Economics Department Library Services (Villa San Paolo)
The Reference Library in the Economics Department is located on the ground floor of the Villa San Paolo (VSP).
The Information Specialist is in the Department each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 14:30 to 18:00.
There are 455 economics books, manuals and reference works at the VSP Library. Books with the VSP~ prefix in the Catalogue are available in the Department. Books with the LIB~ prefix are available at the Badia Library. VSP books may only be used on the premises of the EUI Economics Department – there are no overnight loans. Loan copies are available at the Badia Library, and may be requested for delivery to the Economics Department.
Books cannot be removed from the VSP complex.
The rules apply equally to Researchers, Professors and Fellows.
There are no overnight or weekend loans.
All books must be available at the VSP Library each morning.
Check out: Remove the pink loan slip from the book endpaper; fill in the user name and loan date. Place the slip back on the shelf where the book was located.
Check in: Take the loan slip from the shelf, put a mark on the 'in' column, put the slip back in the book and replace the book on the shelf.
Books used at the adjacent Villa San Paolino must be returned to the VSP shelving at the end of each working day.
All users of the VSP RefLibrary should familiarise themselves with the Code of VSP User Rights and Responsibilities.
The Information Specialist provides assistance at the Departmental information desk (VSP ground floor) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 14:30 to 18:00. The telephone extension is 2904. At other times, the Specialist is at the Badia Library (ext.2346). All correspondence should be sent to econlibrary@eui.eu.
Economists may request books for delivery from the Badia Library to the Villa San Paolo by completing this form. The form is available on the Economics Collection homepage and the left side of the Catalogue. Free-standing CD-roms/DVDs and older working papers may also be requested.
Book delivery requests received before 11:00 are treated each weekday. Requests received after 11:00 are fulfilled the next weekday. Books arrive at the VSP Porter's Office at c.13:00 each weekday, and may be returned to the Badia Library by depositing in the white book-drop outside the Porter's Office.
Note that only economics works for academic purposes can be delivered. Do not request materials on behalf of any other party.
Photocopies of older articles that are not available online, may be requested for delivery to the Economics Department (VSP). Send volume number, year and page range to econlibrary@eui.eu. Check the Catalogue for online access before requesting.
Every Friday afternoon, Economists and Users of Statistics receive an e-Bulletin with news of Economics & Statistics collection development and services; a list of new economics books; data updates; and tips on how to access statistical data from EUI databases and the World Wide Web.
Economists are automatically included in the e-Bulletin mailshot. Scholars from other EUI Departments and Centres who would like to receive the e-Bulletin, should send a note to econlibrary@eui.eu. The e-Bulletin is only delivered to ~eui.eu domain addresses.
Books located in offsite Library storage may be requested by completing the Storage Request Form. Periodicals retrieved from storage can only be consulted at the Badia Library. Storage collections are made twice per week (Monday and Thursday afternoons); books are delivered to the Villa San Paolo on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
Books requested via the Inter-library Loan service are automatically sent to the Porter's Office at the VSP – except for material that cannot be lent (red slip) which can only be consulted at the Badia Library. Articles requested via ILL are sent either as PDF attachments or via internal mail.
The Economist, The Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune and La Reppublica are available on the rack outside the Departmental café at the Villa San Paolo. The full text of The Economist is available via this Catalogue link.
Copies of The Financial Times, Il Sole 24 Ore and The Economist are also available at the Badia Library issue desk.
A wide range of online newspaper content is available via the Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, and ESO databases. A newspaper archive is held in the Microform Collection on the ground (garden) floor of the Badia Library.
The New Books notice board in the Economics Department is located beside the Information Specialist's desk on the ground floor. Cover photocopies of all new publications in Economics and Statistical Theory are on display. The notice board is updated each Friday during term. All new acquisitions are listed in the weekly Economics & Statistics Bulletin which is sent to Economists' EUI email accounts each Friday during term. Scholars in other departments who are not currently receiving the Bulletin – and who would like to subscribe – should send a note to econlibrary@eui.eu.
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu