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Research Methods in EconomicsECO 3132
Linda HauckJanuary 14, 2010
Objectives
• Literature Review– Select resource discovery tools– Effective search tips– Obtain text of books & articles
• Find Data & Statistics– Statistical & data indices– Data consideration: source, format, series
Literature Review: Document Types
• Books Catalog, Worldcat, GoogleBooks, EZBorrow
• Scholarly Journal Articles specific editorial model, peer reviewed, referred
• Working Papers Informal publication, grey literature, scholarly drafts
The Literature Review: Finding Books
Literature Review
Finding article databases: Subject Guides, Databases A-Z, Course & Topic Guides
Literature Review: Search Techniques
• Synonyms and related terms
• Controlled vocabulary (JEL Classification)
• Truncat* and “phrase searching”
• TI: Field searching
• Boolean searching with AND OR
Literature Review: EconLit
Do inadequate wages or migration policies contribute to the persistent nursing shortage in the U.S.?
Literature Review: Search Techniqueshttp://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php
Literature Review: Chasing Citations & Getting Full Text
Author, A. (year). Title article. Title Periodical. Vol#, pp-pp. Retrieved from electronic source.
• Findit button• E-Journals A-Z/Catalog• Interlibrary Loan • Dissertations & Theses• NBER Working Papers
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Literature Review Practice
1. Does investing in preschool education have lasting effects?
2. Christopher Kilby writes extensively on foreign aid, you may want to look at his work.
Finding Statistics & Data
• Leverage data from literature review• Use indices• Keyword/Drill down searching• Always check metadata/method
Final Tips
• Topic Orientation: New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, texts, books
• Allow time for exploration & interlibrary loan
• Search systematically, but hope serendipity is on your side.