Economics Research Guide

• Writing Economics by Robert Neugeboren with Mireille Jacobson (2001), The President and Fellows of Harvard University (minor revisions in Jan. 2005)
• A Guide to Writing in Economics by Paul Dudenhefer (2013), Duke University

When completing your assignments, you are expected to be contributing to disciplinary knowledge building by sharing your own ideas, evaluations and arguments. In other words you are expected to submit original work and give credit to other peoples' ideas, i.e., citing your sources of ideas.

TIPS:

1. Acknowledge ALL Sources from which you use ideas. This includes books, journal articles, blogs, e-mail communication, videos, websites, etc.
2. Take careful notes on what you read and where you found the ideas. 
3. Always provide a citation when you:

• Direct quote ideas taken from a source
• Paraphrase ideas and opinions taken from someone else's work.
• Summarize ideas taken from someone else's work
• Present factual information, including statistics or other data – except when the fact is considered common knowledge (i.e. a well known fact like "Donald Trump was the President of USA").

To cite sources use the citation style recommended by your instructor. The following links provide you with useful quick guides to citing sources using different styles.

• Citing in APA: check out the APA Style Quick Guide(7th ed.) OR  The OWL at Purdue 

• APA 7th edition citation for business sources

• Citing Economics Databases in APA Style (UNC Greensboro)

• Citing in Chicago: check out the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition Quick Guide  OR The OWL at Purdue 

• Citation Guide for Business - Based on the Chicago Manual (McMaster University)

• Citing In MLA: Check out the MLA Style 8th edition: Dalhousie Quick Guide OR The OWL at Purdue