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SIRS Publishing, Inc. Announces Release of What Citizens Need to Know About Economics
BOCA RATON, FL, March 1, 2003
- SIRS Publishing, Inc. announces the release of SIRS Interactive
Citizenship's newest interactive electronic book What Citizens Need to
Know About Economics, with correlations to national and state academic
standards. This informative and timely online book describes economic
principles, which provide a structure for a continuing understanding
of how our economic system works in an increasingly global
environment.
Developed for students and other citizens, this book not only
covers the basics of economics but also provides dynamic links from
within the chapters to related full-text articles, Web sites,
documents, graphs, charts and more from SIRS databases. Unlike most
economics textbooks, which are obsolete as soon as they come off the
press, the content in this economics book is updated daily, providing
users with the most current information available.
The following is just a small sampling of the up-to-date
information provided:
Chapter 7 - Business: includes Web links to major stock and
commodity exchanges around the world including the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the
Tokyo Stock Exchange and more.
Chapter 9 - Oligopoly: examines the business scandals of 2002 that
forced major companies such as Enron and WorldCom into bankruptcy.
Chapter 16 - Inflation and Recession: examines the impact of the
September 11 terrorist attacks on the economy.
Chapter 17 - Stabilizing the Economy: explores fiscal and monetary
policies and related articles and Web sites provide information on
current fiscal and monetary policy decisions.
Chapter 22 - Foreign Trade: includes Web links to major regional
trade associations such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and
the European Union.
Links to governmental Web sites such as the White House's Economic
Statistics Briefing Room - which provides current statistics on the
economy directly from the governmental agencies
As with the other electronic books on the Interactive Citizenship
database - What Citizens Need to Know About Government and What
Citizens Need to Know About World Affairs, this economics book
provides an Educator's Guide, User's Guide, Communication and Research
Tools, Learning Tools, and is available in two formats: HTML (which
offers users the ability to dynamically link to resources and enlarge
graphics) and PDF (which allows users to add onscreen notes and print
typeset pages). In addition, students have the ability to e-mail
assignments to instructors and develop a permanent archive of their
educational journey.
SIRS Publishing, Inc. is a leading provider of online, CD-ROM and
print databases to more than 50,000 libraries worldwide. For more
information on SIRS Enduring Issues or any other SIRS products, please
contact SIRS Customer Service at 1-800-232-7477 (press "1") or e-mail
media@sirs.com. |
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