Seminar in EconomicsEcon 4132

Linda HauckJanuary 19 & 20, 2011

Agenda

• Review EconLit search techniques

• Review getting full text

• Tips on getting data

EconLit with Full Text (some)

Truncate words with *

“Phrase search” with quotes

Search controlled vocabulary with classification codes and subjects

Search for synonyms with Boolean OR

Refine search by including multiple/both ideas with Boolean AND

DON’T Limit to full text

Getting full text

Follow the Findit button

Use the Journal Finder

Leave time for Interlibrary Loan

Tips on getting data

• Chase data from literature review

• Use Falvey Economics and Statistics Guide• http://library.villanova.edu/Research/Subjects/Economics

-and-Statistics-/Statistics

• Use Statistical Indices: Statistical Lexis-Nexis, Statistical Abstract

Give yourself time, Ask for help