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Reviewing the Literature. 2 May 2008. Sources. Books Journal Articles Unpublished (academic) papers Dissertations Internet. Search. How do you know what is important and what is not? Journal citation reports ISI ( Web of Science ) Google scholar Google books.
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Reviewing the Literature 2 May 2008
Sources • Books • Journal Articles • Unpublished (academic) papers • Dissertations • Internet
Search • How do you know what is important and what is not? • Journal citation reports • ISI (Web of Science) • Google scholar • Google books
Literature Review by Others • Published literature reviews can help you by identifying important works and also by framing the parameters of current and past scholarship. • Textbooks • Book reviews in journals
Tough-to-Find Literature • Conference papers • Research centres • Dataset bibliographies • Example: ICPSR Bibliography of Data-Related Literature. More than 24,000 citations of known published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR data archive. • Example 2: CSES bibliography
Browse • Browse favourite journals, ie. through JSTOR • Browse through conference proceedings, ie. American Political Science Association (APSA) • Authors’ personal websites, ie. see pippanorris.com