1. Literature searching in Economics Susan Mowers Data Librarian Morisset 309B May 21, 2014

2. 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 smowers@uottawa.ca smowers@uottawa.ca ▫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 so you can access your research information

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 Classic Catalogue for accurate searching [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]. ICPSR [Link]. COOL RDC [Link]Link

6. Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research Citation style for: ▫book, journal, paper, data We are here

7. Before we search for research … Let’s create a RefWorks account for managing our library information! ▫Go to RefWorks! [Link]Link See comprehensive step-by-step Introduction to RefWorks: MyUOResearch module (2014) [Link]Link

8. Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research Citation style for: ▫book, journal, paper, data We are here

9. Introduction to doing a search Define your search – from topic to search Translate that search to your database

10. 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

11. 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

12. Exercise Topic: energy economics Pick a specific type of energy (OR YOUR OWN RESEARCH TOPIC/QUESTION) and develop your search strategy on the handout (2 – sided) [Link]Link Be sure to include the country or countries of your research

13. Introduction to doing a search Define your search Translate that search to your database We are here

14. Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research articles Citation style for: ▫book, journal, paper, data We are here

15. Economics Research Article Databases Research guide: Articles tabResearch guide http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pi d=14806&sid=2867048http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pi d=14806&sid=2867048

16. 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”

17. 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

18. Agenda Library Survival basics Create a RefWorks account Intro for doing a search (preparation) Do a search to retrieve research articles Citation style for: ▫book, journal, paper, data We are here

19. 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 http://economics.ca/cje/en/style.php http://economics.ca/cje/en/style.php **Chicago Manual of Style https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

20. Basics of CJE & Chicago - Articles Gabriel Chan et al. (2012) “The Canadian oil sands industry under carbon constraints?” Energy Policy 50, 540-550 doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.07.056 Author (Year) “Title of article.” Title of journal vol, pages. doi:

21. 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

22. Basics of CJE & Chicago – Data Statistics Canada (2014) Table 134-001: Refinery supply of crude oil and equivalent, monthly (cubic meters) (CANSIM) http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/ Author (Year) Title of resource (Version, as relevant) [Format if not apparent from title, e.g., use Data file or Table] (Data repository or Database) Retrieval information or DOI:

23. Questions? A good starting point? Other? Find out who has cited your key journal articles? Do you have data or statistics for your topic? Appointment: smowers@uottawa.ca

24. Thank you for your time! Susan Mowers smowers@uottawa.ca