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Library Web of Knowledge (Institute for Scientific Information) Web of Science top tab default Reference guide 11 languagesReference guide

Library Bibliography-building Searching & Citations Topic Author Cited references Breakout (eg. by year) Export Times cited Citation report Search history Alerts Mapping citations Scientific Web

Library Phrase definition & authors Phrase Searching eg. Outright Monetary Transactions finds this exact phrase Parentheses Use parentheses to group compound statements. For example: (Eurozone OR Euro) AND (inflation targeting) Author Name Enter the last name first, followed by a space and up to five initials. - Artis M* finds: Artis M, Artis JM, Artis Michael &c. - Artis finds all authors with the last name Artis

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Library Institutional Data Times Higher Education –2012 World University Rankings (3 October)2012 World University Rankings Using 'Advanced Search' OG= Organisation

Library World University Rankings World University Rankings Times Higher Education The Learning Environment (30%) Citations / Research Influence (30%) Research volume, income, reputation (30%) International outlook: people, research (7.5%) Industry Income: innovation (2.5%) pp.28-29, Times Higher Education rankings supplement, 6 October 2011

Library Some Caveats: international coverage The journal selection process –"Many excellent regional journals target a local, rather than an international, audience. Therefore, the emphasis on extensive international diversity is less than for internationally focused journals."

Library Caveats… Emphasis on articles not books –(TR developing Book Citation Index) Main articles sometimes mis-classified as reviews Language coverage – diacritic errors in citation 'Web of Science' does not correct/change metadata Abstracts only since 1992 Not all series are indexed – eg. NBER Author names – variations Citation because of controversial or bad science

Library Google Scholar eg: "social inequality" Link EUI full text journalsEUI full text journals Advanced Scholar search Preferences

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Library Pros. & Cons. Google Scholar not by 'relevance' but by metadata Not limited to 'published' documents Google keeps algorithms, metrics and definions of 'scholarly publication' secret Control is less rigid: a pro or a con? July upgrade: 'top publications' list.

Library EconLit –e-bibliography of economics literature, compiled by the AEA with abstracts, indexing and chapter lists of edited works. –1,200,000 records ( )

Library RePEc Research Papers in Economics –RePEc database of Economics literature and references, founded in 1993database –RePEc blogblog

Library 19 September 2012 Web of Science EconLit Google Scholar