LibGuides: ECON 3063-001: Women in Development Economics: Citing and Writing

Literature reviews

Literature reviews - UNC Writing Center
Explains what they are and why we make them
Literature review sample - Excelsior OWL
Provides a sample literature review
Research log
Try using a research log to keep track of what you've searched and what you want to try next. You can copy this to your Google Drive and adjust it to suit your needs.

How to engage with other sources in your own voice

These resources from the UNC Writing Center may be of use.

Generative AI in Academic Writing
In this handout, we will focus on potential uses and pitfalls of generative AI tools that generate text.
Plagiarism
This handout explains what plagiarism is and outlines steps students can follow to avoid plagiarizing. It includes information on paraphrasing and "common knowledge".
Quotations
"Used effectively, quotations can provide important pieces of evidence and lend fresh voices and perspectives to your narrative. Used ineffectively, however, quotations can clutter your text and interrupt the flow of your argument. This handout will help you decide when and how to quote like a pro."
UNC Writing Center Tips & Tools
Lots of useful information on writing papers and other kinds of written projects in many different fields.
Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers
From Plamen Nikolov (State University of New York Binghamton, IZA and Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science). Download the PDF file from this link.

The Economist's Handbook by Clyde Perlee (Editor); Thomas Wyrick
ISBN: 9780314028037
Publication Date: 1994-03-14
The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth; Gregory G. Colomb; Joseph M. Williams; Joseph Bizup; William T. FitzGerald
ISBN: 9780226239569
Publication Date: 2016-10-19
This is a great book to refer to at any stage in the research process.

How to cite your sources

Chicago author-date and American Sociological Association styles are commonly used by economists. Be consistent with whatever style you use.

American Sociological Association Style Guide by American Sociological Association Staff
Call Number: Lehman Reference (Non-Circulating) HM569 .A54 2014g
ISBN: 091276421X
Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed.
Chicago Manual of Style has full details on citing primary & archival material in Chicago style. You can also the style guide in print.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)
OWL has lots of general and subject-specific writing tips and techniques, along with research advice and detailed citation and formatting standards for the APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.

How to cite data

American Economic Review (AER) sample data references
These examples are based on the Chicago Manual of Style Author-Date system.

Here is the sample data set citation the ASA provides in American Sociological Review:

Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper, Susan Turner, and Joan Petersilia. Intensive Community Supervision in Minnesota, 1990–1992: A Dual Experiment in Prison Diversion and Enhanced Supervised Release [Computer file]. ICPSR06849-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2000. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06849.

Quick Guide to Data Citation
This is a handy resource from the International Association for Social Science Information Services Technology (IASSIST).
Guidance on Data Citations
Guidance for authors wishing to create data and code supplements, and for replicators, from Social Science Data Editors

ECON 3063-001: Women in Development Economics

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Literature reviews

How to engage with other sources in your own voice

How to cite your sources

How to cite data

Peer review and academic publishing