1. Economics C & D How to find scholarly information to your thesis! Magnus Olsson, Umeå University library magnus.olsson@ub.umu.se http://www.ub.umu.se/tjanste/maol/

2. Today´s agenda Evaluation of information sources Google scholar Scholarly articles and journals Search strategies and search tecniques in databases Libris Econlitt Business Source Premier

3. Evaluation of information sources – a few guidelines Author and Publisher Tendency Purpose and audience Recency Edition References

4. Further reading… http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

5. Scholarly articles often have this structure… Introduction Methods och materials Results A Discussion

6. Further information… http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/3890-primary-and-secondary- sourceshttp://techtv.mit.edu/videos/3890-primary-and-secondary- sources http://hj-lxstream.hj.se/doplay/module2publ (film 16 min, english subtitles)http://hj-lxstream.hj.se/doplay/module2publ

7. Google scholar Introduced november 2004 Specialises in academic material on the internet Everything in GS is not scholarly Advanced search Use english terms when you are searching

9. Information sources Encyclopedias Encyclopedia Britannica Nationalencyclopedin Specialized encyclopedias/Term dictionaries New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics International encyclopedia of the behavioural and social sciences Books Album Libris Articles (databases) Econlitt Business Source Premier (database depending on your subject) Statistics SCB Eurostat Sourceoecd

10. Search strategies in databases What words should I use when searching? How do I expand my search? How do I limit my search? How do I search using keywords?

11. Album Contains references to book from Umeå university library

12. Libris Contains references to books and journals from all Swedish university libraries

13. Libris Contains references to books and journals from all Swedish university libraries

14. Econlitt “comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. EconLit records include abstracts of books, journal articles, and working papers published by the Cambridge University Press. These sources bring the total records available on the database to more than 825,000. Premier Package customers will have instant access to full text for nearly 250 journals indexed in EconLit” 4 SIMULTANEOUS users!

16. Business Source Premier is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business. Peer-review function Thesaurus

18. Access to databases, e-books and e-journals off-campus http://www.ub.umu.se/eng_infosok/eng_hemifr.htm

19. For internet sources in your reference list include the following information Name of author, organization, corporation or authority Year when information was updated (if available) Name of web page or document Title of web site Complete URL (http://….), and Date when you retrieved the information Example: IMF (International Monetary Fund) (2010), Statement by an IMF Mission to Nicaragua, http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htmhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2010/pr1084.htm (2010- 03-12)

20. References…. http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study- support/study-skills/handouts/oxford-docnote.php (oxford)http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study- support/study-skills/handouts/oxford-docnote.php http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php (harvard)http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php