For the Instructor:

Instructor’s Resource Manual

ISBN 0072461403

Professor Janet West of the University of Nebraska, has revised and updated the Instructor’s Resource Manual. It comprises chapter summaries, listings of "what’s new" in each chapter, new teaching tips and suggestions, learning objectives, chapter outlines, data and visual aid sources with suggestions for classroom use, and questions and problems. Answers to end-of-chapter questions are also found in the manual (with the exception of the answers to the Key Questions, which are found at the end of Economics).

Available again in this edition is a CD-ROM version (ISBN 0072474769) of the Manual. Users of Economics can print out portions of the Manual’s contents, complete with their own additions and alterations, for use as student handouts or in whatever ways they might wish. This capability includes printing out answers to the end-of-chapter questions not answered in the textbook.

Three Test Banks

Two Test Banks contain objective, predominately multiple-choice questions. A third Test Bank of short-answer essay questions and problems supplements this edition of Economics.

Test Bank I (ISBN 0072461381) now comprises more than 5,200 questions, all written by either the text authors or new Test Bank I co-author, William Harris of the University of Delaware.

Test Bank II (ISBN 0072461365), by Professor Walstad, contains more than 5,000 questions.

Test Bank III (ISBN 007246139X), also prepared by Professor Walstad, contains "constructive response" testing to evaluate student understanding in a manner different from conventional multiple-choice and true-false questions. Suggested answers to the essay and problem questions are included.

For all test items in Test Banks I and II, the nature of each question is identified as are the numbers of the text pages that are the basis for each question. Also, each chapter in Test Banks I and II includes an outline or table of contents that groups questions by topics.

In all, more than 10,000 questions of equal quality offer instructors maximum testing flexibility while assuring the fullest possible correlation with the content of the text.

Computerized Testing

Test Bank I ISBN 0072461330

Test Bank II ISBN 0072461349

Test Bank III ISBN 007246142X

These systems include test generation, with the capability of producing high-quality graphs from the Test Banks. They also feature the ability to generate multiple tests, with versions "scrambled" to be distinctive, and other useful features.

Color Transparencies (Graphs and Tables)

Over 200 new full-color transparencies for overhead projectors have been prepared especially for the Fifteenth Edition. They encompass all the graphs and tables appearing in Economics and are available on request to adopters.

For the Student:

DiscoverEcon

CD-ROM ISBN 0072461357

DiscoverEcon by Gerald Nelson at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is the most exciting and widely used Economics educational software on the market. Available both on the web and CD, this version is even more closely integrated with the McConnell/Brue text than previous versions. Students who need to explore concepts interactively will find this software especially appealing. And instructors looking for pedagogically sound, easy-to-manage, self-grading exercises for homework need look no further.

Study Guide

Professor William Walstad—one of the world’s foremost on economic education—has prepared the 13^th edition of the Study Guide, which many students find indispensable. It contains for each chapter an introductory statement, a checklist of behavioral objectives, an outline, a list of important terms, fill-in questions, problems and projects, objective questions, and discussion questions. The glossary found at the end of Economics also appears in the Study Guide.

For both Instructor and Student:

Website

This Website dovetails with the text better than ever. Web-button icons alert students to points in the book where they can springboard to the Website to learn more. There, they may learn some history behind the concept, build an interactive graph, or read an anecdote.

A wealth of additional exercises, assignments, Last Words, and Web questions give you added flexibility in assigning course work. A password-protected instructor section offers you even more flexibility by having key supplements online—all in one place. There’s even a bonus chapter on the Web titled "Transitional Economies: China and Russia."

PageOut

Creating a course Website is easy. Especially when you use this "paint by numbers" method of creating one for your course. Simply fill in a series of templates, choose a design, and within minutes your syllabus will be posted on your own Website. Students can then follow your syllabus and be referred to daily assignments and postings.

PowerWeb

This Website is a reservoir of current events. Best of all, searching for those currents is easy because every resource listed at PowerWeb was chosen by professors like you. So a search for "Microsoft appeal," for example, will take you to articles relevant to an economics course. Additionally, students will find weekly news updates, an interactive glossary, and self-grading tests—all specific to economics.

Delivery Platforms

McGraw-Hill content can be delivered online using a number of delivery platforms. These include WebCT, Blackboard, and eCollege, to name just a few. These platforms offer sophisticated features like online quizzing, student tracking, content customization, and professor forums. Best of all, you have complete control over how the McGraw-Hill content is presented to your students.