CSUSM Library Guides: Economics Research Guide : Finding Articles

Scholarly Journal Articles

Tutorial
This 6-minute tutorial will cover how to identify whether an article is "scholarly" and how to search for these types of articles.

written by scholars (with affiliations to universities or research institutions)
written for other scholars and students (and therefore difficult to read)
published in an academic journal with a peer-review process
- Here are some examples:
  - The American Economic Review
  - Econometrica
  - Journal of Sports Economics
extensive references at the end

Tips	Examples
Use keywords, not long search phrases	Instead of searching for "How is covid-19 impacting the local economy?" break down your search into the main keywords: covid-19, covid, pandemic, impact, economy, local, San Diego
To get more focused results: Use quotation marks (" ") to keep phrases together Use AND to combine different keywords	"San Diego" AND covid-19
To get broader results: Use OR to combine similar/associated keywords Truncate words that have a variety of endings with a *	economy AND (covid or pandemic) *politic = politics, political, politically**
Look for ways to limit your search in the database	You can often limit by type of article (scholarly and peer-reviewed) & year of publication