Literature searching in Economics Susan Mowers Data Librarian Morisset 309B May 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 ▫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]Link Databases to find scholarly journals by topic, All A-Z[Link]Link All our e-journals [Link]Link Search+ Find books and journals, reserve materials, renew your borrowed books & more[Link]Link Library Resources 101 [Link]Link RefWorks [Link] guide, webinars and moreLink Economics Research Guide [Link] … Economics Dictionaries [Link] … Working Papers important in Economics [Link], Books [Link], Databases [Link]Link Data … International [Link] | Canadian [Link] | Microdata. Odesi [Link]. RTRA … ICPSR [Link]. COOL RDC [Link]Link

Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research Citation style We are here

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: We are here

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]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 energyheretheme 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 We are here Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Define your search Translate that search to your database Do a search to retrieve research articles Citation style

Economics Research Article Databases Research guide: Articles tabResearch guide d=14806&sid= http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pi d=14806&sid=

Article abstract Re: oil energy economics

Database essentials OPERATORS EconLitWeb of ScienceScopus and oil AND economics or oil OR petroleum Both of the above (oil OR petroleum) AND economics and not oil NOT shale oil AND NOT shale within 5 words energy NEAR/5 economics energy w/5 economics Truncation: Left Right *economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics econom* retrieves economic, economics, economy… *economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics econom* retrieves economic, economics, economy… *economics retrieves economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics econom* retrieves economic, economics, economy… Phrase “energy economics”

Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research articles Citation style We are here

EconLit Run your search in the advanced EconLit search screen [Link] USE ROWS – one per conceptLink 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 We are here

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 **Chicago Manual of Style

Basics of CJE & Chicago - Articles Gabriel Chan et al. (2012). “The Canadian oil sands industry under carbon constraints?” Energy Policy 50, doi: /j.enpol 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 Refinery supply of crude oil and equivalent, monthly (cubic meters) 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?

Appointments Literature searching continued … Find out who has cited your key journal articles … ? Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar Do you have data or statistics for your topic?

Thank you Susan Mowers