EC303: Methods pt.1
If I were taking notes (handout)…
1. RefWorks
- use anywhere
- workshops each block
- turnoff popup blockers
2. Finding Books
- TIGER first
- Prospector next – faster (3-4 days avg.)
- Worldcat – what you can’t find above, US and International libraries
3. Articles
Scholarly vs Popular – Vodka ad
Databases
- Business Source Premier
- good start, use limits and/ “academic” tab
- in case of ERROR MESSAGE – use alternate link of Library webpage
with password: TUTT and username: Library
- Academic Search Premier – ok for background, wide variety of disciplines
- Econ Lit – everything scholarly
- Jstor – everything scholarly
- NBER – working papers
- Specialized – look at Subject Database links
Pawprints
- use when the fulltext isn’t right there
- for citations – which databases has the journal
- Journal Finder
ILLIAD – Interlibrary loan software
- how Tutt handles requests (except Prospector)
Online
About search engines
I found it on the web
Other
Interviews with last year’s thesis students – several are econ students