Literature searching in EconomicsSusan MowersData LibrarianMorisset 309BMay 21, 2014

Did you know?• Your Library provides :

▫ Scholarly databases for finding research journal literature

▫ Help … with literature searching and finding that tricky reference? with accessing and finding data For an appointment with Susan, please contact

smowers@uottawa.ca

▫ Large collections of electronic books and journals as well as print books, also interlibrary loans

▫ RefWorks for saving research time, research results and automatic bibliographies

▫ Other services ensuring you can access your research information

Learning objectives•Learn what are the elements of an

effective search for retrieving research

•Learn how to save your research/search results:▫Open a RefWorks account …

•Introduction to creating a bibliography from RefWorks

Agenda•Library Survival basics

•Create a RefWorks account

•Intro to doing a search (preparation)

•Do a search to retrieve research

•Citation style for:▫book, journal, paper, data

Library Survival basics• Access the Library from off campus [Link]

• Databases to find scholarly journals by topic, All A-Z[Link]

• All our e-journals [Link]

• Search+ Find books and journals, reserve materials, renew your borrowed books & more[Link]

• Library Resources 101 [Link]

• RefWorks [Link] guide, webinars and more

• Economics Research Guide [Link] … Economics Dictionaries [Link] … Working Papers important in Economics [Link], Books [Link], Databases [Link]

• Data … International [Link] | Canadian [Link] | Microdata . Odesi [Link] . RTRA … ICPSR [Link] . COOL RDC [Link]

Agenda•Library Survival basics•Create a RefWorks account•Intro for doing a search

(preparation)•Do a search to retrieve research•Citation style

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Before we search for research literature …

•Let’s create a RefWorks account for managing our library information!

Agenda•Library Survival basics•Create a RefWorks account•Intro for doing a search

(preparation)•Do a search to retrieve research•Citation style•What is this: Book, journal, paper,

data?•Topics for future consideration:

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Introduction to doing a search

•Define your search – from topic to search

•Translate that search to your database

Define your search – What is your broad topic?

• When searching for books, you CAN search by broad topic, e.g.,▫ Energy economics

• Search Economics books [Link]

▫ Can you find one print book and one e-book on energy economics?

• Don’t forget economics e-books collections like: OECD [here] on energy economics!!! – theme energy

• Working papers

Define your search

(1) Define your research question(2) Identify key concepts from your research question(3) Identify synonyms

• Use “operators” to put it all together:

and, or, not, *, “”, ()

•Do your search, are your results to broad or narrow?

Refine your search – broaden or narrow your search

Exercise

•Topic: energy economics

•Pick a specific type of energy and develop your search strategy on the handout

•Be sure to include the country or countries of your research

Introduction to doing a search

•Define your search

•Translate that search to your database

•COMBINE WITH NEXT SCREEN

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Agenda•Library Survival basics•Create a RefWorks account•Intro for doing a search

(preparation)•Do a search to retrieve research

articles•Citation style

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Economics Research Article Databases

•Research guide: Articles tab

•http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=14806&sid=2867048

Article abstract

•Re: energy economics

Database essentials

OPERATORS

EconLit Web of Science Scopus

and oil AND economics oil AND economics oil AND economics

or oil OR petroleum oil OR petroleum oil OR petroleum

Both of the above

(oil OR petroleum) AND economics

(oil OR petroleum) AND economics

(oil OR petroleum) AND economics

and not oil NOT shale oil NOT shale oil AND NOT shale

within 5 words

energy NEAR/5 economics

energy NEAR/5 economics

energy w/5 economics

Truncation:LeftRight

*economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics

econom* retrieves economic, economics, economy…

*economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomicseconom* retrieves economic, economics, economy…

*economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomicseconom* retrieves economic, economics, economy…

Phrase “energy economics”

“energy economics”

“energy economics”

EconLit

• Run your search in the advanced EconLit search screen

[Link] USE ROWS – one per concept

• Did you get relevant and manageable results?

• Export 5 references to RefWorks

• You may wish to expand to other databases

Agenda•Library Survival basics•Create a RefWorks account•Intro for doing a search

(preparation)•Do a search to retrieve research

articles•Citation style

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Basics of CJE* & Chicago** – Books

▫Author (Year) Title: Subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher)

Woodrow W. Clark (2013) The Next Economics Global Cases in Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (New York, NY: Springer)

*Canadian Journal of Economics - style guidelines for authors http://economics.ca/cje/en/style.php

**Chicago Manual of Style https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

Basics of CJE & Chicago - Articles

Gabriel Chan et al. (2012). “The Canadian oil sands industry under carbon constraints?” Energy Policy 50, 540-550 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.07.056

Author (Year) “Title of article.” Title of journal vol, pages. doi:

Basics of CJE* & Chicago** – Working Papers

Author (Year) Title: Subtitle (Paper series No.)

Y. Dissou and L. Karnizova (2014) ”Comovement of oil prices with US economic indicators over the business cycle: facts and explanations” University of Ottawa Working Paper No. 1401E

Basics of CJE & Chicago – Data/Statistics

Statistics Canada (2014) CANSIM Table 134-001 - Refinery supply of crude oil and equivalent, monthly (cubic meters) http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/

Author (Year) Title of resource (Version if relevant) [Format, if not otherwise clear] (Place of publication/distribution: Publisher/Distributor – if different from author) Retrieval information

Questions?A good starting point to developing a research question?

Literature searching continued …•Who has cited your author?•Be sure to search both Web of Science

and Scopus  Web of Science  ▫- Quick reference guide for Web of Science

•Scopus  ▫- Video Introduction to Scopus

•HOW-TO AT A GLANCE … [Link]

Thank you

•smowers@uottawa.ca•Susan Mowers