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September 1999

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economists with Web Pages (Wednesday, 9/1/99)
Is your favorite economist on the web? John Irons' Economists with Web Pages lists a few zillion so that you can find out.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Atlantic Monthly on Poverty (Thursday, 9/2/99)
Atlantic Monthly magazine has run a lot of articles dealing with poverty over the years. Here are some that were published between 1971 and 1998.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Ad Search (Friday, 9/3/99)
National Ad Search gives you access to thousands of job-related ads from dozens of major U.S. newspapers, all in one place.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: An Introduction to Investment Theory (Saturday, 9/4/99)
Professor William Goetzmann of Yale University's School of Management has written a helpful book on investment and finance, and it's all available on the web. Here's An Introduction to Investment Theory.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The WORK Place (Sunday, 9/5/99)
The WORK Place is a starting point if you're interested in finding information of all types relating to work and the job-search process. The WORK Place comes from Canada.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: A NaniNet (Monday, 9/6/99)
If you're looking for a nanny or if you're looking for work as a nanny, A NaniNet may be able to help. It is a leading nanny placement and referral service.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Graduate Study in Psychology (Tuesday, 9/7/99)
A Ph.D. candidate in New York state offers advice and guidance if you would like to get into graduate study in psychology.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economics Resources for University and College Teaching (Wednesday, 9/8/99)
Economics Resources for University and College Teaching is just what it says it is, and may be of considerable value to you if you teach economics.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The RAND Journal of Economics (Thursday, 9/9/99)
The RAND Corporation was founded after the Second World War by the legendary Herman Kahn and was the prototype for the modern private "think tank." Much later, Kahn founded The Hudson Institute which continues to be a leader in relation to issues having to do with economics and the future. However, RAND is involved with economics too. Here's the The RAND Journal of Economics.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: PovertyNet (Friday, 9/10/99)
PovertyNet comes from the World Bank and is a rich collection of resources for persons seeking to understand poverty and work toward its alleviation.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Jones International University (Saturday, 9/11/99)
Jones International University offers Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in business communication geared to the needs of the new economy. However, this fact is not what makes JIU different from hundreds of other institutions. Jones has no conventional campus. It exists in cyberspace, and both degree programs are completed entirely on-line. Moreover, unlike other experimental on-line schools, Jones International University has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the same agency that accredits conventional colleges and universities throughout a large portion of the United States. During the late pre-Internet era, Jones was widely known for distributing higher educational courses via television throughout much of the world.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Law Jobs (Sunday, 9/12/99)
In addition to the large number of "kitchen sink" job sites on the Internet, there are an increasing number of sites dedicated to particular professions or other job seekers with special needs or interests. Law Jobs can help you find work as an attorney, if you really ARE an attorney, of course.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: U.S. Census Bureau on Poverty (Monday, 9/13/99)
If you're interested in the topic of poverty as it applies to the richest country in world history during the best economic times in a generation, the United States Census Bureau may have some things to tell you.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CBS MarketWatch Investor's Primer (Tuesday, 9/14/99)
If you're new to investing, or, even if you're not, CBS MarketWatch Investor's Primer is worth a look. It's a VERY rich and informative site.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Benefits Link (Wednesday, 9/15/99)
Benefits Link may offer as much as you'll ever want to know about employee benefit plans, but if you're an employer, it's probably not possible to know too much.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: F.A. Hayek (Thursday, 9/16/99)
F.A. Hayek won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1974. Here are a lot of quotations from him, as well as a lot of quotations about him.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Embassy of the Russian Federation (Friday, 9/17/99)
Russia has been in the news more than usual lately because of its economic crises, its political turmoil, and recent terrorist explosions. If you like to travel or do business in Russia, you might want to stop by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington, D.C. first, or drop in right here on the web.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Library of Congress (Saturday, 9/18/99)
We can safely recommend the Library of Congress to those with a special interest in issues relating to life and work in the revolutionary new world economy, because the Library has the world's largest collection of works on virtually all topics. Entrepreneurs in the new economy may be particularly interested in their Copyright Office.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tutor 2U Economics (Sunday, 9/19/99)
Tutor 2U Economics can introduce you to the field of economics and offers resources for both students and teachers in the field. It comes from Newcastle Royal Grammar School in Newcastle, England.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Futurework: Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century (Monday, 9/20/99)
Not to be confused with the well-known on-line discussion group, Futurework: Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century is a major report on work from the United States Department of Labor.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Learning to Lead (Tuesday, 9/21/99)
Learning to Lead is a special report on graduate business education and comes to you from the Kansas City Star.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Families and Work Institute (Wednesday, 9/22/99)
Work has been changing and so have families. Families and Work Institute is a private "think-tank" that does research and also advises business, government, and other institutions on the development of "mutually supportive connections among workplaces, families, and communities."

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Ideas of a University (Thursday, 9/23/99)
Scholars at the University of Northern British Columbia provide an overview of the history of the university from Classical Greece to the present with interesting speculations about the future, including some fundamental questions about what a university should be and what its purposes should be and who should decide these things. Here's The Ideas of a University.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Career Guide for Grads (Friday, 9/24/99)
Career Guide for Grads is what it sounds like, and comes to you from the Kansas City Star.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: U. S. Economics Departments on the Internet (Saturday, 9/25/99)
How many U.S. college and university departments of economics have web sites? No one's entirely sure, but U. S. Economics Departments on the Internet lists more than 300 so far.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Time (Sunday, 9/26/99)
In the new global economy, which is always "open," it can be handy to know, not only what time it is where you happen to be located, but also in a lot of other places. Here's CNN's World Time to help out.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: ISEEK (Monday, 9/27/99)
ISEEK stands for "Internet System for Education and Employment Knowledge." It intends to overcome some of the shortcomings of many employment and career sites on the Internet and comes to you from the University of Minnesota and various departments of Minnesota state government.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Labour and Business History (Tuesday, 9/28/99)
Labour and Business History is a virtual library from the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: GradAdvantage (Wednesday, 9/29/99)
GradAdvantage enables you to apply to graduate or business schools on-line and comes from the Educational Testing Service.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Resume Creators (Thursday, 9/30/99)
Need help with your resume? There have been a number of resume writing services in major metropolitan areas around the country for many years. An example is Resume Creators, which has been active in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for some time, and now offers its services to the world on-line.

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