ECO 101-02: Principles of Microeconomics
Researching an Industry or Occupation
Find books
Try searching the following subjects:
- College graduates Employment United States
- Occupations Forecasting
- Occupations United States
- Vocational guidance United States
Find articles
ABI/Inform
Combine your occupation/industry with relevant subject terms such as the following:
- Careers
- Compensation
- Competition
- Employee* (retrieves “employee morale” or “employee attitudes” or “new employees”)
- Personal profiles
- Statistic* (retrieves “statistical data” or “economic statistics”)
- Studies
- Trends
- Understand why you will get very few results if you search for the phrase “price elasticity of demand.”
- Think of alternative terms / phrases to capture the concepts that you are trying to search.
- Note the NAICS code associated with your industry.
EconLit
- Search “advertising agency” and “employment” (terms anywhere)
- Search “advertising” and “industry studies” (terms anywhere)
- Search “advertising” and “industry studies” (descriptors)
- Understand the difference in results for each of these searches.
- Use descriptors from relevant results to refine your search.
- Use the Search History feature to create new searches (Combine and search ...)
Find industry analysis
Datamonitor Business Information Centre
- Search or browse for a profile of your industry (profiles are global or country-specific)
Find industry data from the Economic Census
U.S Census Bureau
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Economic Census → Geographic Area Series → Select State(s) and Industry (drill down for specific NAICS code)
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American Fact Finder → Data Sets → Economic Censuses → Filter Data Sets → Select Geographic Area / Industry or Product / Data Set
For additional help, see Industry research using the economic census: how to find it, how to use it by Jennifer C. Boettcher and Leonard M. Gaines
Location: Reference Collection Call Number: HC101 .B594 2004
Find information using Web-based industry and career resources
BLS Career Guide to Industries
BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
BLS Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Get additional assistance
TCNJ Library Search Tips
TCNJ Writing Program
Other Guides
- Cornell University - Critically Analyzing Information Sources
- Duke University Libraries - Guide to Library Research
- Emory University - Citation Styles and Avoiding Plagiarism
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Research and Documenting Sources
