research methods economics fall 2012
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Literature Review
“A literature review is a summary of what is currently known about some issue or field on the basis of research evidence, and/or of what lines of argument there are in relation to that issue or field.”
Hammersley, M. (2004). Literature review. In M. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, & T. Liao (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social science research methods. (pp. 578-580). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412950589.n503
Inclusion Determined by
• Subject• Geography• Time period• Research
method/design
Topic Selection
Sources• Personal Interests• Internships• Course work• The news
Orientation• Wikipedia and other
encyclopedias• Library Catalog
Research ToolsEssential EconLit with Full Text
Faculty Top PicksGoogle Scholar, Social Science Research Network, Social Science Citation Index
Interdisciplinary PubMed, Medline, ERIC, Education Full Text, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, others on Subject Guides
EconLit Content
• Scholarly/Peer Reviewed Articles– Theory– Research– Reviews
• Books-and chapters• Working Papers
Searching EconLit: Techniques
• Synonyms and related terms• Controlled vocabulary (JEL Classification)• Truncat* and “phrase searching”• TI: Field searching• Boolean searching
AND (Green) OR (Red)
JEL Classifications
Sample Question
What factors are contributing to the mancession (disproportionate gender based unemployment)?
Practice
Send form with topic, JEL classifications and one on point APA citation.
1. Does income inequality contribute to economic instability?
2. What is the economic return on a college degree?
Getting Full Text & Chasing CitationsJournal Finder,
Search
Google it!
Catalog or EZborrow
Finding Data
• Leverage Data from Literature Review• Subject Page, Economics, Statistics for
frequently used sources http://library.villanova.edu/research/subject-guides/economics-and-statistics/#Statistics
• Statistical Insights- General index
Final Tips
• Allow time for exploration and interlibrary loan
• Search systematically, but hope serendipity is on your side.