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Research Methods in EconomicsECO 4132
Linda HauckSpring, 2010
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Objectives
• Literature Review– Select resource discovery tools– Thoroughly search them– Obtain text of books & articles
• Find Data & Statistics– Statistical & data indices– Data consideration: source, format, series
• Create a Bibliography– Refworks
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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
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The Literature Review
Finding books
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Literature Review
Finding article databases: Subject Guides, Databases A-Z, Course & Topic Guides
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Literature Review: Search Techniques
• Synonyms, related terms
• Controlled vocabulary, JEL Classification
• Truncation or phrase searching
• Field searching
• Boolean AND OR
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Literature Review: EconLit
Health insurance impact on employment
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Literature Review: Search Techniques
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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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Citation Management with RefWorks
1. Why use citation management software?
2. Create account3. Add a reference4. Export reference from
database
5. Create folder
6. Create bibliography
7. Share references
8. Write N Cite
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Statistics & Data Considerations
• Form (print, pdf, xls, SAS, zip, SPSS)
• Harmonized, comparability
• Scope, frequency, units
• Method, metadata
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Finding Statistics & Data
• Leverage data from literature review
• Use indices or directories or search engine
• Keyword/Drill down searching
• Check method/Metadata
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Final Tips
• Allow time for exploration & interlibrary loan or EZBorrow
• Search systematically, but hope serendipity is on your side.