WRPR 101: Finding a Voice (HC)

Brett Matthews, Community-based savings bank, Cambodia, 2004 (Wikimedia Commons, CC3.0 license)

Companions and handbooks are a publication type that have flourished in recent years.  The goal is for leading scholars to provide a thorough description of the subject matter of a field while also giving the most current interpretations of key questions.  Each essay in a companion reflects an important subject facet and identifies the books and articles which are crucial for a greater understanding.   Companions for Economics include:

Literature reviews are a particularly useful resource when doing research.  They address the issues involved in a specific question and the debates among scholars.  They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles for greater understanding.  It is one of the best places to find discussion of issues that are unresolved or in contention.