Perspectives on Labor Studies  

Perspectives on Labor Studies - Researching Theory  

Here are some suggestions to help you start your research:

1.   Think about your topic. 

• What are the keywords or key phrases that describe this topic? 
  

• Do you need to consult an encyclopedia or handbook to become familiar with this topic?  Wikipedia may also be useful for background information or as a starting point, but is NOT an appropriate scholarly source. 
  

2.  Utilize different literature search techniques:

• Search scholarly databases for articles, using keywords (most traditional).

• Consider using databases of different disciplines.  Many of the ideas you are reading about are used in multiple subject areas--sociology, psychology, political science, etc.
  

• Use Google Scholar for "quick & dirty" searching, or to explore concepts and find keywords.

• Use citation searching (following a key article forward), using World of Science or Google Scholar.

• Used Advanced Google to locate online research and working papers.

4.  Document all sources.

• R efworks (see the Writing & Citing section) can help you keep track of your citations and then produce a bibliography in the style sheet of your choice.
• Cite all quotations, statistics, ideas.