Academic Tips: Big Picture

Cheap Advice for New Faculty: David Levine
Good and Bad Procrastination: Paul Graham
Hosting a speaker: Phil Agre
How to be a leader in your field: Phil Agre
Networking on the network: Phil Agre
PhD - First Thoughts to Finished Writing: University of Queensland
Scaling the Ivory Tower: David Schmidtz, et al.
The Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette: Daniel S. Hamermesh
What they don't teach you in grad school, Part I: Paul Gray and David E. Drew
What they don't teach you in grad school, Part II: Paul Gray and David E. Drew
What they don't teach you in grad school, Part III: Paul Gray and David E. Drew
What they don't teach you in grad school, Part IV: Paul Gray and David E. Drew
You and Your Research: Richard Hamming

Academic Tips: Dissertation and Research

Cheap Advice for Writing a Dissertation: David Levine
How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time: Hal Varian
PhD Thesis Research: Where Do I Start?: Don Davis
The Doctoral Dissertation Proposal: Catherine G. Burke
What Makes for a Successful Paper and Seminar?: Don Davis

Academic Tips: Job Market

A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market: John Cawley
Cheap Advice for Going on the Job Market: David Levine
Job Market Tips: David Laibson
Job Market Tips: Mike Conlin and Stacy Dickert

Academic Tips: Presentations

Conference Presentation Tips: David Yamane
Five Ways to Reduce PowerPoint Overload: Cliff Atkinson and Richard E. Mayer
Giving an Academic Talk: Jonathan Shewchuk
Guidelines for Preparing Briefings: RAND
Oral Presentation Advice: Mark D. Hill
Poster Sessions: Marilyn Levine
The "Big 5" and Other Ideas for Presentations: Donald Cox
What Makes for a Good Research Presentation: Tom Carsey

Academic Tips: Publishing

How to Publish in Top Journals: Kwan Choi
Publication, publication: Gary King
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students: Thom Brooks
Tips for publishing in finance academic journals: Don Chance
Writing for Publication: Rationale, Process and Pitfalls: Peter Witt

Academic Tips: Teaching Resources

Ball State: OTLA
Clemson: OTEI: Websites for Instructors
EKU: TLC: Teaching Tips
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
KSU: IDEA Center: IDEA Papers
KU: CTE: Publications
The Journal of Scholarship on Teaching and Learning
UVA Teaching Resource Center

Academic Tips: Writing

Cheap Advice for Presenting Results: David Levine
Improving Academic Writing: Jonathon Bennett and Samuel Gorovitz
Making Conference Proposals: A Guide for Graduate Students: James Stimson
Notes on Writing: Richard N. Langlois
Professional Writing in Political Science: James Stimson
Sentence Outlines: Michael O'Hare
Sentence Outlines: Andrew Sabl
The Science of Scientific Writing: George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
Writing Guidelines for Economics (and Pretty Much Anything Else): Lynne Kiesling
Writing Papers: A Checklist: Michael Kremer
Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students: John Cochrane

Data Sources: State/Local Economy

State Coincident Indexes

Data Sources: State/Local Politics

FSU Local Governance
Gerald Wright's Home Page
Gubernatorial Power
Initiative & Referendum Institute
NCSL Inititative and Referendum Database
Officials' Job Approval Ratings Database
Public Opinion Poll Question Database
Richard Fording's Ideology Data
SPPQ Data Resource
State Supreme Court Data Project
Stateline.org: State Data Sources
Stateline.org: State of the State Addresses
Thad Beyle's Web Page

Databases

Dissertation Abstracts
EconLit
JSTOR
Lexis-Nexis
PAIS International

Federal Reserve Publications

Atlanta: EconSouth
Atlanta: Partners in Community and Economic Development
Boston: Economic Research
Boston: Public Policy Briefs
Chicago: Chicago Fed Letter
Dallas: Southwest Economy
Kansas City: Economic Review
Kansas City: Main Street Economist
Minneapolis: FedGazette
Minneapolis: The Region
New York: Economic Policy Review
Philadelphia: Business Review
Richmond: Region Focus
San Francisco: Economic Letters
St. Louis: Regional Economic Development
St. Louis: The Regional Economist

Journals

American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Economic Development Quarterly
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Geographical Review
Geographical Review (JSTOR)
Growth & Change
International Regional Science Review
Journal of Planning Literature
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Regional Science
Journal of Urban Economics
Journal of the American Planning Association
National Tax Journal
National Tax Journal (pre-1991)
Policy Studies Journal
Public Administration Review
Public Administration Review (JSTOR)
Regional Science and Urban Economics
Review of Economics and Statistics
Review of Economics and Statistics (JSTOR)
Urban Studies

News: News Digests

Biz Journal Snapshot
Governing: News
NCSL: Grasscatcher
Stateline
Stateline: Economy & Business
Stateline: Taxes & Budget

News: Newspapers

Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
USA Today
Washington Post

News: Other Periodicals

Business Week
Governing: Otis White

Research Organizations

Center for the Study of Rural America
Rural Policy Research Institute
Southern Growth Policies Board
Southern Rural Development Center
W.E. Upjohn Institute