http://library.wciu.edu/links/ Recent bookmarks posted to Latourette Library Internet Research Links 60 http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html Covers agriculture, business, consumers, cost of Living, demographics, economics, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health, housing, labor, military, politics, science, s admin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:43:16 +0000 agriculture business consumers cost of living currency demographics economics energy environment finance foreign economics foreign governments foreign trade government finances health housing industry labor military politics science sociology statistics transportation weather http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/statistics/ “Intute: Statistics provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet.” admin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:36 +0000 area statistics educational institutions educational outcomes elections environment finance health housing international indicators land markets migration national indicators nutrition population public opinion social attitudes and behaviour socio-economic studies statistical theory statistics http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1090,30070682,1090_33076576&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Covers a wide range of statistics, including strutural indicators, sustainable development, and much more. “Our data cover the European Union, its Member States and its partners, and are published under a variety of Themes and Collections.” admin Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:18:23 +0000 agriculture economy energy environment european union external trade finance fisheries industry population regional statistics science services social conditions statistics technology trade transport http://www.1site-europe.net/eland/04/index.html “EL@ND provides a single search to 11 catalogues of development information. 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From Morroco to Iran and includes Israel and Turkey. admin Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:30:39 +0000 ancient history archaeology business country studies directories economics finance internet middle east religions http://www.un.org/esa/index.html Covers themes related to international development, including advancement of women, governance, human rights, international trade, macroeconomics, population, technology and productive sectors, social development, statistics, sustainable development, human settlements and energy, and more. admin Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:06:55 +0000 advancement of women economic development energy finance governance human rights human settlements institution-building international development international trade macroeconomics population productive sectors science social development statistics sustainable development technology women's studies http://financialplan.about.com/od/personalfinancebasics/a/AnnualCheckup.htm This article outlines ideas for a year-end personal finance review, covering goals, asset protection, will updates, investment performance evaluation, debt control, income tax reduction, and retirement plan review. Includes links to related articles. Written for About.com by an accountant and author of books on personal finance. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:02:01 +0000 finance financial checkup personal finance http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=15056 Transcript from a series of lectures in 2001 on Islamic finance Provides an overview of banking and finance in accordance with Islamic law, examples of Islamic banking in the private sector and at the state level, discussion of risk management and prospects for Islamic finance, and related material.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index) admin Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:50:01 +0000 banking banks credit unions faiths finance islam koran qur'an http://ifptest.law.harvard.edu This project 'aims to study the field of Islamic finance from the legal and shari'a [Islamic law based on the Quran] points of view by analyzing contemporary scholarship.' 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