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Google Scholar
Search Google Scholar for scholarly articles and books. You can see what item are in Western Libraries by setting Scholar Preference Library Links to Western Washington University.
Economics Resources
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EconLit [EBSCO]A database containing 1.5 million citations and abstracts to scholarly articles and other research from 74 countries relating to economics and economics history dating back to 1886.
Tip:Some items in EconLit only contain the citation. For best results, click on "Choose Database" and select both EconLit and Business Source Complete in order to search them together. -
Business Source Complete [EBSCO]Business Source Complete contains articles from Scholarly, popular, and trade journals in addition to company reports (public & private), industry reports, and country reports. Includes numerous economic journals. Use together with EconLit.
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JSTOR [ITHAKA]JSTOR has full-text full-text articles from scholarly journals from approx 2005 and earlier.
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Web of Science [Clarivate]The Web of Sciences includes three citation indexes: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Search Social Science Citation Index for economics-related citations.
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NBER: National Bureau of Economic ResearchNational Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) researchers publish their initial findings at the NBER as working papers.
Type of Articles & Journals
You will often be asked to search for academic or scholarly articles and journals. What does that mean? How are they different from other articles and journals?
Academic Journals and Articles
- An academic article is created by academics for academics.
- The research and information is considered to be trustworthy and well-researched.
- Academic journals often have the word "journal" in the title, like Journal of Business Communication.
- Academic articles are long. A short academic or scholarly article is five pages long; most are 15 to 20 pages long.
- Academic journals rarely feature color picutres; most will feature charts and graphs, but not pictures.
- Authors often have an affiliation with a university or research institute.
General-interest Magazines
- General-interest magazines include titles like Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and Rolling Stone.
- Articles are often shorter and written for a general audience.
- Articles feature color images and the magaiznes are slick and glossy.
- Don't dismiss an article in a general-interest magazine, but be aware of who it is written for and where it is coming from.
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