Online journals are accessible via the Library Catalogue. EUI members can also access while off-campus.
Economics journals are predominantly in electronic format. To receive alerts about new articles, create an account on the right side of the JournalTOCs' homepage.
Bibliography-building for economic research
The Library maintains a Directory of Bibliographic Databases for Economic Research.
EconLit is an online database of economics literature, providing bibliographic records, article abstracts and links to EUI full-text journals.
The Web of Science is a bibliographic database of articles from 22,000 peer-reviewed journals with tools for advanced search, citation analysis and rankings' reports. All disciplines are covered.
Publishers' e-journal platforms can be used for bibliography-building. Among the most important in economics are Science Direct, Springerlink, Ingenta, JSTOR, Sage and Wiley Online.
RePEc - Research Papers in Economics - is a database of working papers, preprints and bibliographic information, including all EUI economics working papers.
EconBiz - a portal of economics and business literature maintained by ZBW - provides access to scholarly papers and bibliographic records in German and English.
The EUI Library Catalogue can be used for bibliography-building and exporting bibliographic metadata.
Google Scholar can be used for literature search and access to EUI subscription journals.
The JournalTOCs table of contents' database provides bibliographic information from scholarly journals worldwide. Accounts and alerts can be created via the upper right link on the JournalTOCs' homepage.
An electronic journals index is maintained by the University of Regensburg with links to information about subscription and open access journals. Users can sort by discipline via the search facets in the left menu.
Journal Finder Beta is an online tool to support authors with journal selection and submission.
Cadmus is the EUI research repository. All EUI economists - professors, researchers and fellows - are requested to submit details of works published during their time at the EUI to Cadmus. Where possible, full texts are included.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is the premier international economics reference work, comprising over 3,000 entries on all branches of economic sciences. Topic bibliographies can be exported in multiple formats. EUI Library economics reference works are listed in this directory.
Journals on paper
EUI economics journals are predominantly in electronic format. A selection of paper journals is located on the upper floor of the Badia Library. Older paper journals are held in the Library basement (compactus, Vasco da Gama) and in offsite storage (MAG). Bound volumes are shelf-marked with the prefix 'SER' followed by the first two digits of the classification number (eg. SER 33). Holdings and shelf-marks are indicated in the Library Catalogue. To request a journal from storage, complete the form on this page. The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification system is explained on this page.
Interlibrary loan (articles) service
To request economics articles or books via interlibrary loan EUI members should follow the instructions on this Library page. Before placing an interlibrary loan article request, please check the Library Catalogue for EUI access. For assistance, write to [email protected]
Economic News: premium access

EUI members have premium access to online international news resources, including The Financial Times, The Economist and The New York Times.
The EUI Library provides access to international news databases and archives:
The Microform Collection is located on the ground (garden) floor of the Badia Library:
Book reviews are available in the New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement and London Review of Books. Paper versions of these publications are also available on the left side of the issue-desk floor at the Badia Library.
Open access journals in Economics
The Directory of Open Access Journals provides profiles of scholarly journals.
Think, Check, Submit is a resource which "helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research."
JournalTOCs indexes over 32,000 refereed journals worldwide.
Details of EUI 'transformative agreements' for journals' publishers Cambridge University Press, Cogitatio, De Gruyter, ECPR, Elsevier, Springer and Wiley are on this Library page.
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Contact: Thomas Bourke at [email protected]
Page last updated on 24 May 2023