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Presented by Liu Yan

Social Science Librarian (Economics)

 Ace Your Term Paper

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Library Introduction

Scholarly Research

Economics Databases

Outlines:

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Library 

Introduction

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Lee Wee Nam Library BlkNS3 Level3 (above Canteen A)

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• Science & Engineering Collection 

•Reference Assistance

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• Accounting

•Banking

•Business Law

•Finance

•Hospitality 

•International Business

•Management

• Audio Visuals

Business Library 

Blk N2 Level B2

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Communication Studies

Information Studies

Knowledge Management

 Asian CommunicationResource Centre

( ACRC-SCI) WKWSCI Building, #01-18

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Chinese

 Japanese

Korean

Chinese Library (CHNL)

Blk S3.2, Level B5

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 Visual Art

 Architecture

Drawing

Design

Illustration

Painting

Photography 

 Audio Visual Materials

 Art, Design & MediaLibrary (ADML)

 ART– 1 – 3

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Overseas Chinese Collection

 Wang GungWu Library 

Chinese Heritage Centre, Level 1

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Psychology 

Sociology 

History 

Linguistics

Literature

Philosophy 

Public Administration

Humanities & Social SciencesLibrary (HSSL)

Blk S4, Level B3-C

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Opening hours of all libraries:http://www.ntu.edu.sg/Library/About/Open/

HSS Library, Business Library, LWN Library Semester

Mon to Fri 8:30 am to 9:30 pmSat 8:30 am to 5:00 pmSun Closed

 VacationMon to Fri 8.30am to 7.00pm

Sat 8:30 am to 5:00 pmSun Closed

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 What do we have?

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Our collection

Books

694,059 Journals

16,898

 AVs

29,170

DR-NTU

 30,000

E-Books149,398

E-Journals 34,000

Databases196

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Borrowing privileges (for undergrads)

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Library card = your matriculation card

Library card number = matriculation card number

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Default PIN = last 4 alphanumeric characters of your NRIC number

Example: 

NRIC No.: S9152345G

Default PIN: 345G

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Item reservation

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Scholarly 

Research

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Scholarly Resources

Plagiarism & Citation

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Scholarly Journals

 VSPopular Magazines

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What’s the difference?  Popular Magazines Scholar Journals  

Who reads these?  General public Professionals in a field,

Scholars,

“Experts”

Who writes these?  Reporters,Journalists,

Almost anyone

Professionals in a field,Scholars,

“Experts”

What’s in them?  News,Non-technical language,

Entertainment and general interest

articles,No bibliographies,May be slanted to elicit emotional

response

In-depth research,Technical language,

Original research studies,

Bibliographies and references,Typically more objective

What do they look like? 

Consumer advertising,

Glossy photos,Attractive layout

Dense text,

Much fewer, more specialized ads

 Adapted from Research 101, University of Washington Libraries, United States, 2001-2004.

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Search the following information sourcesLibrary Catalogue (titles of books, e-books, journals, reports, etc.)

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/opac/

Subscribed E-journalshttp://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/EJournals.aspx

Subscribed E-bookshttp://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/ebooks.aspx

Subscribed Databaseshttps://venus.wis.ntu.edu.sg/lib_databases/

ezSearchhttp://ezsearch.ntu.edu.sg/

DR-NTU (includes FYP/Thesis)http://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/DRNTU.aspx

 Web Resources(full text @ NTU)http://www.ntu.edu.sg/lib/search/tools.htm; http://scholar.google.com/

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Library Catalogue

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Library Catalogue

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E-Journals

• A to Z list, Search by Subjects

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Note:Links andEmbargo

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Databases

 Articles:

EconLit with Full Text EIU.com (Economist Intelligence Unit)

Data: CEIC WebCDM

SourceOECD News:

Factiva

LexisNexis Academic

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"The challenge of using the Internet effectively is not in finding information.The challenge is in finding information that you are interested in whileavoiding the rest.”

- Gregory Newby

• Most information on the Web does not go through a review process.

• Some information on the Web is not free.

• Information on the Web is not organized.

• Most information on the Web is not comprehensive.

• Most information on the Web is not permanent.

 Web Resources

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 Web Resources: FullText @NTU Library 

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 Web Resources: FullText @NTU Library 

Click Toolbar

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 Web Resources: FullText @NTU Library 

Does this magic work all time?

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 Web Resources: FullText @NTU Library 

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• Order copies of documents not found in our

collection -- journal articles, conference papers, theses

etc.

• Fee based.

• Fill up a request form and Email:

docdel@ntu.edu.sg

 Web Resources: FullText @NTU Library 

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NTU Honour Code & Honour Pledge on Plagiarism:

“To use or pass off as one’s own, the writings or ideas

of another, without acknowledging or crediting thesource from which the ideas are taken.”

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/sao/Pages/default.aspx

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Why must I cite reference sources?

Give credit whenever you use any:

idea, theory, illustration, statistics, graphs, drawings, images or

opinion of others

quotation of actual spoken or written words of others ;

paraphrase of spoken or written words of others

SafeAssignment™ / Turnitin® : A tool to detect plagiarism in

NTU

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 Any work that has inf luenced the writing of research papers, thesis anddissertations must be cited and any cited work must be properly referenced. Complete referencing means, to include

 An in-text citation (e.g. surname of the author and year of publication)

 An entry of the citation in the reference list with complete detail

In-Text CitationIn addition many other emerging economies have adopted de facto fixed exchange rateregimes, although officially they are floating ones (Calvo & Reinhart, 2001; Calvo &Reinhart, 2002).

ReferenceCalvo, G. A. & Reinhart, C. M. (2001) Fixing for your life, in: S. M. Collins & D. Rodrik (eds)Brookings Trade Forum 2000 (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution).Calvo, G. A. & Reinhart, C. M. (2002) Fear of floating, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 117(May),pp. 379–408.

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Organize your notes / articles / information and record your sourcesaccurately  Use the proper citation styles when referencing articles/titles Learn about Endnote , a bibliographic management tool available

in NTU.

Finally, review the information you have collected and determine if additional resources are needed

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Database

Demonstration

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Research topic:

Do a literature review of the revaluation of 

 Yuan.

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Revaluation Yuan

AND a.k.a Narrowing the Search

Renminbi Yuan

OR a.k.a Broadening the Search

(include synonyms)

Singapore dollarsRevaluation

NOT

Phrase Search e.g. “Yuan Revaluation”

(contrast this with Yuan AND Revaluation)

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Find Articles: EconLit EconLit

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Keyword (Search Terms)

Boolean Operator

Limit Search

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Fi d D t CEIC W bCDM

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Find Data: CEIC WebCDM

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Find News: Factiva

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Find News: Factiva

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•Liu YanHumanities & Social Sciences Librarian (Economics)

Tel: 6592-1877

Email: yanliu@ntu.edu.sg

• Research Assistance Desk

– : 6790-6312– : askalibrarian@ntu.edu.sg

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