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EconLit Fields

The fields in EconLit records vary by document type. These are possible fields. The fields which are actually displayed depend on the information service provider.

  • Books
  • Book Reviews
  • Collective Volume Articles
  • Dissertations
  • Journal Articles
  • Working Papers
  • Books

    • Abstract text
    • Abstract Indicator
      This is “yes” if there is an abstract and “no” if there is not.
    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author
    • Author Affiliation
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Festschrift honoree
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • ISBN/ISSN
      An ISSN only appears when there is no ISBN available.
    • Keywords
    • Named Person
    • Number of Pages
    • Previous Publication Date
    • Publication Information (citation)
    • Publication Date
    • Subject Descriptors
    • Title
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.

    Book Reviews

    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author of Book being reviewed
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Festschrift honoree for the book being reviewed
    • Full Text of Review (if review was in JEL)
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • ISBN of Book being reviewed
    • ISSN
      For the journal in which the review appeared
    • Journal Name
      For the journal in which the review appeared·
    • Keywords
    • Named Persons
      These are the named persons for the book, not the review.
    • Page Numbers of the review
    • Publication Information
      Includes the citation information for the reviewed book.
    • Reviewer Affiliation
    • Reviewer’s name
    • Subject Descriptors
      These are the subject descriptors of the reviewed book.
    • Title of Book
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.
    • Volume and Issue
      For the journal in which the review appeared
    • Year in which the review appeared

    Collective Volume Articles

    • Abstract text
    • Abstract Indicator
      This is “yes” if there is an abstract and “no” if there is not.
    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author of Article
    • Author Affiliation
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Editor of the Volume
    • Festschrift honoree
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • ISBN of Volume
    • Keywords
    • Named Persons
    • Pages in the Volume
    • Previous publication date (if there is one)
    • Publication Date
    • Publication Year
    • Source (entire volume)
    • Subject Descriptors
    • Title of article
    • Title of volume
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.

    Dissertations

    • Abstract text
    • Abstract Indicator
      This is “yes” if there is an abstract and “no” if there is not.
    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author
    • Degree Granting Institution
    • Degree Type (PhD or DBA)
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • Keywords
    • Named Persons
    • Subject Descriptors
    • Title of Dissertation
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.
    • Year of Degree

    Journal Articles

    • Abstract text
    • Abstract Indicator
      This is “yes” if there is an abstract and “no” if there is not.
    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author
    • Author Affiliation
    • Availability
      This is the URL of the publisher’s website, if available.
    • Copyright Information
      This only appears if required by the journal publisher.
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • ISSN
    • Keywords
    • Named Persons
    • Pages in Journal
    • Publication Year
    • Source (Journal Title)
    • Subject Descriptors
    • Title
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.
    • Volume and Issue of Journal

    Working Papers

    • Abstract text
    • Abstract Indicator
      This is “yes” if there is an abstract and “no” if there is not.
    • Accession Number
      This is a unique ID for each document.
    • Author
    • Author Affiliation
    • Availability
      This is a URL to the working paper itself, if available.
    • Digital Object Identifier
      This number can be used to link to a full-text copy of the document. This is done by going to http://dx.doi.org/ and entering the number listed.
    • Geographic Descriptor
    • Keywords
    • Named Persons
    • Number of Pages
    • Source (Working Paper Series)
    • Subject Descriptors
    • Title
    • Update Code (yyyymm)
      This is the year and the month that the item was entered into the EconLit database.
    • Year

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