Adlai E. Stevenson High School Library Serving the information and research needs of approximately 4600 students and 500 staff.

Business and Economics

• Economic Report of the President Searchable and browsable database of past economic reports of the president provided by the GPO.
  
  
• Economic Statistics Resources Sites from the University of Michigan on business and industry, cost of living, federal and state finances, foreign trade, and labor. Searchable and browsable.
  
  
• Economic Statistics Briefing Room Provides easy access to current federal economic statistics as produced, maintained, and updated by the statistical units of governmental agencies.
  
  
• U.S. Economy at a Glance This site by the U.S. Department of Labor provides information on the U.S. economy. Data includes: Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings, Consumer Price Index, and Productivity.
  
  
• Consumer Price Indexes Site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the consumer price indexes, plus additional sites providing report documents, data and fact sheets.
  
  
• Economic History Services: How Much Is That Worth? Compares the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from 1720 to any other year including the present.
  
  
• Universal Currency Converter  Converts more than 180 currencies, from XE.com.
  
  
• International Database Provides statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic facts for 227 countries.
  
  
• Population Index on the Web This is a primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. Searchable and browsable database of 46, 035 abasracts of demographic literature from 1986 - 2000.
  
  
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides statistics on the economy, data, publications, state of the economy, regional reports, etc.
  
  
• Holt Stock Reports Provides current stock market reports on the various indexes as well as archive reports.
  
  
• New York Stock Exchange Information and data about the NYSE including a glossary of financial terms, a market summary, and a list of companies that are traded on the exchange.
  
  
• Nasdaq Provides full stock quotes, index activity and other information on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
  
  
• Excite Stock Quotes Provides full stock quotes, index activity. Searchable by ticker symbol. Provides a symbol directory.
  
  
• Fortune.com Fortune Magazine's home page offers ranking information, business index information, and searchable archives of Fortune magazine.
  
  
• Hoover's Online Offers a searchable database of 10,000 major public, private, and international companies. Search the corporate directory by ticker symbol, name, industry, sales, or location.
  
  
• Yahoo! Finance Offers information on U.S. and world markets, company information, latest market and financial news, plus info on taxes and insurance.
  
  
• Teen Consumer Scrapbook Developed by teenagers, this web site provides advice and information on items usually marketed to teens.
  
  
• Great Economists and Their Times Profiles of ten great economists, major schools of economic theory and a timeline from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-2005 The complete text of the OOH, searchable by keyword, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  
  
• Dictionary of Occupational Titles From the OAL Law Library this is a searchable database to be used in conjunction with the Occupational Outlook Handbook (see above) which provides a list of terms used to define jobs.
  
  
• What Can I do With a Major in.....? Lists college major fields of study and the possible careers and job opportunities associated with them.
  
  
• Career InfoNet Provides information on the general outlook for careers, wages and trends, state profiles for employment, career exploration and resource links.
  
  
• Tomorrows Jobs This section of the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an analysis of what job opportunities will be available in the future.
  
  
• Bureau of labor Statistics: Career Information This site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is designed for students to explore careers based on curricular/subject areas such as math, reading, science, music, art, computers, etc.
  
  
• Career Voyages From the U.S. Dept. of Education, this site is designed to allow students to explore careers that are in demand by industry, plus colleges, skills training, etc.

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