THESIS RESEARCH

A GUIDE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS ON HOW TO SEARCH, WRITE AND PRESENT A THESIS

THIS PAGE IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER.

Resources on how to write a proposal and/or thesis:

Some Books Available at the Library

A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations / Kate L. Turabian.( LB2369.T8 1996)
Successful dissertations and theses : a guide to graduate student research from proposal to completion / David Madsen.San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1992. 2nd ed.(LB2369.M32 1992 )
Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation [electronic resource] : a handbook for students and faculty / James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch. New York : M. Dekker, c1998. 4th ed. ( LB2369 .M377 1998eb )
Research to the point / Allan A. Metcalf. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1991. (LB2369.M4185 1991)
Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921- Theses and dissertations : a guide to planning, research, and writing / R. Murray Thomas and Dale L. Brubaker. Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2000. (LB2369 .T458 2000)

On-Line Resources:

Academic Resources for Research in Economics:

RePEc (Research Papers in Economics): RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 44 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. All RePEc material is freely available.
EconLit is the AEA's electronic bibliography of economics literature throughout the world. EconLit contains abstracts, indexing, and links to full-text articles in economics journals. It abstracts books and indexes articles in books, working papers series, and dissertations. EconLit also provides the full-text of JEL book reviews. (Note that our library has an access this database).
FirstSearch (OCLC) is an online service from OCLC providing access to 11 databases, including Books in Print, LibraryLit, RILM Music Abstracts, and WorldCat. (You can access this source through Penrose Library Database & Article Search!)
NBER working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) is a database in which NBER researchers initially report their findings in scientific papers aimed at other professional economists in academic institutions, business, government, and the business media around the world.(You can access this source through Penrose Library Database & Article Search!)
JSTOR is afull-text database containing complete backfiles of almost 300 core scholarly journals that have been digitized, starting with the first issues and dating from the 1800s to within three to five years ago. Click here for a title list from the Arts & Sciences I Collection, here for a title list from the Arts & Sciences II Collection, and here for the Ecology & Botany Collection.(You can access this source through Penrose Library Database & Article Search!)
LexisNexis Academic is a web-based database from LEXIS-NEXIS targeting the academic community. Access full-text and abstracts of comprehensive news, business, and legal information. Sources of information include foreign news sources, regional U.S. news services, radio and television transcripts, federal and state case law, medical, legislative and industry news, annual reports from the Securities and Exchange Commission, etc.(You can access this source through Penrose Library Database & Article Search!)
Economics RESEARCH GUIDE by the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library: Millions of links to economics related journals, organizations, databases, search engines, sub-disciplinary sources, etc...(NOTE that access to some of the sources are limited to the University of Utah student, staff, and faculty members. You can check whether Penrose Library has the same sources).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis & Senior Papers