Programme of Work 1999/2000 This document
includes the schedule for this year's project, the list of tutorial groups
and some important other details to bear in mind. This document is in
'pdf' (portable document format). Your web browser, if reasonably recent,
should be able to view and print this file. If not, you may need to
download the (free) software Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
You can view all this material directly on-line also:
The Format of a Research
Project
This gives the standard of presentation you are expected to achieve and
along the way, offers some advice on planning and re-drafting the
project.
Introductory
Computer Course by the Information Technology Officer of the Faculty
of Arts, covering Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint.
James Hardiman Library at
NUI, Galway. In particular, you should familiarise yourself with EconLit
(bibliographical database),
and with JSTOR Digital Journals (full text of some journals).
Resources for Economists on the Net Take some time to
explore this, especially the section called "Single Subject Sites". You
may find a link to a site devoted to your broad area of interest.
WebEc is ''a classification
effort to improve the availability of free information on economics on the
internet'' and is another good place to look for Research Project topics. Search
for recent working papers (i.e., academic articles before they are published
in journals).
Inomics is another site
which gathers information of use to economists.