (Yale)
Gridded GDP PREPdata
Our World in Data GDP per capita vs latitude, 2016
Spatial Economic Data NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

Help for Making Your Own Website

Domain Name Reistration:
- Azreen Azmi Domain Name for Dummies: How to Buy A Domain Name
- WebsiteSetup How to Register a Domain Name
Make Your Own Website:
Have a Website Made for You:
HTML
- Sources for learning HTML:
- Characters:
Blogging
- Step-By-Step Guide To Create A Successful Blog
- Create Your Own Beautiful Blog
Other
- Javascript Tutorial
- U of M Web Hosting | FAQs | CGI Scripts (inc. Counter)
- How to Design a Logo
- Favicon Generator
- AI Coding and Programming Tools

Journals (via UM Electronic Resources, UM login required)

All (via UM Electronic Resources)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics JSTOR (old) | AEA-web (new)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy JSTOR (old) | AEA-web (new)
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics JSTOR (old) | AEA-web (new)
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics JSTOR (old) | AEA-web (new)
American Economic Review JSTOR (old) | AEA-web (new)
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Journal of Economics (JSTOR)
Canadian Journal of Economics JSTOR (Old) | Wiley (new)
Econometrica JSTOR (old) | Wiley (new)
Economic Journal JSTOR (old) | Wiley (replaced by Oxford 2019) | Oxford (new)
Economica (JSTOR)
Economists' Voice
European Economic Review (Science Direct)
International Economic Review (JSTOR)
Journal of Economic Literature (JSTOR)
Journal of Economic Perspectives (JSTOR)
Journal of International Economics (Science Direct)
Journal of Political Economy (JSTOR) | U Chicago Press
Journal of the European Economic Association (Oxford)
Journal of World Trade (HeinOnline)
Oxford Economic Papers JSTOR old | Oxford new
Quarterly Journal of Economics JSTOR (old) | Oxford (new)
Review of Economic Studies JSTOR (old) | Oxford (new)
Review of Economics and Statistics JSTOR (old) | MIT Press (new)
Review of International Economics (Wiley)
Review of World Economics 2003-present (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv)
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (1913-2002)
World Economy (Wiley InterScience)
World Trade Review (Cambridge Journals)

Maps

Google Maps
MapMaker Interactive (National Geographic)
Mapquest street maps
Maps.com map store
Scribble Maps (Draw and share maps)
TigerWeb Map Services U.S. Census Bureau

Misc

Deardorff
- Alan Deardorff's Homepage
- Deardorff (Financial Services)
- Deardorff.Com (Brian Deardorff)
- Deardorff Communications (Marketing)
- Deardorff Historical Website (Deardorff Cameras)
- Skraban-Deardorff Syndrome (genetic disorder)
RateMyProfessor.com
Truth or Fiction
Sites that Ryan works at (or has worked at):

Movie Information

Accademy Awards | Past Winners
American Film Institute | Top 100 Movie Lists
Ann Arbor Theaters
- Ann Arbor 20 + IMAX CineMark
- Emagine Saline
- Michigan Theater
- Quality 16 Goodrich
- State Theater
Askwith Media Library (U of M)
Emmy Awards
Hollywood.Com
Internet Movie Database Search
JustWatch (Streaming)
ENews from E-Online
Movie Review Query Engine
New York Times Movie Page
ReelViews reviews and criticism by James Berardinelli
Rotten Tomatoes movie ratings

News Sources

ABC News
Bloomberg
Bridge Magazine (Michigan)
CBS News
CNBC.com
CNN
The Economist | Proquest
ESPN Sports
Financial Times | Proquest
Fortune
Fox News
Globalist
MSNBC
New York Times | NYT Magazine | Proquest
Newsday
Newspapermap.com Click on city to get its newspaper translated.
Newsweek
Newsy
Nexis Uni Lexis-Nexis (via UM)
Rushford Report The Politics of International Trade and Finance
SI.com (Sports Illustrated)
Time
Trade News:
- Bridges Weekly trade news digest from ICTSD
- Global Trade
- itm (International Trade Magazine)
- Trade Compass
- STR Trade Report (Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg)
- World Trade Online (from Inside US Trade)
- WTO News (from WTO website)
U.S. News
USA Today
Wall Street Journal | Journal in Education Program | Proquest
Washington Post

Publishers

Addison-Wesley (now Pearson)
Cambridge University Press
Elsevier Handbooks in Economics
Harper Collins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Irwin (McGraw-Hill Irwin)
( Journals)
McGraw-Hill
MIT Press
Norton
Pearson
Prentice Hall (now Pearson)
Taylor & Francis Group
Thomson Reuters
University of Michigan Press
Wiley
Westview Press (Taylor & Francis)
World Scientific
Worth Publishing

Search Engines

Answers.com (formerly GuruNet)
Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
Baidu (Dominant search engine in China)
Bing
BoardReader (Searches message boards)
CCSearch (Creative Commons Photographs)
Dogpile (meta search engine)
DuckDuckGo ("Privacy, simplified.")
Ecosia (Environmentally friendly: Profits plant trees.)
Excite
Gibiru ("Unfiltered private search" "Preferred Search Engine for Patriots")
Google
Metacrawler
Pixabay (Creative Commons images)
Search Encrypt (Encrypted search, for privacy)
Slideshare ("Presentation slides, from LinkedIn")
Startpage ("The world's most private search engine")
Swisscows ("Family-friendly semantic search engine")
WayBackMachine (Searches past, from Internet Archive)
Wiki (Searches wikis)
Wolfram Alpha ("Computational knowledge engine")
Yahoo
Yandex (Search with perspective from outside US)

Shopping

Amazon | Amazon Smile (Gives to designated charity)
Barnes and Noble Books
Eating Places Ann Arbor, list and maps
Kroger
Norton's Flowers and gifts
Target
US Poshttps://www.walmart.com/t Office Stamps
Walmart
Zingerman's (Ann Arbor shop, great for sending gifts)

Research Tools

7-Fast UM library delivery service (Now just search)
American Verse Project Poetry search
Bartleby.com Homework help
Dead People Server
Dictionaries: Dictionary.com | TheFreeDictionary.com | Merriam-Webster | OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
Doodle Event scheduling tool
EconLit
Encyclopedias Britannica | Columbia Encyclopedia | Encyclopedia.com | Wikipedia
Glossaries
Google Scholar
iTools, Lots of tools
JSTOR | Economics
JIE (via ScienceDirect)
LexisNexis | Nexis Uni Lexis-Nexis (via UM)
MIRLYN Michigan Research Library Network | University Library Electronic Journals and Newspapers
Past Masters English literature search
Proquest Journals, Magazines, and Newspapapers (UM only)
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Proquest Dissertations and Theses (UM only)
Science Direct, Economics
Social Science Citation Index
Survey Software: Survey Monkey | Qualtrix
ZBW Online catalogue of the German National Library of Economics

Puzzles

Brain Games & Riddles to Play in the Car from titlemax.com
Charlotte's Web Puzzles, mind games, an optical illusions for your brain.
ClickMazes Free mazes and puzzles from Andrea Gilbert.
Crazy Games Free mazes and puzzles from Andrea Gilbert.
Jigsaw Planet
Learning at Home: Free Online Brain Teasers, Mind Games, Puzzles and More!
New York Times Free sample crosswords, quizzes, subscription to premium puzzles.
Newsday Free daily crosswords
Sudoku Puzzle sites: Sudoku.com.au / Sudoku.cc / websudoku.com /
Tangrams and Puzzles for Kids
USA Today
WPGames Washington Post

Radio

AOL Radio
Classical Live Online Radio
Michigan Radio
NPR
theRADIO.com (Channels of songs, 50's No.1, etc.)

Rankings

Cities, US:
Cities, World:
Economists and Economics Departments
International Relations Programs
Movies
- 100 Greatest American Film Institute
- Box Office Rotten Tomatoes
- Top 100 Ultimate Movie Rankings
Public Policy Schools:
- Colleges for Public Policy: CollegeFactual | Niche
- Master of Public Policy Public Policy Online
- Public Affairs US News
- Public Policy Analysis US News
Universities: Shanghai Rankings (World) | US News (US)

Top Web Sites

100+ Best Websites Rob Nightingale
100+ of the Best Websites Jamie
20 of the Best Cori Anne Weber
27 Best for Wasting Time
Top 101 Web Sites PC Magazine
World Best Websites

Travel

Delta Airlines
Expedia
HTH Health Insurance (get "renewal")
Orbitz
Smarter Travel (Compares fare, fees, etc.)
UM Travel Registry
United Airlines

University of Michigan Information

Academic Calendar and Registration Deadlines
Campus Directory (replaces X.500) | Class Listserv Request Form
Classrooms UM
Computing Assistance (ITS) | Safe Computing
CTools & Canvas course/projects sites
Canvas only course/projects sites
Course Listings: All LS&A Course Guide | Economics | Ross School Bulletins |
E-mail: Mail.Umich (Access U of M e-mail)
Library Resources U of M: Everything | Catalog | Requests 7-fast UM library delivery service | Requests ILLIAD | Journals
Resources: Search Tools | UM IT Resources
Software: ITCS / LSA
Time Schedule | Exam Schedule
Travel Registry
Wolverine Access (including class lists, paystubs, etc.) | Faculty Center

U of M Electronic Links

All
CEPR Working Papers
EconLit
Economist
Economist Intelligence Unit
Handbooks | International
IMF Data (International Financial Statistics, etc.)
NBER Working Papers
Proquest Dissertations
Research Guides M-Library "starting point for research in public policy"
Web of Science Citation Index | InCites Journal Impact Factors

Weather

Ann Arbor Forecast from Yahoo
Ann Arbor for Lansing, MI, from MLive.com
The Weather Channel
Wunderground Weather Underground, includes local forecasts, pictures, etc.
National Hurricane Center
Space Weather

Whimsy

20Q.net the neural net on the internet
Alice (a chatbot)
Chinese Watermelon Sculpture
Chris Bliss Finale wonderful juggler!
Dead Grandmother Syndrome (PDF)
Dumb Laws:
- U.S.: PoliceOne | Reader's Digest | BoredPanda | Business Insider | Smart Jokes | Justsomething | Tjshome
- Europe: Travel Away
- World: StupidLaws | The Getaway | Smarter Travel
Economist Jokes: JokEc | Stiver | ahajokes.com | jokes.net | Equities News | WorkJoke | DeGregori | Caplan | UpJoke | Oliver |
Escher
Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Mankiw's Ten Principles
Metric Conversions
Mount Deardorff
Museum of Bad Art
News of the Weird
The Onion
Optical Illusions: Google images | Michael Bach | Akiyoshi's | Optics4Kids | PCMag | ScienceBob | BrainDen
PhD Comics
Topix.net
Vocabulary Quiz (Provides free rice to the poor)
What Kind of Dog Are You? Buzzfeed | Brainfall | PlayBuzz | MagiQuiz | HowStuffWorks | iHeartDogs | aRealMe | HeyWise
Worship My Radiant iPod