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Economics : Welcome

Explore searching strategies and resources for ECON 01 and 02

How to Use this Guide

Economics Guide Overview

Connecting the Researcher with Resources and Tools 

Librarians curate library guides as pathways to precise sources throughout the research process. The discipline of economics has specific information needs, ranging from data to market analysis, to theory: information is packaged by purpose, wither using a government database to located statistics, blogs and social media sites like X (formerly Twitter) to find trending issues and topics, or books to compare business plans, locating the most credible information takes experience to identify. 

  • Welcome: Trends and Topics in Economics Blogs
  • Keywords: brainstorm and collect vocabulary, glossaries and terminology: AI is helpful for this task
  • Background Information: find theory and established facts of the field of economics
  • Books and Ebooks: in-depth information, case studies, historical analysis, and applied theory
  • Business Resources: recommended databases and websites for scholarly, scientific research sources
  • Getting Research Help: work with a librarian for personal research session(s) to narrow a topic, create a research question, format and ethically synthesize sources.

Trending Topics Blog: naked capitalism

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Learning Outcomes

After this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Locate career related sources from library database and online databases
  • Save, email, link and annotate articles
  • Identify sources based on depth of information
  • Feel confident to get help with a research professional!

Trending Topics Blog: Financial Times

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