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Economics: Biographical Information

Biographical Information

Use these sources from the Libraries' collections to find biographical information on notable figures from a wide variety of backgrounds and time periods.

Search Tips for the Catalogue

General Search Tips

  • Author
    If you are looking for a particular author and only using the first initial, place a wildcard * after the initial. You can search in natural name order or with surname first. ex. W* Shakespeare.

  • Title
    Please note that there is no EXACT title searching. You must put an exact title in quotation marks after selecting a TITLE KEYWORD search from the dropdown menu.

  • Subject Heading Field
    When you know the Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH), select the subject field search from the dropdown menu.

  • Search Operators
    Search operators can be entered in lower or uppercase i.e. they are case insensitive. Use AND/and to narrow a search and OR/or to broaden a search. ex. (China OR India) AND economy
    NOTE: the default operator is AND/and. This means that if there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the AND/and operator is used automatically (like Google).

  • Phrase Searching
    Use quotation marks to search for phrases of more than two words. ex. "Corporate social responsibility".

  • Truncation
    You no longer need to use the dollar symbol ($) or the asterisk (*) when searching for multiple endings of a word. The system automatically finds words similar to the one you have searched, searching plurals and singulars.

  • Spelling Hints
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  • Course Reserves
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    Example: biol1010, pols 6410, zorn