Economics Department Library Services (Villa San Paolo)
The Departmental Reference Library is located on the ground floor of the Villa San Paolo at 43 Via della Piazzuola.
The Information Specialist is in the Department each Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 15:00 to 18:30.
There are 455 economics books and statistics manuals in the Villa San Paolo collection. These works may only be used on the premises of the EUI Economics Department – there are no overnight loans.
30-day loan copies may be requested for delivery from the Badia Library to the Economics Department, and may be further renewed online (if not requested by another user).
VSP readers must complete the Check-out / Check-in form for each book:
Check out: Remove the loan slip from the book endpaper; fill in the user name and loan date. Place the slip on the shelf where the book was located.
Check in: Take the loan slip from the shelf, mark the 'in' column, put the slip back in the book and replace the book on the shelf.
Books cannot be taken out of the VSP complex.
There are no overnight or weekend loans.
All books and manuals must be available at the VSP Library each morning.
Books used at the adjacent Villa San Paolino must be returned to the VSP book case each day.
These rules apply equally to Professors, TAs, Researchers and Fellows.
All users of the VSP Reference Library should be familiar 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 15:00 to 18:30. The telephone extension is 2904. At other times, the Specialist is at the Badia Library (ext.2346). 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 lower part of the Catalogue . Free-standing CD-roms/DVDs and older (storage) working papers may also be requested.
Book delivery requests received on weekdays before 11:00 are delivered the same day. Requests received after 11:00 are fulfilled the following weekday. Books arrive at the VSP Porter's Office at 13:00 each weekday, and may be returned to the Badia Library via the white drop-box outside the Porter's Office.
Note that only economics works for academic purposes can be delivered. Do not request materials on behalf of another 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 mail addresses.
Books and working papers 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 retrieval is twice per week (Monday and Thursday afternoons). Requested materials 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 attachment or via internal mail.
The Financial Times, Economist, International Herald Tribune and La Reppublica are available on the newspaper rack outside the Departmental café at the Villa San Paolo. The full text of The Economist is available via the Catalogue .
Copies of The Financial Times, Il Sole 24 Ore and The Economist are also available at the Badia Fiesolana and Villa la Fonte.
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 e-Bulletin which is sent to Economists' EUI email accounts each Friday during term.
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu