ECON 58H: Researching the Tools for Success in College: Find Articles
Find Articles in these Databases
Find articles
Start your search for scholarly articles in the databases listed here. Read the descriptions to learn more about the databases. Questions? Email Nancy
How to tell if a journal is an economics journal
- What is the journal's title? A subject/discipline is often in a journal's title
- What does the journal's "about" or "aims and scope" page say? Find this easily by googling the journal title and "aims and scope"
How to tell if an article in a journal is peer-reviewed
Academic journals publish different types of articles, like book reviews, case studies, research articles, editorial columns, opinion pieces,r and more.
- What label is the article given? (e.g. book review, case study, research article)
- How does the journal define that label? Find out on the journal's aims and scope page (google the journal title & "aims and scope"). Typically, book reviews are not peer-reviewed whereas research articles are.
-
EconLitMain source for economics articles from the American Economic Association. This is an index, which means that a lot of search results will be citations and abstracts rather than full-text articles. There are full-text articles too! If you see just a citation for an article you want, use Interlibrary Loan to get a full copy of the article.
-
JSTORYou can limit your article search by discipline on the Advanced Search Page. JSTOR does not provide access to the most recent 2-5 years of currently available journals, so this database would probably be more helpful for finding older articles.
-
Academic Search PremierAcademic Search Premier is a catch-all database that has articles from all different subjects. This is a good starting place for background research, and if you are looking for economics-adjacent articles (such as in education, sociology, policy).
-
National Bureau of Economic Research Working PapersSearch for working papers from the National Bureau of Economic Research
Entrepreneurship & Business Librarian
Connect with us
