EC Thesis: Finding Journal Literature

Use advanced techniques in EconLit:

Step A:

Search with the JEL subject classification system and the EconLit Thesaurus to identify subject terms.
 

Step B:

Use the Index of Journal Titles in EconLit to perform a search for a particular journal

•  Journal of Economic Perspectives OR Journal of Economic Literature

Step C:

Use the History search in EconLit to combine the first two searches.

Step D:

Browse the results for relevant review/survey articles.

Option 1:

Examine the references in articles you've already found then use Find Journals to get access or request via ILL.

Option 2:

Using those articles you've already found, search the Web of Science for other articles that cite them.
Note possible data sources.

Search more effectively in bibliographic databases

When you search for articles, don't rely strictly on keyword searches.

Authors: After identifying important articles in your area, search for more articles by those authors.

Descriptors: Also, search in databases like EconLit for an article you've already read. Look at the descriptors used by the database to describe it. Perform new searches based on those descriptors.

Organizations: Organizations publish reports, too. If you identify a relevant organization, like the Mediamark (a company that surveys the public), for example, search for that organization as an author.

Advanced Search Screen: there are many options such as document type (case studies, book chapters, etc.), language or geographic limiters, NASIC codes, and so on.