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ECON 3P02: History of Economic Thought II

Research tips on finding primary and secondary sources for your term paper

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  • For topic searches, you can search by keyword (Any Field. This allows you to search the title, subject headings, and table of contents for each book available online or in the Brock Library.   I recommend using Advanced Search, which lets you combine multiple search terms together using connectors.
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    • Author/Creator contains Polanyi Karl will retrieve sources written by Karl Polanyi.
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    • Subject contains Polyani Karl will retrieve sources about Karl Polanyi.
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