Economics Books

 

The Main Library is located at the Badia Fiesolana.

The Departmental Reference Library is located at the Villa San Paolo.

 

Economics Books at the Badia Library

The Economics Collection is located on the entry-level floor of the Main Library at the Badia Fiesolana. Consult the Catalogue for shelfmarks and this map for directions.

Books on Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics and Statistical Theory are located on the entry-level of the Badia Library (shelfmarks LIB 330 to 659). The classification table is at the foot of this page.

A list of major reference works in Economics and Statistics is available on this Library page. Read about the Statistics Collection on this Library page.

 

Book Delivery Service (Main Library to Economics Department)

Economists may request books for delivery from the Badia Library to the Villa San Paolo by completing this form. Free-standing CD-roms and older working papers may also be requested. Economists may order photocopies of articles not available online, by sending the title, author and issue number to econlibrary@eui.eu.

Book delivery requests received before 11:00 are fulfilled each weekday. Requests received after 11:00 are fulfilled the next weekday. Books arrive at the VSP Porter's Office at 13:00 each weekday, and may be returned to the Badia Library by depositing in the white box outside the Porter's Office.

 

Departmental Reference Library (VSP)

The Economics Department Reference Library is located on the ground floor of the Villa San Paolo, beside the elevator shaft. 455 course texts, software manuals, dictionaries and heavily-used monographs are available. Check the Catalogue for shelfmarks. These books can only be consulted in the Departmental workspaces. It is not permitted to take the books on overnight loan. All users should be familiar with the VSP Library Rules.

• Readers must complete the Check-out / Check-in form for each book
• Books cannot be taken out of the VSP complex
• There are no overnight or weekend loans
• All books must be available at the VSP Library each morning
• Books used at the adjacent Villa San Paolino must be returned to the VSP shelving each day
• These rules apply equally to all Researchers, TAs, Professors and Fellows

New Economics Books in the Library

New acquisitions in Economics and Statistical Theory are announced to all members of the Department in a Friday email Bulletin. Economists in the Max Weber Programme and the RSCAS also receive this notification. Scholars in other departments who would like to receive the e-Bulletin, should send a signup request to econlibrary@eui.eu.

Cover photocopies of all new Economics books are displayed on the departmental notice board each Friday. A list of recently purchased books is also available on the New Acquisitions page. A list of new e-Books is available at this link.

 

Suggesting Books for Acquisition

Economists are welcome to make suggestions for Library acquisitions in any language. Duplicates of heavily-used texts may also be suggested. TAs and Professors are requested to signal new requirements before the beginning of each term. Requests for transfers of extra copies from the Badia Library to the VSP Reference Library should be sent to econlibrary@eui.eu.

 

Interlibrary Loan Service

To request economics books via interlibrary loan, readers should complete this form (log in with EUI account). To request articles not available from the Library, readers should complete this separate form. Check the Catalogue before placing requests.

 

e-Books

The number of e-Books in Economics and Statistical Theory is steadily increasing. This includes all books published by the OECD since 1998, and a wide selection of Economics books from OUP's Oxford Scholarship Online. These are individually catalogued. A list of new e-Books is available at this link.

 

Bibliographical & Citation Databases

EconLit (a component of WebSPIRS) is the most comprehensive bibliographical database of economics literature, compiled by the AEA since 1969. EconLit contains abstracts, indexing and chapter lists of edited works and monographs.

The Library maintains an extensive collection of Economics reference works, listed on this page.

The Social Sciences Citation Index (a component of ISI Web of Knowledge) facilitates the searching of cited references and – in many cases – access to abstracts. When using the Journals Citation Reports component it may be necessary to adjust the browser as follows: Tools > Internet Options > Privacy tab > Advanced > tick 'Override automatic cookie handling' and 'Always allow session cookies'.  Close browser and re-launch before using.

FirstSearch provides full bibliographical records of academic works and, in many cases, chapter lists of edited works.

Cadmus is the EUI publications' database, federated with DSpace. All Economists at the EUI – Professors, Researchers and Fellows – are requested to submit details of works published during their time at the EUI to the Cadmus database. This includes books, edited books, articles and working papers.  Where possible, full texts are included.

Since January 2010, details of EUI Economics output have been included in the Economists Online portal from the Nereus Economics network.

Google Scholar helps locate scholarly documents in PDF and HTML formats and is compatible with Cadmus. Bibliographical references are EndNote compatible.

 

Classification System: Economics

 

Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu