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7.2 Key Web resources

All links were last checked on 22 October 2004.

Advice and guidance

• JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service
• Making Connections Unit (advice on accessible Web design)
• Web Accessibility Initiative (2003) 'WAI Quick Tips Reference Card'

Tools for site maintenance

• Link Checker (software for Mac)
• Wayback Machine (archive of most of the Web)
• Xenu's Link Sleuth (Windows link-checker software)

Tools for online discussion

• Blogger blogging service
• Wordpress blogging service
• Microsoft Network Groups
• Wiki Getting Started FAQ
• Yahoo Groups

Resource guides (sites that help you find economics materials)

• Economics Network Links to Resources
• Economics Textbook Companion Sites
• The Internet Economist
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
• Resources For Economists

Some online materials created by economists

• J. Bradford DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal
• 'Car Park Project' student activity at Glasgow Caledonian University
• Economics 101 course site, Strathclyde University
• Eur Macro Tutor (interactive models and worksheets)
• Kevin Hinde's site
• Journal of Economic Education online section
• Arnold Kling's Blog
• Think Economics (Principles tutorials with interactive graphs)
• 'Using the Internet' student activity at Glasgow Caledonian University
• The Virtual Economy (a UK macro model with illustrations of micro consequences)