Economy

The economy is on everyone’s mind, so here are a few links to get you started.

Understanding the Situation

• CQ Researcher [NYU Only]
  Published weekly, this resource devotes each issue to a hot topic.  A great backgrounding source for understanding our current economic situation and government response.

Banks

• BankTracker
  This project provides financial information about banks based on extracted FDIC data. Allows you to search for banks that have received TARP money, and more. Created by the Investigative Writing Workshop at American University.
• Beige Book – Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District
  These are published 8 times per year and provide a summary of economic conditions in each Federal Reserve District.

Statistics about the Economy

• Bureau of Economic Analysis: Department of Commerce
  Provides timely economic data.
• US Census Bureau: Economic Indicators
  Provides latest economic indicators (statistics).

Using Free Tools to Generate and Keep Track of Your Ideas

In this workshop we looked at RSS Feeds, Del.icio.us, and Zotero. If you missed the workshop, the presentation is available here.

More info (especially on Zotero) will be forthcoming!

Workshops in the Journalism Department

I’d like to bring the library to the Journalism Department, so I’m starting to plan a series of quick sessions or workshops that would take place in the Journalism Department.  These workshops would be 45 minutes or so long, and focused on a specific information need or skill (How do I find x?).  I have a few ideas, but I need your input.  What questions are you struggling with? What additional research skills do you need?

If you have ideas, please leave a comment.