Connect to Social Science Research Network

Brief Description: The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 37,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 19,500 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.

Access Restrictions: Students, Faculty, Staff, and Walk-In Alumni and Visitors may use.

Citing Articles
Basic Steps
Viewing, Printing & Saving
Scope

MLA Style Examples:

Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Journal of Marketing  Oct. 2002: 21-

26. Social Science Research Network. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 13 Aug. 2002  <http://www.ssrn.com/>.

For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site.

1. You can do a "Quick Search" (box on the top left side) and search all seven disciplines at once.
2. You may search a specific discipline by choosing it from the list on the left or do a more Advanced search by clicking on Search and Download from the top menu bar.
3. To search in the Advanced box enter one or more words in the 'Key Word' field and click the Search button. You can use phrases or combinations of words separated by "AND", "NOT", or "OR" to create more specific searches.
4. You may also search by Author.
5. If you wish you may search the entire database by JEL Classification number and scan the subject headings.

Click on the title to view the abstract and then click on the Download button at the bottom of the screen for the entire text. Use the Adobe menu bar to Save or Print your document.

Babson faculty can get advance notice on research not yet published via the Social Science Research Network. Networks, or topic areas, cover the following research areas:

• accounting
• economics
• financial economics
• legal scholarship
• management
• marketing
• negotiations

The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 37,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 19,500 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications.

Updated April 5, 2007
By  Rachel Zyirek