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Resources for Economists on the internet
- Subject: Resources for Economists on the internet
- From: "RICHARD P.F. HOLT" <holtri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 19:13:34 EST
>
> RESOURCES FOR ECONOMISTS ON THE INTERNET
>
> Bill Goffe
>
> Dept. of Economics and International Business
> University of Southern Mississippi
> Hattiesburg, MS 39406
> bgoffe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (601) 266-4484 (office)
> (601) 266-4920 (fax)
>
> December 14, 1993
>
>
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
> 1. INTRODUCTION
> 2. NEW THIS VERSION
> 3. INTERNATIONAL, U.S. MACRO, AND U.S. REGIONAL DATA
> A. Economic Bulletin Board (EBB)
> B. EconData
> * C. New England Electronic Economic Data Center (NEEEDc)
> 4. OTHER DATA
> A. Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
> B. National Archives Center for Electronic Records
> C. Social Security Administration (OSS-IS)
> * D. FedWorld
> E. Public Domain Financial Data
> F. Census
> * G. EDGAR
> + H. Vienna Stock Market
> + I. Productivity Analysis Research Network (PARN)
> 5. WORKING PAPER ARCHIVES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERVICES
> * A. NetEc (BibEc & WoPEc)
> * B. Working Paper Archive (Wash. Univ., St. Louis)
> C. Feminist Economists Discussion Group Archive
> 6. GOPHERS
> A. Economics Gopher at Sam Houston State University
> B. Computational Economics Gopher
> C. ClioNet (Cliometric Society)
> D. National Bureau of Economic Research Gopher
> E. Academe This Week (Chronicle of Higher Education)
> F. Washington Univ. at St. Louis Econ. Dept.
> G. RiceInfo
> H. University of Michigan Economics Department
> I. Communications for a Sustainable Future
> J. SunSITE
> + K. RISKNet
> + L. Florida State College of Business
> 7. UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH LIBRARY CARD CATALOGS
> * A. Research Libraries in General
> B. Library of Congress
> 8. PROGRAM LIBRARIES
> * A. Netlib
> B. Statlib
> C. Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Statistical Library
> 9. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
> A. Iowa Electronic Markets
> * 10. USENET NEWSGROUPS
> * 11. MAILING LISTS
> + 12. DATA RELATED TO THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION
> + A. Graduate Programs
> + 13. WORD PROCESSING
> + A. TeX References
> + B. TeX Macros for Economics and TeX Sources
> 14. USEFUL BOOKS, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNET
> * A. Books
> + B. On-Line Guide
> C. Software
> D. Resources
> 15. NON-INTERNET RESOURCES
> A. Introduction
> B. Federal Reserve Bank Bulletin Boards
> C. Electronic JEL Index
> + D. On-Line Refereed Economics Journal
>
>
> 1. INTRODUCTION
>
> This document, and its successors, can be found in
> several places. They include, via ftp,
> rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/sci.econ.research and, via gopher,
> at the Economics Working Paper Archive at Washington
> University at St. Louis and the Economics Gopher at Sam
> Houston State University. Finally, I'd be happy to send it
> out via email to all who request it.
>
> This is my fourth stab at this document. I am very interested
> in any corrections, suggestions, omissions, and hints anyone
> might have. Hopefully, a refined version will be appearing in
> The Journal of Economic Perspectives along with a description of
> the Internet and the tools used to access it. Thus, any
> suggestions you might have may reach a large audience.
>
> While relatively few economists use the Internet, there is a
> surprising amount of very useful information on it. For instance,
> there are two very extensive sets of macro data, a bibliography
> * of some 35,000 working papers in economics, household surveys
> from 21 countries, three interactive electronic markets, 34 mailing
> lists and two Usenet newsgroups. Next year, it should include the
> SEC EDGAR database.
>
> I apologize for any crosslistings. However, it appears that
> economists use many different lists, so to reach the broadest
> audience, crosspostings are unavoidable.
>
> Some of the information is not as complete as I would wish.
> Further, some of the resources I have not investigated
> thoroughly and I cannot vouch for them. While I catalog many
> mailing lists, I have little information about the volume and
> types of discussions.
>
> Most of the resources I was able to find deal with the United
> States. Leads on information on other countries would be
> appreciated.
>
> I would like to acknowledge many people who have commented and
> made suggestions on previous versions of this document. Without
> their help, there would be fewer resources listed and the existing
> descriptions would be more difficult to read.
>
> Notes:
> - Items in " " are typed directly as commands.
>
> - Unless otherwise stated, FTP means anonymous FTP.
>
> - I give directions for gopher in what I call direct and
> indirect methods. Some gopher client software allows you
> to "point" at a gopher site (the direct method), while other
> software does not, so you have to navigate through
> gopherspace (the indirect method). With the indirect
> method, you must first find the gopher directory devoted
> to what is usually titled "Other Gophers" (generally in the
> top or next to top menu).
>
> - Many of the gophers devoted to economics are interconnected;
> no mention is made of this below since it would take a lot
> of space to say who is connected to whom. The gophers at Sam
> Houston State University, the Economics Department at
> Washington University in St. Louis and RiceInfo seem to have
> the greatest number of interconnections.
>
> - For both gophers and anonymous FTP sites, the location is
> given as host:directory. Thus, in the directions for EconData,
> you'll see the FTP site given as info.umd.edu:/info/EconData.
> This means that you do an anonymous ftp to info.umd.edu and
> change to the /info/EconData directory (be sure to preserve
> case when typing).
>
> - Information about compressed files, converting binary files
> to text so they can be emailed and converted back to binary,
> and locations on gopher software can be found in the section
> titled USEFUL BOOKS, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNET.
>
>
> 2. NEW IN THIS VERSION
>
> New resources in this draft are denoted with a + in the first
> column, while changes to resources mentioned previously are denoted
> with a * in the first column.
>
>
> 3. INTERNATIONAL, U.S. MACRO, AND U.S. REGIONAL DATA
>
> A. Economic Bulletin Board (EBB)
>
> This service is an outgrowth of a dial-up bulletin board
> offered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. It contains
> more than 2,000 files from the Departments of Commerce,
> Labor and Treasury, the Federal Reserve and other agencies.
> The EBB is currently offered on the Internet in two places.
> The first is a telnet interface to the EBB at the Department
> of Commerce, and the second is at a library gopher at the
> University of Michigan.
>
>
> EBB at the Commerce Department
>
> This resource began charging for their services on Oct. 1.
> Charges for Internet telnet access follow.
> Timed Charges:
> Annual subscription fee $45
> Credit for connect charges $20
> 8AM - noon (Eastern) $24/hour
> noon - 6PM $18/hour
> 6PM - 8AM (& holidays, $6/hour
> weekends)
> Flat Fees
> Up to 1 hour/day $250/year
> Up to 4 hours/day $400/year
>
> The current telent interface is basically that used for the dial-
> up bulletin board. Thus, one must capture on the information
> from the screen or use a bulletin board type download (such
> as Kermit). I have not tried the later and can offer no advice.
> To capture all screen data on a Unix system, one can do
> "telnet ebb.stat-usa.gov | tee ebb.data"
> where tee takes the screen data and places it in the file
> ebb.data.
>
> FTP and gopher access may be available at this time; plans
> were to charge by the amount transferred.
>
> Limited guest accounts are available, use "guest" as the
> password. You are limited to 20 minutes of connection time
> and not all files are available.
>
> Most information is in four areas: the bulletin system (which
> describes how to use the system), the file system (which
> contains files), the trade promotion system,and the utilities
> system (which sets passwords, terminal types, etc.) Basic
> information on the system can be found in the bulletin system
> (entered by typing "B") under "3", while a listing of files can
> be found in the file listing system (entered by typing "L")
> under 17.
>
> Data comes in several formats. Some comes in DOS self
> extracting files, some in .PRN (so it can be used in
> spreadsheets or software that can import spreadsheet data),
> and some in a specialized format.
>
> TELNET: ebb.stat-usa.gov
>
>
> EBB at the University of Michigan Library Gopher
>
> The University manually downloads files daily from the dial-
> up EBB. It is said to contain 700 files; I have no information
> on the different numbers of files contained by the two
> versions of the EBB. Information on file formats and the
> system in general can be found under the heading "Current
> Business Statistics" and "EBB and Agency Information and
> misc. files." As with the Commerce Department location,
> data comes in several different forms. A convenient listing of
> all directories for the EBB can be found in a file called
> "Contents of the Ulibrary Gopher" at the "University of
> Michigan Libraries" (described below).
>
> One good educational use of this gopher is recent press
> releases concerning economic statistics. I frequently use
> it just before class to check the most recent numbers.
>
> The directory directly above EBB at the University of Michigan
> contains a variety of useful information.
>
> TELNET: una.hh.lib.umich.edu (login as "gopher" and move
> to /Social Science Resources/Economics)
> GOPHER (direct): una.hh.lib.umich.edu /socsci/Economics
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Michigan/University of Michigan
> Libraries/Social Science Resources/Economics
>
>
> B. EconData
>
> This database, collected by INFORUM, a project building an
> inter-industry model of the U.S. economy, processes a wide
> variety of macro data and places it in a common format. Data
> includes the National Income and Product Accounts, balance
> of payments, flow of funds, CPI, PPI, the Penn World Trade
> Tables (permission needed), International Financial Statistics
> (if your organization is a member of the Inter-University
> Consortium for Political and Social Research), blue pages
> from the Survey of Current Business, and state and local data
> including employment, earnings, GSP and state personal
> income.
>
> The data is accessed by programs (only for Pcs) provided by
> this project and it can easily be output to ASCII or into a
> spreadsheet format. The data is also compressed with pkzip,
> and they provide this and similar programs as well.
>
> For introductory information, see "Instruction/contents.doc"
> and "Instructions/guide.doc".
>
> The program that retrieves data (PDG) is relatively
> straightforward, but let me add my own experiences. First,
> you may need to change the path to the help files in the
> g.cfg file. Assuming that you're in a directory with one
> of the unzipped data files, start the program by typing
> "pdg". Then, a return will allow you to start normally.
> The command "look" allows one to survey the data in that
> file (additional commands are found on the bottom of the
> screen that allow you to print the data to the screen or
> graph it). One leaves the look command with an escape. To
> print the data to an external file in columns, use the
> "matty" command. After typing "matty" and the full file
> name you choose, you'll be prompted for the series names
> that can be obtained with "look". Don't separate series
> names with commas and be sure to end the command with a
> semicolon. The output of matty lists dates in the first
> column, but you'll need to modify the fractions used to
> denote months and quarters. Finally, you can easily plot
> data to the screen to get an approximate idea of what it
> looks like.
>
> TELNET: info.umd.edu (login as "gopher" and move to
> /Educational Resources/Economic Data)
> GOPHER (direct): info.umd.edu:/Educational
> Resources/Economic Data
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Maryland/University of Maryland
> /Resources/Economic Data
> FTP: info.umd.edu:/info/EconData
>
>
> C. New England Electronic Economic Data Center (NEEEDc)
>
> * This database, the bulletin board of the Federal Reserve
> * Bank of Boston, specializes in data on the New England
> economy. It carries all historical data published in the
> Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Economic
> Indicators (some 90 variables from 1969 for all states and
> some metropolitan areas) and GSP data for the New England
> area from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data is in
> .PRN format, so it can be read directly by Lotus or
> Quatro.
>
> FTP: neeedc.umesbs.maine.edu
> INFORMATION: Jim Breece (breece@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>
> 4. OTHER DATA
>
> A. Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
>
> This project brings together 66 household surveys from 21
> countries into a common database to make studies of
> international economic comparisons easier. For instance,
> it includes Current Population Surveys from the U.S.,
> French Surveys of Income, and a Hungarian Income Study.
> The average survey has approximately 9,000 households with
> more than 20,000 members. To maintain confidentiality and
> restrictions on use, the data remains on the host computer
> in Luxembourg and researchers run jobs remotely on that
> system through electronic mail. Users must first register
> to use the database.
>
> They also have an annual database of 100 macro indicators
> available on floppy disks to put the household surveys in
> context. This database also contains rules on taxes and
> transfers in each country to make international comparison
> meaningful.
>
> The datasets are well documented, and workshops and
> newsletters help the researcher to use this complex
> database.
>
> INFORMATION: Tim Smeeding (smeeding@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> Caroline de Tombeur (eplisjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>
> B. National Archives Center for Electronic Records
>
> The National Archives has a branch devoted to the storage
> of electronic records from many federal entities. Of
> interest to economists are records from the Bureaus of the
> Census, Economic Analysis, and Labor Statistics, the Civil
> Aeronautics Board, Department of Transportation, IRS, SEC,
> and Social Security Administration. While the records are
> not available over the Internet (at least not yet),
> detailed information about them, including a listing of
> "data files" and ordering information for the data files
> (generally available only on 9-track tape reels or 3480
> tape cartridges) are available. Currently, some 6,200 data
> files out of more than 14,000 available are listed in a
> rapidly growing list. Some of the data files are old,
> while some are relatively recent. Some entities have only
> a small selection of data, while for others, the listings
> are more complete. Unfortunately, the tapes are
> relatively expensive at either $80.75 or $90.00 (depending
> upon the medium) with additional tapes at $24.50. One can
> hope that a less expensive on-line database is not too far
> in the future. Since a comprehensive list of files here is
> impossible, the interested researcher should examine
> them. Much more information about this service can be
> found in the directory listed below.
>
> FTP: ftp.cu.nih.gov:/NARA_ELECTRONIC
> Directions: anonymous FTP, but press
> the return key for the password
>
>
> C. Social Security Administration (OSS-IS)
>
> The Social Security Administration Office Support System
> Information Server (OSS-IS) recently has placed their
> internal system on the Internet as an experiment. Data
> includes monthly benefits, current operating statistics,
> history of benefits paid and income data on the aged. Key
> files are "index" which describes the files available,
> and "orsindex_txt," which describes files from the SSA's
> Office of Research and Statistics, which are likely to be
> of the most interest for economists. Using these files,
> one can fairly quickly locate the desired data.
>
> The e-mail interface comes from Netlib, so an introduction
> can be obtained by sending e-mail to the address listed
> below with "send index" in the body of the message. For
> FTP, the files "index" and "orsindex_txt" are available in
> the "pub" directory.
>
> E-MAIL: info@xxxxxxx
> FTP: soaf1.ssa.gov:/pub
> INFORMATION: info@xxxxxxx
>
>
> D. FedWorld
>
> This site provides an entry-way from the Internet to many
> U.S. Government Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) that one
> * usually contacts via a phone and modem at (703) 321-8020.
> While there is relatively little material directly related to
> economics that cannot be obtained more directly, it is a useful
> connection to many databases. Access is only through telnet.
>
> TELNET: fedworld.gov (new address; the old one is fedworld.doc.gov)
>
>
> E. Public Domain Financial Data
>
> This site allows those with financial data they would like
> to share to place it at a common site. Thus, some caution
> might be advised since the data may not be "official."
> Details about this site can be found in the README file
> and a list of the extensive set of files at this site can
> be found in the file named "ls-lR".
>
> FTP: dg-rtp.dg.com:/pub/misc.invest
>
> F. Census
>
> A common site for U.S. and some Canadian Census
> information is located at this gopher. This gopher
> provides links to other gophers that actually contain the
> data. The material is not coordinated, so some searching
> may be in order. I was particularly impressed with the
> collection at the University of Missouri - they have data
> for all U.S. counties and cities.
>
> GOPHER (direct): riceinfo.rice.edu:/Information
> by Subject Area/Census
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Texas/RiceInfo
>
>
> G. EDGAR
>
> This database, an expanding one, covers fillings by U.S.
> public companies made to the SEC. It covers such things as
> 10K, 10Q, annual, and quarterly reports. In all, the SEC
> receives 10 million pages a year of such data. Plans are
> for 3,000 companies to file electronically into this
> database by the end of this year, with all 15,000 companies
> required to file with the SEC eventually required to file
> into EDGAR.
>
> Currently, this database is available through Mead Data in
> either inconvenient locations or at very considerable
> * expense. Early in 1994, it will be available at no cost
> over the Internet. This service will be provided and funded
> by the NSF, the NYU Stern School of Business, and Internet
> Multicasting Service, run by Carl Malamud, an economist at
> the Board of Governors.
>
> While not yet available, such a resource stands to be an
> extremely valuable resource for some economists. As more
> information becomes available, I'll report it here.
>
> * To subscribe to a mailing list on announcements about EDGAR,
> * send email to: edgar-interest-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> + H. Vienna Stock Market
> +
> + Data from the Vienna Stock market is available via telnet.
> + I understand that it includes same day prices and volumes
> + and retains this data for a couple of months. The language
> + is German.
> +
> + TELNET: fiivs01.tu-graz.ac.at (login as "BOURSE")
>
>
> + I. Productivity Analysis Research Network (PARN)
>
> This organization is composed of researchers doing work in
> the area of productivity analysis. Data is maintained at
> two sites: BYU University and European Concise site in the
> U.K. The former offers a standard ftp site, and the latter
> uses a nonstandard interface accessed through telnet and
> one through email. Both sites contain information on the
> organization, a membership list, guides, and a newsletter.
>
> TELNET: concise.level-7.co.uk (login as "concise", use
> the password "concise", and move to "networks",
> then "parn" by using the numbers of the left
> side of the panel)
> FTP: ipm.byu.edu:/parn
> EMAIL: concise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> send following for automatic information:
> start
> goto networks/parn/conc-guide
> info
> INFORMATION: Mona Andersen (moa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>
> 5. WORKING PAPER ARCHIVES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SERVICES
>
> A. NetEc
>
> This gopher site has two parts: BibEc, a bibliography of
> working papers in economics, and WoPEc, an electronic
> * collection of working paper. BibEc includes some 35,000
> entries from about 250 different working papers series.
> These series include those major of major universities and
> * research institutions, including the Fed in Print database of
> * the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Coverage dates from 1988, with
> the exception of NBER working papers (all are covered), UCSD
> from 1981, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research in
> * London from 1983. Searches can be made by keywords. This is
> one of the most valuable resources for economists on the
> * Internet. Fethy Mili <mili@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, a librarian at
> the Universite de Montreal, maintains an extensive collection of
> working paper series. He is to be commended for entering the
> * data. The data is made available at the Manchester Computing
> * Centre. Other institutions provided further contributions. NetEc
> * welcomes the participation of all working paper producers.
>
> WoPEc contains a collection of working papers, which can be
> retrieved electronically. All are Unix compressed PostScript
> files.
>
> Finally, the FTP site has the Backus and Kohoe data from
> * the AER, '92 (see the pub/NetEc/DatEc directory). More data
> * could be kept here; if you have any suggestions, please email
> * netec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> TELNET netec.mcc.ac.uk (login as "netec" and change to
> "Economics")
> GOPHER (direct): uts.mcc.ac.uk:/Economics
> GOPHER (indirect): Europe/United Kingdom/University of
> Manchester/Economics/NetEc
> FTP: netec.mcc.ac.uk
> INFORMATION: netec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> B. Working Paper Archive (econ-wp)
>
> This electronic archive of working papers in economics is
> set up by the Economics Department of Washington University
> in St. Louis. It uses software developed at Los Alamos
> National Laboratory, where literally thousands of working
> papers in physics are stored. This archive is best accessed
> through gopher, although email and FTP access is possible as
> well. Papers are grouped in 21 subject areas with abstracts
> and different methods of searching for papers are available.
> Papers may be submitted in any format via e-mail and binary
> files can be submitted via FTP. Currently, there are relatively
> few papers in the archive, but its ease of use should encourage
> * more entries. If you have a properly configured WWW client (such
> * as Mosaic), some of the papers can be viewed online with complete
> * formatting.
>
> The parent gopher, the gopher of the Economics Department of
> Washington University at St. Louis, contains a wealth of
> interesting material. It is the next to last entry on econ-wp's
> menu.
>
> TELNET: econwpa.wustl.edu (login as "gopher")
> GOPHER (direct): econwpa.wustl.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Missouri/Washington University -
> St. Louis/Washington University in
> St. Louis Departmental Gopher Servers
> /Economics Department/Economics
> Working Paper Archive
> EMAIL: econ-wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Directions: in the subject of the letter,
> "help" will obtain introductory information
>
>
> C. Feminist Economists Discussion Group Archive
>
> The mailing list of this group, described below, has an
> archive of working papers, bibliographies and old
> discussions. It is reached only via email. For an index of
> material, send email to the listed site with "index
> femecon-l" in the body of the letter, while "get femecon-l
> guide", sent the same way, will list the services
> available. Finally, "help" will cause a general guide to
> using listserv to be sent to you.
>
> EMAIL: listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> 6. GOPHERS
>
> A. Economics Gopher at Sam Houston State University
>
> This gopher contains a variety of material that might be
> useful for teaching, such as summaries of the 1990 Census,
> the proposed U.S. budget for 1994, and the CIA World
> Factbook. Further, it contains an extensive of connections to
> data sources and in particular to all other known economics
> gophers. As a result, it is THE gopher one should search first.
> It also includes a list of economists and their email addresses.
> Finally, it has a very extensive collection of TeX information.
>
> GOPHER (direct): niord.shsu.edu:/Economics
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Texas/Sam Houston State
> University/Economics
>
>
> B. Computational Economics Gopher
>
> This gopher is affiliated with the journal Computational
> Economics. It contains connections to other economics
> gophers, information on a few books and some working
> papers. It also contains information on submitting papers
> electronically to the journal.
>
> GOPHER (direct): gopher.sara.nl:/Computational Economics
> GOPHER (indirect): Europe/Netherlands/SARA/
> Computational Economics
>
>
> C. ClioNet
>
> Sponsored by the Cliometric Society, this gopher contains
> information of interest to economic historians. It features an
> electronic directory of the memberships of a variety of business
> and economic history organizations. It also contains a
> collection of more than 50 course syllabi from economic history
> courses, abstracts from Cliometric sessions at ASSA meetings, a
> list of papers presented at Cliometrics Conferences (1961-1993),
> and a growing set of historical data series. Early in 1993, the
> Society plans to create an expanded server with multiple topical
> listservs, "real time" conferences and expanded data sets. This
> server will offer special concentration on issues related to the
> historical economic impact on global change. (Sam Williamson,
> who runs ClioNet, kindly provided this description.)
>
> TELNET: clionet.cas.muohio.edu (login as "gopher")
> GOPHER (direct): clionet.cas.muohio.edu
> INFORMATION: Sam Williamson
> (shwillia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
> D. National Bureau of Economic Research Gopher
>
> Currently, this gopher contains several things of
> interest: the Penn World Trade Tables (versions 5 and
> 5.5), the Survey of Consumer Finance (which will fit on
> three floppies), trade and immigration data from Abowd and
> Freeman, and a list of NBER working papers and reprints
> (which must first be uudecoded then uncompressed; the
> ultimate size is some 2.5 megabytes). The later is also
> * available at BibEc. Note that not all data is available
> * with both the ftp and gopher methods.
>
> One can only hope that someday NBER working papers will be
> available here or at another working paper archive.
>
> TELNET: nber.harvard.edu (login as "gopher")
> GOPHER (direct): nber.harvard.edu
> FTP: nber.harvard.edu:/pub/nber
>
>
> E. Academe This Week
>
> This electronic version of the Chronicle of Higher
> Education is available via gopher. Perhaps the most useful
> item is the full listings of all job advertisements from
> the Chronicle, but it also summarizes the articles in the
> print version, and contains various miscellaneous items.
>
> GOPHER (direct): chronicle.merit.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/General (also directly on more
> than 60 university gophers)
>
>
> F. Washington Univ. at St. Louis Econ. Dept.
>
> This gopher is closely tied to the Working Paper Archive
> at Washington Univ. It contains a number of links to other
> useful gophers, both economic and of interest to economists,
> such as the Federal Register, archives of mailing lists on
> SAS and statistics, access to the UIC Stat archives (described
> below) and many Internet resources.
>
> GOPHER (direct): wuecon.wustl.edu port 671
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Missouri/Washington University -
> St. Louis/Washington University in
> St. Louis Departmental Gopher Servers
> /Economics Department/Economics
>
>
> G. RiceInfo
>
> This gopher is part of a project to link together gopher materials
> in a number of subject areas. One area of interest to economists
> is a section titled "Economics and Business". While many other
> economic gophers list roughly the same information, this may be
> of interest. Note that this same gopher has substantial Census
> information listed in another area (and described above).
>
> GOPHER (direct): riceinfo.rice.edu:/Information
> by Subject Area/Economics and Business
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Texas/RiceInfo
>
>
> H. University of Michigan Economics Department
>
> This gopher is run by Hal Varian and Jeff MacKie-Mason and
> it contains a variety of information, such as addresses of
> economists (including email ones), some bibliographies,
> data (particularly Dow-Jones and the U.S. Dept. of
> Agriculture), errata to some Varian books and working
> papers on the economics of the Internet.
>
> GOPHER (direct): gopher.econ.lsa.umich.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Michigan/University of Michigan
> Libraries/Other Gophers/University
> of Michigan/Economics Department
>
>
> I. Communications for a Sustainable Future
>
> This gopher contains two directories that might be of
> interest: Post-Keynesian Thought and Economic Forum.
> The former contains material of interest to researchers
> in that field and the later is more general, but in the
> general theme of this gopher. It contains a directory
> titled "Dollars-and-Sense", but it is currently empty.
>
> GOPHER (direct): csf.colorado.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Colorado/Communications for a
> Sustainable Future
>
>
> J. SunSITE
>
> This site (sponsored in part by Sun Microsystems) contains
> current government documents that might be useful for policy
> analysis. Examples include information on NAFTA, the
> Administration's health care plan, White House Press Releases,
> reinventing government, and the proposed federal budget. Most
> of this material will be found in "Sunsite Archives" and others
> in "US and World Politics", which is in "Sunsite Archives".
>
> GOPHER (direct): sunsite.oit.unc.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/North Carolina/University of North
> Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ogphre/SUNsite
> archives)
> TELNET: sunsite.oit.unc.edu (login as "gopher"; you may need
> to supply your terminal type)
>
> + K. RISKNet
> +
> + This gopher is associated with the RISKNet mailing list, described
> + below. They cover risk and insurance issues. This gopher has
> + calls for papers, databases, teaching resources, and teaching
> + material for these fields. There is also an FTP site with a more
> + limited amount of information.
> +
> + GOPHER (direct): gopherhost.cc.utexas.edu port 3004
> + /Department Information/Finance/RISKNet
> + FTP: jimbob.bus.utexas.edu
>
>
> + L. Florida State College of Business
> +
> + This gopher contains a wealth of information on their programs.
> + It is a nice example of what a college can do with a gopher.
> +
> + GOPHER(direct): cob.fsu.edu port 4070
> + GOPHER(indirect): USA/Florida/Florida State University/Other
> + Information Systems at Florida State University/
> + College of Business
>
>
> 7. UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH LIBRARY CARD CATALOGS
>
> A. Research Libraries in General
>
> * The most current list of research libraries accessible over the
> Internet is maintained by Billy Barron (who started it),
> Marie-Christine Mahe, Lou Rosenfeld and Barry Bouwsma. It lists
> * roughly 680 such libraries.
>
> Note that many libraries can also be reached via gopher (typically
> under a title like "Libraries"). The following files describe how
> the libraries can be reached via telnet and the type of indexing
> software they use.
>
> * Via the gopher listed below, one can directly connect to the
> * libraries listed in the FTP files.
>
> * FTP: ftp.utdallas.edu:/pub/staff/billy/libguide (there are many
> * files of interest in this directory)
> GOPHER (direct): gopher.utdallas.edu:/Library On-Line Catalogs
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Texas/University of Texas - Dallas
>
>
> B. Library of Congress
>
> The Library of Congress has set up a gopher that includes
> a wealth of information, which includes their card
> catalog. They also offer an extensive set of links to
> other resources (the economics oriented ones are generally
> described elsewhere here) and substantial information on
> the U.S. Government, including Congress. It _appears_ one
> can use their photocopy service long distance.
>
> GOPHER (direct): marvel.loc.gov
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Washington DC/Library of Congress
> TELNET: marvel.loc.gov (login as "gopher")
>
>
> 8. PROGRAM LIBRARIES
>
> A. Netlib
>
> Netlib is a numerical software library with approximately 50
> megabytes of code. The routines, mostly in Fortran, are
> generally of high quality (many were developed at U.S.
> national labs or by professional numerical analysts). Packages
> include Linpack, Eispack, and their new successor, Lapack.
>
> Netlib is available via e-mail and FTP and even on some
> economics gophers. For introductory material on Netlib,
> use the e-mail method by writing "send index" in the body
> of your message addressed to one of the sites listed
> below. You will receive an introduction to Netlib and its
> libraries and how to obtain routines from them.
>
> * At least the netlib2 sites contain some uncompressed files.
>
> GOPHER: wuecon.wustl.edu (described above)
> niord.shsu.edu:/ftp Gateways to Economics Information
> (described above)
> * netlib2.cs.utk.edu
>
> FTP:
> netlib2.cs.utk.edu (U.S.)
> * netlib.att.com:/netlib (U.S.)
> unix.hensa.ac.uk:/pub/netlib (Europe)
> draci.cs.uow.edu.au:/netlib (Pacific)
>
> E-MAIL:
> netlib@xxxxxxxx (U.S.)
> netlib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (U.S.)
> netlib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Europe)
> netlib@xxxxxx (Europe)
> netlib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pacific)
>
>
> B. Statlib
>
> Statlib is a system similar to Netlib (in fact, it uses
> roughly the same software) for statistical software. Major
> holding include algorithms from Applied Statistics,
> numerous classic datasets (although few are economic),
> software for Minitab and S, and a variety of other
> software under a heading labeled "general."
>
> For the email interface, send the phrase "send index" in
> the body of your message.
>
> E-MAIL: statlib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> GOPHER (direct): lib.stat.cmu.edu
> GOPHER (indirect): USA/Pennsylvania/Statlib (also listed
> directly on some gophers)
> FTP: lib.stat.cmu.edu
>
>
> C. University of Illinois at Chicago Statistical Library
> (UICSTAT)
>
> This statistics library contains a variety of software
> (much of it in SAS), but it lacks an up to date index,
> making searching it a bit difficult. However, an index
> can be reached at the Washington Univ. Economics Gopher
> (described above) under the heading "UIC Stat Archive"
> and files can be transferred from there as well.
>
> FTP: uicvm.cc.uic.edu:/uicvm
> Directions: must do a "cd" to uicmv
> before a directory listing is shown
> GOPHER: via Washington Univ. at St. Louis Econ. Dept.
> (described above)
> INFORMATION: Barry Grau (u42054@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>
>
> 9. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
>
> A. Iowa Electronic Markets
>
> This service is run by the Accounting and Economics
> Departments of the University of Iowa. It currently
> consists of three electronic exchanges: the Iowa Earnings
> Market (which trades contracts on the EPS of five
> corporations), the Iowa Economic Indicators Market (which
> trades contracts on the CPI and the US$/Mexican peso
> exchange rate). In the past, these departments ran the well
> known 1992 Iowa Political Stock Market, which traded contracts
> based on the outcome of the 1992 Presidential Election. The
> liquidation value of all contracts is determined by the
> value of the underlying fundamental on a set date.
>
> This excellent teaching tool is open only to university
> and college staff, faculty and students. While the
> purpose is education and research, trades require actual
> money (from $5 to $500 may be invested). The developers
> feel that by using real money for trades, there is an
> increased motivation to learn about the underlying
> fundamentals. There are no commissions or fees and
> trading is continuous.
>
> FTP: umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu:/pub/iem/trman.txt (Trader's Manual)
> " " /q&a.txt (Short Introduction)
> EMAIL: iem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Directions: mail addressed here will
> send the Trader's Manual to you.
>
>
> 10. USENET NEWSGROUPS
>
> Usenet is a decentralized discussion system running on
> tens of thousands of cooperating computers around the world
> (much of the traffic runs over the Internet). It covers
> almost 2,000 subjects in areas called newsgroups. The
> estimated number of readers ranges in the low millions and
> traffic each day is approaching 50 megabytes. Some mailing
> lists "mirror" Usenet newsgroups and vice-versa.
>
> In many ways, Usenet has it own culture and the new user is
> wise to read carefully before posting messages. The
> newsgroups news.announce.newusers and
> news.newusers.questions are for those new to Usenet. Since
> it runs on a variety of systems, consult your local site for
> information on how to access it.
>
> Newsgroup Topic
> comp.soft-sys.spss SPSS
> comp.soft-sys.shazam Shazam
> comp.soft-sys.sas SAS
> sci.stat.edu Statistics and Education
> sci.stat.math Statistics and Math
> sci.stat.consult Statistics and Consulting
> sci.math.stat Statistics Discussion
> sci.op-research Operations Research
> sci.econ.research Research in Economics (Moderated)
> * All past discussions are indexed and
> * organized into topic areas by the moderator,
> * Forrest Smith. They are archived at (FTP)
> * sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/academic/economics/
> * sci.econ.research
> sci.econ Discussions in Economics
> (often dominated by current
> political economy questions;
> a good place for economic
> education if you're patient)
>
>
> 11.MAILING LISTS
>
> Mailing lists work as follows. Software on a computer run by
> the organizer (or moderator) of the list sends mail to all
> members of the list when it receives mail. For obvious
> reasons, the term mail exploder is sometimes used for such
> software. On some lists, the moderator will approve mail to
> be sent to all list members. Thus, to send mail to all
> members, you need only write to one address: the list
> address.
>
> When using a mailing list, please follow "netiquette:"
> - Use a meaningful subject line. A subject of "help",
> particularly when received by those on more than one
> list, is not likely to elicit much of a response.
> - If you're responding to a previous post, quote accordingly,
> but judiciously. This helps put your comments in context,
> yet avoids messages that are too long.
> - Enclose a short note (or "signature") at the bottom with at
> least your email address. Some mailing systems mangle the
> information in the header with your address.
> - If you have a response, consider responding directly via
> email if you think no one on the list will be interested.
> - Watch your temper. Email sometimes makes tempers flare. If
> you think you should wait or tone down your note, you most
> likely should.
> * - Don't type in all capital letters.
>
> While not part of netiquette, the value of mailing lists
> should be approached like other many other sources of
> information, such as a newspaper or a journal. Much of the
> material may not be of interest, but occasionally something
> very useful may cross your path.
>
> ###################################################################
> # Note that in ALL cases, you subscribe and unsubscribe from a #
> # list NOT by sending e-mail to the list itself (which means it #
> # goes to ALL the members of the list), but to some special #
> # address that deals with subscriptions. Sending mail to the #
> # list itself marks you as a novice who hasn't taken time to #
> # carefully read directions. It also irritates list members #
> # (numbering into the hundreds) who receive useless mail. One #
> # hint: when subscribing to a list, you'll receive information #
> # on how to unsubscribe. Keep it and use it. #
> ###################################################################
>
> The following is a list of e-mail discussion groups. I have
> organized the following mailing lists around the type of
> software (listserv, majordomo, mailserv, mailbase and
> Internet-style) used to run them so that directions can be
> put in one place.
>
> In general, I know little about these lists other than the
> fact that they exist (in fact, this list is basically an
> edited version of the e-mail I received in acknowledgment
> when I subscribed to the lists). Traffic varies; in fact,
> on some, it is very close to zero and on others, it varies
> substantially. Where I do know something more, I've added
> it beneath the name of the list and its address.
>
>
> LISTSERV
>
> To subscribe to a list run by listserv, send an e-mail
> message to LISTSERV@wherever, _NOT_ to the list itself. If
> you send mail to the list itself, it will be sent in turn to
> all members of the list. This, obviously, should be reserved
> for messages you want all members of the list to read and
> potentially respond to.
>
> For example, to subscribe to the list CARECON, you'd send
> e-mail to LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxx).
>
> In the body of your e-mail message, you should write the one
> line message:
> subscribe CARECON your name
> Note that your name is typically your first and last name.
>
> To cancel a subscription, use signoff list where list is the
> name of the list. Again, e-mail should be sent to listserv
> at the site that houses the list. Finally, help on these and
> other commands can be obtained by sending a one line message
> with "help" in it.
>
> Messages to the list itself should be sent to
> CARECON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, for example. Any such message will
> be sent to all members of the list.
>
> List of the Society of Computational Economics
> CSEMLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Has a number of announcements of meetings and some
> calls for papers.
>
> List of the Faculty of Economics, University of Amsterdam, NL.
> CORRYFEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Caribbean Economy
> CARECON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @VM1.YORKU.CA)
>
> Research in Economic Education
> ECONED-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @VM.UTDALLAS.EDU)
>
> A discussion of teaching and research in economic history
> ECONHIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU)
>
> Discussao sobre economia brasileira
> ECONOM-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The Electronic Journal of Finance
> FINANCE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @VM.TEMPLE.EDU)
>
> Economic Nonlinear Dynamics List
> NONLIN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @LIST.NIH.GOV)
>
> Workshop on Information Systems Economics
> WISE@xxxxxxxxxxxx (or @UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU)
>
> Eastern Europe Business Network
> E-EUROPE@xxxxxxxxxxx (or @PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU)
>
> Post-Keynesian Thought
>
> International Trade
> trade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Community and Rural Economic Development Interests
> * RURALDEV@xxxxxxxxxxxx (or @KSUVM.KSU.EDU)
>
> Economic Problems in Less Developed Countries
> ECONOMY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @TECMTYVM.MTY.ITESM.MX)
>
> Political Economy
> Pol-Econ@xxxxxxxxxxx (or @SHSU.edu)
> * Postings from Usenet's moderated newsgroup sci.econ.research
> * are "gatewayed" to this group, and postings from Pol-Econ are
> * sent to the sci.econ.research moderator for possible inclusion
> * in that group. Discussions range over all of economics. Since the
> * traffic is fairly heavy, you can choose to have all messages sent
> * in one message once a day in a digest. Rather than subscribing to
> * Pol-Econ, subscribe to Pol-Econ-Digest. If you'd like to switch
> * from Pol-Econ to Pol-Econ-Digest, first use the command to unsubscribe
> * from Pol-Econ:
> * signoff Pol-Econ
>
> Labor Economics
> LABOR@xxxxxxxxxxx (or @SHSU.edu)
>
> Gophers devoted on Economics
> Egopher@xxxxxxxxxxx (or@xxxxxxxx)
>
> Business Libraries Discussion List
> BUSLIB-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Traffic is said to be heavy.
>
> Regional Science Information Exchange
> REGSC-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Feminist Economics Discussion List
> femecon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> SAS Discussion
> SAS-L@xxxxxxxxxx (or @UGA.CC.UGA.EDU)
> A high volume list that would appear
> to be quite useful to SAS users.
>
> SAS Public Access Consortium (deals with Census data)
> SASPAC-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU)
>
> PEN-L (Progressive Economists Network)
> PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx (or @VM.USC.EDU)
>
> MEMSNET (Mineral Economics and Mgmt Society)
> LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (or @UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU)
>
> Net-Happenings
> net-happenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> While not related to economics, this list is a good
> description to what is happening on the Internet. I
> came across some items on this list here.
>
> MAJORDOMO
>
> Majordomo is another program that organizes mailing lists.
> Commands for subscribing and unsubscribing are similar to
> those used with a listserv except that the name is not given
> at the end of the subscription line. Further, rather than sending
> e-mail to listserv at the site that houses the list, it
> should be sent to majordomo@xxxxxxxx
>
> Local Economic Development
> econ-dev@xxxxxxx
> A rather philosophical list with fairly heavy traffic.
>
> Texts prepared by the Brazilian Institute of Social
> and Economic Analyses
> ibase-texts-l@xxxxxxxx
>
> RISKNet - Discussion of Risk and Insurance issues.
> RISKnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> MAILSERV
>
> When using a mailserv, requests for a subscription or canceling a
> subscription should be sent to mailserv@wherever. To subscribe, write
> subscribe list
> in the body of your note where list is the name of the list
> you wish to subscribe to. To cancel a subscription, use
> unsubscribe list
>
> International Political Economy
> ipe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> MAILBASE
>
> When using a mailbase, send your e-mail to mailbase@wherever and use
> join list your name
> in the body of the text to join a list, and use
> leave list
> to cancel a subscription.
>
> CTI Centre for Computing in Economics list for academic economists
> cti-econ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Economic History E-mail Conference
> HISTORY-ECON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> * This list publishes the interesting Economic History Newsletter
> * that covers a variety of topics.
>
> Experimental Economics
> ECONOMICS-EXPERIMENTAL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> INTERNET STYLE
>
> With Internet style lists, one sends requests to sign up and
> leave a list to the list maintainer. Simply add the suffix
> "-request" to the list name and e-mail it.
>
> Teaching of Economics (not research in economic education)
> tch-econ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Communications Privatization
> com-priv@xxxxxxx
> This list discusses issues concerning the privatization of
> the Internet. This is an area in which economists might have
> a substantial impact.
>
>
> + 12. DATA RELATED TO THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION
> +
> + A. Graduate Programs
> +
> + Forrest Smith, the moderator of the Usenet newsgroup
> + sci.econ.research, has compiled information on some
> + graduate programs in economics. The archive site for this
> + group is mentioned below, and this information can be
> + found in the "FAQ" directory with the names
> + "grad.programs.descriptive" and "grad.progs.contents".
> +
> + FTP: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/academic/economics/sci.econ.research
>
>
> + 13. WORD PROCESSING
> +
> + A. TeX References
> +
> + Since I am not knowledgeable about TeX, let me cite the
> + two references given in the TeX FAQ:
> +
> + The TeXbook, Donald Knuth, Addison Wesley, 1984,
> + ISBN 0-201-13447-0, paperback 0-201-13448-9
> +
> + LaTeX, a Document Preparation System, Leslie Lamport,
> + Addison Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-15790-X
> +
> +
> + B. TeX Macros for Economics and TeX Sources
> +
> + Since I am not a TeX user, let me defer to George Greenwade
> + <bed_gdg@xxxxxxxx>, who is. In fact, he is an expert. This
> + section was written by George and I simply copied it from his
> + posting to the Usenet newsgroup sci.econ.research as archived
> + by Forrest Smith.
> +
> + The TeX macros written by Professor Varian, known as
> + "VerTeX" (for Visualize Economic Reports in TeX; release
> + 1.0 of August, 1987) are available for ftp retrieval from
> + the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) hosts:
> +
> + hostname directory
> + --------------------------------------------------------------
> + ftp.SHSU.edu /tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/vertex/
> + ftp.TeX.ac.UK /tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/vertex/
> + ftp.Uni-Stuttgart.DE /tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/vertex/
> +
> + The first two sites also support Gopher access. SHSU's
> + CTAN is also linked into Niord's Gopher in its Economics
> + area, as well as the economics or TeX areas on a number of
> + other gophers worldwide.
> +
> + Finally, the command:
> + SENDME VERTEX
> + in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@xxxxxxxx will
> + retrieve the set of 19 files via e-mail.
> +
> + I have to stress that these are NOT LaTeX styles; they are
> + TeX macros. VerTeX's syntax differs somewhat from the more
> + standard LaTeX-type commands; however, the syntax used in
> + VerTeX is consistent throughout VerTeX (and, as an
> + occasional user, I fell comfortable in saying they are
> + relatively easy to follow, understand, and use). The file
> + set is pretty well documented and demonstrated. Varian has
> + very roughly hinted that he might have an interest at some
> + later date in rewriting these to use LaTeX and BibTeX
> + (probably after the release of LaTeX3 -- since I am quite
> + involved in that project, I feel safe in telling you not to
> + hold your breath on LaTeX3; I'll be surprised if it's out
> + before 1996).
> +
> + The present Visualize Economic Reports in TeX styles include:
> + jpe.sty --- Journal of Polemical Economy
> + jep.sty --- Journal of Economic Perspectives
> + jet.sty --- Journal of Economic Theorems
> + aer.sty --- Armenian Economic Review
> + ecnmet.sty --- Economagica
> + restud.sty --- Review for Economic Students
> + qje.sty --- Quartered Journal of Economics
> +
> + I'll assume that you can figure out which of these look
> + like what "real" journals. When you use one of these
> + styles, VerTeX will automatically adjust the style of the
> + document and the style of the references to be more-or-less
> + consistent with the journal style. Some fine tuning may be
> + needed, but the output generally looks pretty good.
> +
> + As the US coordinator of the CTAN (a collection now in
> + excess of a gigabyte), if you have any TeX-related files
> + which you would like to have included, please contact me.
>
>
> 14. USEFUL BOOKS, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNET
>
> A. Books
>
> * I have taken a fairly careful look at the 10 different
> * books I've seen on the Internet at national bookstores.
> * Let me recommend:
> *
> * Ed Krol. The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog.
> * O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, California. 1992.
> * ISBN 1-56592-025-2.
> *
> * Paul Gilster. The Internet Navigator.
> * John Wiley and Sons, New York. 1993.
> * ISBN 0-471-59782-1.
> *
> * Harley Hahn and Rick Stout. The Internet Complete Reference.
> * Osborne McGraw-Hill, New York. 1994.
> * ISBN 0-07-881980-6.
> *
> * Daniel P. Dern. The Internet Guide for New Users.
> * McGraw Hill, New York. 1994.
> * ISBN 0-07-016511-4.
>
>
> + B. On-Line Guide
> +
> + For a comprehensive on-line guide, the Electronic Frontier
> + Foundation's "Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet," written
> + by Adam Gaffin, is excellent. While not as detailed as the
> + above books, it is a very useful guide to the Internet. Plus,
> + it is free. The listing below identifies an ASCII (or text)
> + version; many other formats are available. Some are in the
> + same directory, while others are in the texi directory, which
> + is located in the directory mentioned below.
> +
> + FTP: ftp.eff.org:/pub/EFF/papers/big-dummys-guide.txt
>
>
> C. Software
>
> Gopher client software
>
> Gopher is a very popular tool on the Internet and is much
> more efficient than accessing gopher sites with telnet.
> Further, file transfer is much easier with client software.
> Packages for many different hosts can be found here.
>
> FTP: boombox.micro.umn.edu:/pub/gopher.
>
>
> uuencode/uudecode
>
> This pair of programs are very useful when used in conjunction
> with email. Uuencode takes a binary file (such as a word
> processing file or a program) and converts it to text so that
> it can be emailed. Uudecode than converts it back to binary.
> Using this pair of programs, researchers can collaborate by
> emailing binary data or word processing files. If one host
> is an IBM mainframe, be sure to use the -x option.
>
> FTP: ftp.shsu.edu:/tex-archives/archive-tools/uue
> GOPHER: Sam Houston State Economics (described above):
> /Network Archive Tools/uue
>
>
> gzip:
> This new program can uncompress many files (note that this
> is typically denoted by a .Z suffix) found on the Internet.
> More information on this topic can be found below in the
> document by David Lemson.
>
> FTP: ftp.shsu.edu:/tex-archive/tools/info-zip
> GOPHER: Sam Houston State Economics (described above):
> /Network Archive Tools/gzip
>
>
> D. Resources
>
> Scott Yanoff's "Internet Services List"
>
> Scott Yanoff produces a list of interesting resources on
> the Internet. While few of them are economics (and those
> that are covered above) many are quite interesting
> and useful. One I find particularly interesting is the
> University of Illinois weather gopher -- you can find
> weather forecasts for any part of the country. Another
> interesting resource is books.com, a bookstore on the
> Internet. For those that live in rather small towns like
> me, this is a very valuable service.
>
> Yanoff's list is well worth looking at for those new
> to the Internet.
>
> FTP: csd4.csd.uwm.edu:/pub/inet.services.txt
>
>
> John December's "Information Sources: the Internet
> and Computer-Mediated Communication"
>
> This document has a broader concept than Yanoff's;
> rather than listing just resources, December lists a
> number of documents as well, such as electronic guides
> to the Internet, and software sites. The breadth is quite
> remarkable. Like Yanoff's list, those new to the Internet
> will find it quite useful.
>
> FTP: ftp.rpi.edu:/pub/communications/internet-cmc.txt
>
>
> File Compression, Archiving, and Text<->Binary Formats:
>
> This document, by David Lemson (lemson@xxxxxxxx) details
> the numerous methods of file compression used on the
> Internet and elsewhere.
>
> FTP: ftp.cso.uiuc.edu:/doc/pcnet/compression.
>
>
> 15. NON-INTERNET RESOURCES
>
> A. Introduction
>
> While this document is primarily about resources on the Internet
> of interest to economists, there are several resources not on the
> Internet that might be of interest. I hasten to add that I have
> not tried any of these and am only reporting what I have read
> elsewhere.
>
>
> B. Federal Reserve Bank Bulletin Boards
>
> Dallas (214) 220-5169
> Minneapolis (612) 340-2489
> St. Louis (314) 621-1824
>
> I understand that the St. Louis Fed has a wealth of historical
> data (including money data, obviously), while the Minneapolis
> Fed has FOMC minutes, and speeches and testimony of Fed officials.
>
>
> C. Electronic JEL Index
>
> I understand that though CompuServe's Knowledge Index and
> IQuest (they offer a number of sometimes overlapping databases),
> the Economic Literature Index is available after hours. It is
> available during working hours through Dialog, but it is
> quite expensive. One hopes that someday membership in the AEA
> will have its privileges and members won't have to pay for access
> to this database.
>
>
> + D. On-Line Refereed Economics Journal
> +
> + I understand that a bulletin board run by Steven W. Dickey of
> + Eastern Kentucky University "publishes" refereed articles. He
> + can be contacted at (606) 622-4987, and the bulletin board is
> + at (601) 624-3934, UARTS 2400, 8-N-1.
>
> End of Document
- Thread context:
- Reply to Hyungchan Lee re addresses,
NOHARAPA Tue 21 Dec 1993, 05:31 GMT
- Reply to Bill Mitchell from Phil O'Hara,
NOHARAPA Tue 21 Dec 1993, 04:39 GMT
- needing addresses of pol economists,
NOHARAPA Tue 21 Dec 1993, 04:12 GMT
- Resources for Economists on the internet,
RICHARD P.F. HOLT Tue 21 Dec 1993, 00:13 GMT
- Happy Holidays!,
RICHARD P.F. HOLT Sun 19 Dec 1993, 17:26 GMT
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