economics honours tutorial 2011
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Economics honours year tutorial conducted by Aaron Tay and Cheng Ean Aun, Aug 29 2011TRANSCRIPT
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OverviewOverview
• Library services available
• Economics resources
• Searching databases
• EndNote
• Contact us
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LIBRARY SERVICES AVAILABLELIBRARY SERVICES AVAILABLE
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Library services availableLibrary services available
Loan Privileges• 30 books, 28 days loan for main shelf books
New Materials Recommendation• Useful titles not available in NUS Libraries
Document Delivery Services• Articles or book chapters not available in NUS Libraries
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Library services availableLibrary services available
New Materials Recommendation• Useful titles not available in NUS Libraries
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Library services availableLibrary services available
Can this be requested?
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Library services availableLibrary services available
Document Delivery Services• Articles or book chapters not available in NUS Libraries• NUS Libraries purchases these articles on your behalf• Entitled to 3 articles per academic year• Requires your supervisor’s approval
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ECONOMICS RESOURCESECONOMICS RESOURCES
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Economics resourcesEconomics resources
Resources on Economics
• Books: 114,446 titles*
• Journals and databases: 11,270 titles*
• CL Reference Collection: Reference titles, encyclopedia, dictionary
• CL Singapore-Malaysia Collection: Statistics in print
* May 2011
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Economics resourcesEconomics resources
Electronic Resources on EconomicsArticle
Information
Article Dataset
Bibliographic database
Full-text database
Statistical database
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Economics resourcesEconomics resources
Electronic Resources on EconomicsArticle
Information
Article Dataset
Bibliographic database
A directory
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Economics resourcesEconomics resources
Electronic Resources on EconomicsArticle
Information
Article Dataset
Full-text database
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Electronic Resources on EconomicsArticle
Information
Article Dataset
Statistical database
Economics resourcesEconomics resources
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SEARCHING DATABASESSEARCHING DATABASES
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
You want to look for…
How do you start?
Effectiveness of government stimulus
in the recession
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
1. Select the appropriate database
2. Identify the concepts
3. Construct the search statement
4. Evaluate results
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
1. Select the appropriate database
→ EconLit
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
1. Select the appropriate database
→ EconLit
• A bibliographic and full-text database• “Expanded version of JEL”• Searches articles from 1961• Indexes over 500 journals
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Effectiveness of government stimulus
in the recession
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
2. Identify the concepts
Question: Is “Effectiveness” a concept?
So: - Government stimulus- Recession
… Any synonyms?
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Boolean operators• Parenthesis• Truncation• Wildcard
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Boolean operators
ANDGovernment BusinessGovernment
ANDBusiness
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Boolean operators
ORGovernment Business
Government OR Business
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Boolean operators
NOTGovernment BusinessGovernment
NOTBusiness
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Parenthesis ( )Group synonyms/related terms together• Government, or state, or fiscal• Stimulus, or intervention
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Truncation * $Used to search for words with the same root
• Govern*: Govern, governing, governs, governance, governed, government
Note: Each database defines its own truncation symbol; check Help before use
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Wildcard ?Placeholder to provide for variants in spelling
• Organi?ation: Organisation, organization
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
3. Construct the search statement
• Put them all together
Effectiveness of government stimulus
in the recession
(Government OR state OR fiscal) AND
(stimulus OR intervention) AND recession
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Basic Techniques – Search StrategyBasic Techniques – Search Strategy
Database-Specific Information
• More information on Help page• Boolean operators, wildcards, truncations,
etc.
• Different search modes• Basic search – Natural language• Advanced search – Usually Boolean
operators allowed
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Using the Search ResultsUsing the Search Results
• Refine the search• Adding/Removing search terms• Recession: Depression? Business cycle?
• Filter the results by fields• Publication type, year, author, etc.
• Export the results• Export citation via email or EndNote
• Full-text download: Avoid excessive downloading
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HANDS ON - ECONLITHANDS ON - ECONLIT
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(Government OR state OR fiscal) AND
(stimulus OR intervention) AND recession
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Scopus – Another Useful DatabaseScopus – Another Useful Database
Another very useful database
•Bibliographic database, multidisciplinary
•18,000 journals, proceedings and book series
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HANDS ON - SCOPUSHANDS ON - SCOPUS
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(Government OR state OR fiscal) AND
(stimulus OR intervention) AND recession
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NewspapersNewspapers
• Factiva
• LexisNexis Academic
• NewspaperSG
• Archive of individual newspapers (e.g. New York Times)
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HANDS ON – LEXISNEXIS HANDS ON – LEXISNEXIS ACADEMICACADEMIC
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(Government OR state OR fiscal) AND
(stimulus OR intervention) AND recession
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StatisticsStatistics
• Print and online
• Comes in all shapes and sizes
• In different levels of aggregation
• Different standards and levels of accuracy
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StatisticsStatistics
National statistics
•National/local statistical agencies
•Singapore: Department of Statistics
•International organizations: UN, OECD
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StatisticsStatistics
International statistics
•International statistical agencies• UN, World Bank, IMF, OECD
•Subscribed databases• CEIC Data Manager, EIU Country Data
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StatisticsStatistics
Other statistics
•Microdata• IPUMS International
•Industry-specific statistics• OSIRIS, US FFIEC (US banks)
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ScholarBank and Theses in NUS LibrariesScholarBank and Theses in NUS Libraries
ScholarBank• Institutional repository of NUS• Higher degree theses only
Theses in NUS Libraries• Search for “university singapore economics”• Narrow to NUS Theses Collection
http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg
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OTHER USEFUL INFORMATIONOTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
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Primary, secondary and tertiary sourcesPrimary, secondary and tertiary sources
ExampleExample
Primary Secondary and TertiaryNUS Libraries Colonial Office Records Databases
Books and journalsOpen access IPUMS International/USA
FFIEC PDDNational Academies PressOpen Access Journals
DIY FieldworkData collection
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EndNoteEndNote
A powerful reference manager• Organize your references• Cite while you write
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote
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NUS Libraries Proxy BookmarkletNUS Libraries Proxy Bookmarklet
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LibGuides – EconomicsLibGuides – Economics
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/economics
• A compilation of useful Economics databases, journal titles and other resources
• Resources by type• Database• Journals• Ebooks
• Resources by theme• Income inequality by gender and ethnic group• Migrants in Singapore
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LibGuides – Related GuidesLibGuides – Related Guides
Singapore Statistics
Marketing
Finance
Area Studies
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Contact UsContact Us
http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/[email protected]
Aaron Tay6516 2029 [email protected]
Eng Aun6516 2036 [email protected]
Thank youThank you
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