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EconLit covers more than 125 years of economics literature from around the world. Updated weekly, it provides an authoritative reference to journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers, and dissertations--all expertly indexed and classified using subject terms from the well-known JEL Classification System.

EconLit allows you to keep up with developments in economics by providing one convenient place to search across scholarly publications dealing with a broad range of economics issues. For a complete list of the over 1,300 peer-reviewed journals covered in EconLit, see http://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/journal_list.php.

Segments and Years of Coverage
Name   Years of Coverage
econ       1886 to Present

The limit of databases that you can select for a multifile search session is based upon database segments rather than actual databases. The Ovid multifile segment limit is set at 120 to avoid impacting your search sessions. This database includes 1 segment.

This database is updated online weekly.

 

Fields
The following list is sorted alphabetically by field alias. Click a field name to see the description and search information.

All Fields in this Database

  Abstract (AB) Festschrift Honoree (FS) Publisher (PB)
  Accession Number (AN) Full Publication Date (DP) Regional Interest (GR)
  All Searchable Fields (AF) Full Text of Book Review (TX) Reviewed Author (RA)
  Author (AU) Heading Words (HW) Reviewed Book Publication Date (RD)
  Availability (AV) Institution (IN) Source  (SO)
  Book (BK) ISBN (IB) Source Title (ST)
  Book Publishing Information (RP) ISSN (IS) Subject Codes (CC)
 

Book Title (BT)

Issue/Part (IP) Subject Headings (SH)
  Cited References (RF) Journal Name (JN) Supplementary Material (SM)
  Copyright (CR) Journal Word (JX) Text Word (TW)
  Country as Subject (CT) Key Word (KW) Title (TI)
  Degree (DG) Language (LG) Update Code (UP)
  DOI (DO) Pagination (PG) Volume (VO)
  Editor (AO) Personal Name as Subject (PN) Year of Publication (YR)
  E-ISSN (EI) Publication Type (PT)  
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Default Fields for Unqualified Searches (MP): Searching for a term without specifying a field in Advanced search, or specifying .mp., defaults to the following ‘multi-purpose’ (.mp.) fields for this database: hw,ab,ti,ct.
  Abstract (AB) Heading Words (HW)      
  Country as Subject (CT) Title (TI)      
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Default Fields for Display, Print, Email, and Save: The following fields are included by default for each record.

  Abstract (AB) Festschrift Honoree (FS) Regional Interest (GR)
  Accession Number (AN) Full Text of Book Review (TX) Reviewed Author (RA)
  Author (AU) Institution (IN) Subject Headings (SH)
  Availability (AV) ISBN (IB) Source  (SO)
  Book (BK) ISSN (IS) Title (TI)
  Cited References (RF) Key Word (KW) Update Code (UP)
  Copyright (CR) Language (LG)  
  Country as Subject (CT) Personal Name as Subject (PN)      
  DOI (DO) Publication Type (PT)      
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All Fields for Display, Print, Email, and Save: Use the Select Fields button in the Results Manager at the bottom of the Main Search Page to choose the fields for a record.

  Abstract (AB) Festschrift Honoree (FS) Regional Interest (GR)
  Accession Number (AN) Full Text of Book Review (TX) Reviewed Author (RA)
  Author (AU) Institution (IN) Subject Headings (SH)
  Availability (AV) ISBN (IB) Source  (SO)
  Book (BK) ISSN (IS) Title (TI)
  Cited References (RF) Key Word (KW) Update Code (UP)
  Copyright (CR) Language (LG)  
  Country as Subject (CT) Personal Name as Subject (PN)      
  DOI (DO) Publication Type (PT)      
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Elements of Source (SO) Field: Ovid searches the following fields as part of the record source.

  Degree (DG) Journal Name (JN) Source Title (ST)
  Editor (AO) Pagination (PG) Volume (VO)
  Full Publication Date (DP) Previously Published Date (CP) Year of Publication (YR)
  Issue/Part (IP) Publisher (PB)  
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The following list is sorted alphabetically by the two-letter label, and includes the relevant alias, at least one example for all searchable fields, and a description of the field.
Label Name / Example
AB Abstract [Word Indexed]
capital gain.ab.
stalin.ab.
  The Abstract (AB) field summarizes the content of the document and generally describes the background, methods, results, and conclusions.

Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in the Abstract field, but are not searchable and will not appear in the Abstract index.

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AF All Searchable Fields [Search Alias]
heart.af.
  All Fields (AF) is an alias for all of the fields which occur in the source documents, including value-added fields such as Abstract (AB).
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AN Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
0373073.an.
  The Accession Number (AN) field contains a seven digit code which uniquely identifies each record.
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AO Editor [Phrase Indexed]
zymelman manuel.ao.
  The Editor (AO) field contains the editors of an article or publication. The editor names are indexed in the format of last name followed by first and middle names or initials. This field displays as part of the Source field (SO).
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AU Author [Phrase Indexed]
bernanke$.au.
tishler, asher.au.
 

The Author (AU) field contains authors' names in inverted format--last name followed by first and middle names or initials. For example, Roger Douglas Blair could appear as Blair R. D., Blair Roger Douglas, Blair Roger D., or Blair R.

Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name, a space, and then the first initial. If you are unsure of the spelling of the last name, enter one version and you will be able to view the index of names to find another.
For publications added after February 2005, records contains up to six authors. Articles having more than six authors are indexed under the first listed author, followed by "et al." Records indexed prior to the February 2005 update contain up to three authors.

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AV Availability [Word Indexed]
young.av.
www.av.
 

The Availability (AV) field includes the URL of the publisher or of the full-text online, or the name of the document supplier.

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BK Book [Display Only]
 

The Book (BK) field includes a display of the Book Title (BT), Book Publishing Information (RP), Reviewed Book Publication Date (RD), Previously Published Date (CP).

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BT Book Title [Display Only]
 

The Book Title (BT) field contains the title of the book being reviewed.

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CC Subject Codes [Phrase Indexed]
6356.cc.
c710.cc
c13.cc.
 

The Subject Codes (CC) are from the JEL classification system--the worldwide standard for classifying economics research. The JEL system originated with the Journal of Economic Literature. For more information, see www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php.

It is possible to use wildcards when searching, e.g., "A2$" or "A2*" will retrieve all records containing any subject code beginning with "A2."

Post-1991 classification system uses 3-character alphanumeric codes, e.g., "C13."

Pre-1991 classification system uses 4-digit numeric codes, e.g., "0322."

Pre-1969 classification system uses a decimal system.

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CP Previously Published Date [Display Only]
 

The Previously Published Date (CP) field contains the previous copyright date for an item that has been reprinted/reissued.

This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

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CR Copyright [Word Indexed]
with.cr.
  The Copyright (CR) field includes copyright or attribution notice where required by the publisher.
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CT Country as Subject [Phrase Indexed]
cameroon.ct.
pacific basin.ct.
 

The Country as Subject (CT) field contains the name of a country or geographic area greater than a country (sometimes abbreviated) that applies to the document.

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DG Degree [Phrase Indexed]
phd.dg.
  The Degree (DG) field displays the degree awarded the author.  This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field, and is used with the publication type "Dissertation" only.
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DO DOI [Phrase Indexed]
"10 1023 b requ 0000015854 90533 be".do.
  The DOI (DO) field is the Digital Object Identifier for the record.
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DP Full Publication Date [Word Indexed]
"1996".dp.
  The Full Publication Date (DP) field contains the date of publication, including the month or season, and year. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
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EI E-ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
1099 1328.ei.
2339 5206.ei.
 

TThe E-ISSN (EI) field contains the electronic International Serial Standard Number (E-ISSN) for the journal in which an article was published.

Like the ISSN, it appears as an 8 digit number, separated by a hyphen: 0570-1864

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FS Festschrift Honoree [Phrase Indexed]
moore g$.fs.
spry irene m.fs.
 

The Festschrift Honorees (FS) field contains the names of honorees. The format for Festschrift Honoree is the same as for Author - last name followed by first and middle names or initials. Enter a last name and one initial if known.

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GR Regional Interest [Phrase Indexed]
africa.gr.
 

The Regional Interest (GR) field. Contains seven continents only: Africa; Antarctica; Asia; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; Northern America; Oceania.

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HW Heading Words [Word Indexed]
health.hw.
railroads.hw.
 

The Heading Word (HW) field allows you to search using all Subject Headings (SH) containing a particular word.

The postings for a particular Heading Word will include all postings which would be obtained by searching every Subject Heading containing that word.

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IB ISBN [Phrase Indexed]
"9991711309".ib
 

The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for monographs.

The ISBN field is applied to collective volume articles. All articles available from a collective volume can be retrieved easily using the ISBN.

When searching the IB field, enter the complete ISBN number without spaces or dashes.

For example: 9001030831.ib.

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IN Institution [Word Indexed]
colby college.in.
czech national bank.in.
 

The Institution (IN) field contains the institution with which the authors are affiliated.

If there is more than one author, more than one institution will be listed. The institutions are listed in the Institution field in the same order as the authors in the Author field.

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IP Issue/Part [Phrase Indexed]
"8".ip.
  The Issue/Part (IP) field includes the issue and/or part for a particular volume of a journal. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
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IS ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
1017 6772.is.
1380 2011.is.
 

The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Serial Standard Number (ISSN) for the journal in which an article was published.

It appears as an eight-digit number, separated by a hyphen: 0570-1864.

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JN Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
monthly labor review.jn.
bulletin of economic research.jn.
 

The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which the article was published.

Journal names are indexed as phrases, so enter enough letters of the journal name to locate the name in the index: accounting rev for Accounting Review.

Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the JN index, but when "the" is the first word of a journal, it has been stripped. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

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JX Journal Word [Word Indexed]
insurance.jx.
tourism.jx.
 

The Journal Word (JX) Field contains individual words from every journal name in EconLit.

This field is used to retrieve every occurrence of a journal which includes a particular word such as "economy." Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the JN index, but when "the" is the first word of a journal, it has been stripped. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

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KW Key Word [Phrase Indexed]
zero bound.kw.
labor.kw.
  The Key Words (KW) field contains subject heading phrases used to describe the content of EconLit records.
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LG

Language [Phrase Indexed]
english.lg
french.lg

 

The Language (LG) field contains the language of the document.

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PB Publisher [Word Indexed]
department of applied economics.pb.
geo books.pb.
 

The Publisher (PB) field contains the publisher and publisher location, as well as series and edition information for books, collective volume articles, working papers, and dissertations.

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PG Pagination [Word Index]
"579".pg.
 

The Pagination (PG) field contains the beginning and ending page numbers of articles and book reviews. For Books (but not the book being reviewed), includes ending page numbers of front matter and text; for working papers, refers to number of pages.

This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.

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PN Personal Name as Subject [Phrase Indexed]
mill, john stuart.pn.
hume, d$.pn.
  The Personal Name as Subject (PN) field contains the name of a person referred to in the document who has contributed to the history of economic thought.

The format for Personal Name is the same as for Author - last name followed by first and middle names or initials: Wallace Phyllis A or Keynes John Manyard. Enter a last name and one initial if known.

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PT Publication Type [Phrase Indexed]
working paper.pt.
book review.pt.
 

The Publication Type (PT) field contains the type of document that the record describes. All records in the database are assigned one of the following publication type designations:

  Book       Dissertation
  Book Review       Journal Article
  Collective Volume Article       Working Paper
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RA Reviewed Author [Phrase Indexed]
yi gang.ra.
 

The Reviewed Author (RA) field contains the author of a reviewed work.

The author names are indexed in the format of last name followed by first and middle names or initials. Thus, a person named Roger Douglas Blair could appear as Blair R. D., Blair Roger Douglas, Blair Roger D, or Blair R.

Enter the last name, or if it is a common name, enter the last name, a space, and then the first initial. If you are unsure of the spelling of the last name, enter one version and you will be able to scroll through the list of names to find another.

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RD Reviewed Book Publication Date [Word Indexed]
1995.rd.
  The Reviewed Book Publication Date (RD) field contains the date the reviewed book was published. This field only applies to the Publication Type "Book Review."
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RF Cited References [Word Indexed]
audretsch, david.rf.
america's technology dilemma.rf.
 

The References (RF) section of Book Reviews is available in EconLit when the Full Text of Book Reviews is also provided.

The Reference index contains all searchable words from the references.

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RP Book Publishing Information [Display Only]
 

The Book Publishing Information (RP) field contains publisher, publisher location, edition, series, other editors, translators, and so on, of the book being reviewed.

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SH Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed]
economic growth of open economies.sh.
welfare and poverty general.sh.
  The Subject Headings (SH) field contains the Subject Headings from the Index of Economic Articles. Subject Codes can be searched in Subject Codes (CC) field. Each Subject Heading will be displayed along with a corresponding Subject Code.

Enter the term that you are interested in and scroll the index to view and select multiple terms.

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SM Supplementary Material [Phrase Indexed]
10 1016 j enpol 2013 05 079.sm.
10 1016 j econlet 2013 05 028.sm.
 

The Supplementary Material (SM) field contains the link to the full text of the supplementary material associated with a record.

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SO Source 
journal of forensic economics.so.
march 1994.so.
 

The Source (SO) field includes a display of all the basic information needed to locate a citation, including the full Journal Name or Monograph Publisher, the Vol/Issue, pagination and year of publication.

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ST Source Title [Word Indexed]
applied behavioural economics.st.
hyperinflation.st.
 

The Source Title (ST) field contains the title of the Collective Volume in which a Collective Volume Article appears.

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TI Title [Word Indexed]
consumer confidence.ti.
nafta.ti.
 

The Title (TI) field contains the title of the journal article, book in review, book, dissertation, article within a collective volume, or working paper.

Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not appear in the Title index. However, the word "a," which is a stopword in other fields, can be searched in titles.

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TW Text Word  [Word Indexed]
kabir.tw.
 

The Text Word (TW) field is an alias for all of the fields in a database which contain text words and which are appropriate for a free-text subject search.

The Text Word field in EconLit includes the Title (TI), Abstract (AB), and Full Text of Book Review (TX).

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TX Full Text of Book Review [Word Indexed]
reagan administration.tx.
nonlinear pricing.tx.
 

The Full Text (TX) is available for all documents with the publication type of book review.

The Full text index contains all searchable words from the text. Stopwords, such as "the" and "of" are not searchable.

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UP Update Code [Phrase Indexed]
20180131.up.
 

The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of the printed journal in which the document was published. This field displays as part of the Source field (SO).

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VO Volume [Phrase Indexed]
"17".vo.
  The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of the printed journal in which the document was published. This field displays as part of the Source (SO) field.
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YR Year of Publication [Word Indexed]
1997.yr.
1991.yr.
 

The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the four digit year in which the document was published.

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Advanced Searching
You can use special search syntax listed below to combine search terms or strategically develop a search. Full documentation is provided in the Advanced Searching Techniques section of the Online Help.
Operator Syntax Search Example Sample Results
OR x or y

poverty or "working poor"

"Ethnic Origin and Multidimensional Relative Poverty in Israel"

 

The OR operator retrieves records that contain any or all of the search terms. For example, the search heart attack or myocardial infarction retrieves results that contain the terms heart attack, myocardial infarction or both terms; results are all inclusive. You can use the OR operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
AND x and y

labor and cost

"firing costs drive a wedge between the marginal revenue product of labor and its marginal cost"

 

The AND operator retrieves only those records that include all of the search terms. For example, the search blood pressure and stroke retrieves results that contain the term blood pressure and the term stroke together in the same record; results are exclusive of records that do not contain both of these terms. You can use the AND operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
NOT x not y

cost not analysis

"Coase Theorem and Transaction Cost Economics in the Law"

 

The NOT operator retrieves records that contain the first search term and excludes the second search term. For example, the search health reform not health maintenance organizations retrieves only those records that contain the term health reform but excludes the term health maintenance organizations. In this way, you can use the NOT operator to restrict results to a specific topic.
You can use the NOT operator in both unqualified searches and searches applied to a specific field.
Adjacency (ADJ) x y cost analysis

"A Travel Cost Analysis of the Value of Special Events"

 

The Adjacent operator (ADJ) retrieves records with search terms next to each other in that specific order. You do not need to separate search terms manually by inserting ADJ between them, because when you separate terms with a space on the command line, Ovid automatically searches for the terms adjacent to one another. For example, the search blood pressure is identical to the search blood adj pressure.
Defined Adjacency (ADJn) x ADJn y poverty adj3 insurance

"Risk, Insurance, and Poverty: A Review"

 

The defined adjacency operator (ADJn) retrieves records that contain search terms within a specified number (n-1) of words from each other in any order (stop-words included). To use the adjacency operator, separate your search terms with ADJ and a number from 1 to 99 as explained below:

           ADJ1     Next to each other, in any order
           ADJ2     Next to each other, in any order, up to 1 word in between
           ADJ3     Next to each other, in any order, up to 2 words in between
           ADJ99   Next to each other, in any order, up to 98 words in between

For example, the search physician adj5 relationship retrieves records that contain the words physician and relationship with a maximum of four words in between in either direction. This particular search retrieves records containing such phrases as physician patient relationship, patient physician relationship, or relationship between cancer patient and physician.
Please note Ovid’s order of operation handles terms within parentheses first. Therefore it is recommended to apply the ADJn operator in one-on-one operations to avoid missing out on results. E.g. stroke adj4 (blood pressure or high blood pressure) could potentially miss out on some combinations of stroke with high blood pressure. The optimum way to execute this on Ovid is: (stroke adj4 blood pressure) OR (stroke adj4 high blood pressure).
Frequency (FREQ) x.ab./FREQ=n poverty.tx./freq=5

"The SSI program leaves most recipients below the poverty line, but it reduces the poverty gap considerably"

 

The frequency operator (FREQ) lets you specify a threshold of occurrence of a term in the records retrieved from your search. Records containing your search term are retrieved only if the term occurs at least the specified (n) number of times. In general, records that contain many instances of your search term are more relevant than records that contain fewer instances. The frequency operator is particularly useful when searching a text field, such as Abstract or Full Text, for a common word or phrase.
Unlimited Truncation ($) x$ rat$

"Exchange Rate Cointegration across Central Bank Regime Shifts"

 

Unlimited truncation retrieves all possible suffix variations of the root word indicated. To apply unlimited truncation to a term, type the root word or phrase followed by either of the truncation characters: $ (dollar sign) or * (asterisk). For example, in the truncated search rat*, Ovid retrieves the word rat as well as the words rats, and more.
limited Truncation ($) x$n dog$1

"Can You Teach Old Dogs New Tricks? On Complementarity of Human Capital and Incentives"

 

Limited truncation specifies a maximum number of characters that may follow the root word or phrase. For example, the truncated search dog$1 retrieves results with the words dog and dogs; but it does not retrieve results with the word dogma.
Mandated Wildcard (#) xx#y

wom#n

"Factors That Limit the True Integration of Women at Military Academies."

 

Searching with a mandated wildcard retrieves all possible variations of a word in which the wildcard is present in the specified place. You can use it at the end of a term to limit results to only those that contain the word plus the mandated character. For example, the search dog# retrieves results that contain the word dogs, but not those that contain the word dog, effectively limiting results to only those that contain the plural form of the word. The mandated wild card character (#) is also useful for retrieving specialized plural forms of a word. For example, the search wom#n retrieves results that contain both woman and women. You can use multiple wild cards in a single query word.
Optional Wildcard (?) xx?y colo?r

"Racial Justice: The Superficial Morality of Colour-Blindness in the United States"

 

The optional wild card character (?) can be used within or at the end of a search term to substitute for one or no characters. This wild card is useful for retrieving documents with British and American word variants since it specifies that you want retrieval whether or not the extra character is present. For example, the optional wild card search colo?r retrieves results that contain the words color or colour. You can use multiple wild cards in a single query word.
Literal String ("") "x / y" "GATT/WTO"

"On the Economic Success of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement"

"n" "3".vo

"Japan Labor Review. Vol. 3 (3). p 92-115. Summer 2006. "

 

Quotation marks can be used to retrieve records that contain literal strings, when the string includes special characters, such as a forward slash (/).

Quotation marks can also be used to retrieve records that contain numbers that may otherwise be confused for earlier searches. In the example, a search for 3.vo would limit the string from your third search in your search history to the volume field. By including the number in quotation marks, the search will retrieve documents with a 3 in the volume number.

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Stopwords

The Ovid search engine applies so called "run-time stopword processing". This means the search engine on the fly ignores the stopwords: and, as, by, for, from, in, is, of, on, that, the, this, to, was, were & with.

Therefore a search: at risk for diabetes.ti will also find: at risk of diabetes. The distance of one word in between is kept, but the stopword "for" is ignored.

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Limits
The following limits are available for this database. See Database Limits in the Ovid Online Help for details on applying limits.

Limit

Syntax
Abstracts Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to abstracts
Command Syntax: ..l/ ab=y
 

A limit to Abstracts will restrict retrieval to documents that include an abstract summarizing the content of the document and generally describing the background, methods, results, and conclusions.

Books Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to books
 

A limit to Books will restrict retrieval to books.

In many cases, there is a corresponding book review available under the publication type 'book review" which can be found by searching the ISBN.

Book Reviews Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to book reviews
 

A limit to Book Reviews will restrict retrieval to evaluation of books. The full text of book reviews is provided.

Collective Volume Articles Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to Collective Volume Articles
 

A limit to Collective Volume Articles will restrict retrieval to articles from proceedings, edited volumes of articles, reprint collections, and more.

Dissertations Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to Dissertations
 

A limit to Dissertations will restrict retrieval to records with a publication type of dissertation.

Full Text Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to full text
 

A limit to Full Text will restrict retrieval to those citations for which there is a full text link. Both Ovid full text and external full text are included in this limit.

Journal Articles Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to Journal Articles
 

A limit to Journal Articles will restrict retrieval to articles found in journals.

Languages Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to english
 

A limit to Language restricts retrieval by the language in which the document is written. You may limit retrieval to one or more languages.

Latest Update Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to Latest Update
 

A limit to Latest Update will restrict retrieval to documents that were most recently added to the database.

New documents are added to EconLit weekly.

Local Holdings Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to local holdings
 

A limit to local holdings will restrict retrieval to documents from journals held in your library or institution.

If your OVID System Administrator has created special messages about a journal's availability, this message will display with the document in the Local Holdings (LH) field.

Ovid Full Text Available Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to ovid full text available
 

A limit to Ovid Full Text Available will restrict retrieval to those citations for which an Ovid full text link is available.

Publication Years Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to yr=1996
Command Syntax: ..l/1 yr=1996
 

A limit to Publication Year will restrict retrieval to documents published in the specified year or range of years.

If you choose this option you will be prompted to enter the desired year or year range. The format is 4 digits; "1989" or a range: "1994-1995."

Publication Type Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to book reviews
limit 1 to journal articles
limit 1 to working papers
limit 1 to dissertations
 

A limit to Publication Types will restrict retrieval by any of the publication types used for indexing in EconLit, including such classifications as "Dissertation" or "Book."

If you choose this list, you will be presented with a list of publication types and a description of each.

Regional Interest Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to asia
 

A limit by Regional Interest will restrict retrieval by one of the seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America, Oceania.

Working Papers Sentence Syntax: limit 1 to Working Papers
 

A limit to Working Papers will restrict retrieval to documents containing abstracts of working papers in economics.

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Tools

Currently no tools are available for this database.

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Changing to this Database
To change a search session to a segment of this database from another database or another segment, use the following syntax in the Ovid Syntax tab:
  Command Syntax: ..c/econ
  Sentence Syntax: use econ

Click on this link to see other Advanced Search Techniques

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Sample Documents
Sample 1
Accession Number 
  0883977
Publication Type 
  Journal Article
Author 
  Ogura, Kazuya
Institution 
  Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Title 
  Contemporary Working Time in Japan--Legal System and Reality
Source  
  Japan Labor Review. Vol. 3 (3). p 5-22. Summer 2006. 
Language
  English
Country as Subject  
  Japan 
  Selected Countries
Regional Interest
  Asia
Subject Headings 
  Time Allocation and Labor Supply (J22)
  Labor Law (K31)
Availability 
  http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR....
ISSN
  1348-9364
Update Code
  20070101
Sample 2
Accession Number
  0761061  
Publication Type
  Journal Article 
Author 
  Sharp, David C; Heath, Julia A; Smith, William T; Knowlton, David S
Institution  
  U Southern MS; U Memphis; U Memphis; Southern IL U
Title  
  But Can She Cook? Women's Education and Housework Productivity
Source 
  Economics of Education Review. Vol. 23 (6). p 605-14. Special Issue December 2004.  
Language 
  English
Country as Subject 
  U.S.  
Regional Interest 
  Northern America
Subject Headings
  Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation (D13)
  Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination (J16)
  Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity (J24)
Key Words
  Education; Productivity; Women
Abstract  
  Previous inquiries into the relationship between education and housework
  productivity reveal that expectations differ along disciplinary (i.e.,
  economics vs. non-economics) lines and empirical results from the economics
  literature are mixed. Expectations of a positive sign between education and
  housework productivity in the economics literature may be a function of
  misinterpretations of [J. Polit. Economy 81 (1973) 306] original theory
  pertaining to all non-market production, which is far more general than just
  housework. Mixed empirical results may be a function of incomplete or overly
  assumption-reliant econometric models derived previously. We streamline the
  procedures for estimating the parameters of a one-person, one-period
  housework production function such that the system of equations may be
  specified with a single, literature-based assumption. Our estimation of the
  production function parameter that measures the effect of education on
  housework productivity suggests that authors in the non-economics literature
  may have a point; the relationship between education and housework
  productivity may be negative due to "morale" effects.
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DOI 
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econ...
ISSN
  0272-7757
Update Code 
  20050201 
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