Guide to Shelfmarks
Electronic Books
Key Reference Books
Online Bibliographical Databases
Other Useful Library Resources
Abstracting and Indexing Publications
Useful Web Links

 Guide to Shelfmarks

The main collections of books can be found on Levels 4 and 5 of the Library.

Books in heavy demand are placed in the Short Loan Collection on Level 1. The Short Loan Collection contains 1 day loan books; 7 day loan books are shelved with the ordinary loan books on the upper levels.

Most economics books are shelved on Level 4 between 33 and 339.

Use the Library catalogue to find the exact shelfmark and location for each book. If you are searching for books on a particular topic, use a keyword search.

Accounting 657
Labour economics 331
Business forecasting 658.40355
Mathematics 510
Computing 004
Macroeconomics 339
Econometrics 330.015195
Management 658
Energy 333.79
Microeconomics 338.5
Finance 332
Operations research 519.29
Health economics 338.433621
Statistics 519.5
Industrial relations 331.88

 Electronic Books

You can use the Electronic Books page to access eBooks on economics. The most useful collections for economics textbooks will be the NetLibrary, Ebrary and MyILibrary collections. MATHSnetBase, STATSnetBase and Safari Books Online  could also be useful. 

The online Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is the main economics dictionary. Elsevier Encyclopedia of Energy can also be accessed online.

Other online dictionaries can be found on Credo Reference.

There are also links from reading list titles on the Library catalogue to electronic versions of the text - look for "e-link"

 Key Reference Books

• Kompass United Kingdom (38) QR
• International directory of company histories 658.045/INT

 Online Bibliographical Databases

Online Databases are the best way to search by topic for journal articles. Some databases will link to the full text of articles, others will only supply bibliographic details. Key databases for Economics are:

Business Source Complete: Provides full text articles from over 2,900 English language journals published worldwide, covering all areas of business and management. Coverage can go back as far as 1886, though most journals are included only from the 1990s onwards.

Econlit: 1969 onwards with selected abstracts. Contains citations and abstracts to the literature in economics.

ISI Web of Knowledge: This service contains: Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 to present); Science Citation Index (1900 to present); Social Science Citation Index (1956 to present); Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings.

JSTOR Arts & Science Collections: is a collection of full text journals, most going back to Volume 1, Issue 1 (in some cases going back to the 18th or 19th Century). Many subjects are covered across the Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities.

 Other Useful Library Resources

Newspapers

The Library takes certain daily British broadsheet newspapers. Recent copies are on Level 1 of the Library and older copies are kept on Level 2.

British newspapers and a huge variety of international papers can also be read online on Nexis. You can also search across a number of newspapers via Nexis. Links to individual newspaper titles can be found on Ejournals@surrey   

Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985: The complete digital edition of The Times (London) capturing the entire newspaper, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching.

Also of interest may be The Times (1910-1999) and The Sunday Times (1970-1999) which are held on microform on Level 2 of the Library.

Use the Library Catalogue to find printed and microform copies of newspapers.

Statistics

Printed statistics are on Level 2. The collection includes statistics from the British Government and international organisations such as the UN.

There are two sequences in the statistics collection, books all with the shelfmark beginning 31 and also statistical journals shelved in A-Z order by title.

Some useful publications in the Statistics Journals section might be:

• Economic Trends
• National Accounts of OECD Countries
• United Nations Statistical Yearbook

See also the Statistics page.

The following sites might also be of interest:

UK National Statistics : the official site of the Government Statistics Office

Eurostat : The official site of the EU statistical agency

UN Statistics : statistics covering all aspects of the work of the United Nations

OECD : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's site on economic and social statistics on member countries

Official Statistics on the Web : a site hosted by the University of Auckland, New Zealand containing free statistics about most countries

Statistics Agencies: Comprehensive listing of UN, national and other statistical agencies

The following guides to UK statistics are in the Quick Reference section on the ground floor:

Guide to Official Statistics is at 016.3141/GUI

Sources of Non-Official UK Statistics is at 016.3141/SOU

European Union publications 

These are available in the library in the EDC collection (European Documentation Centre) on Level 2.

Good Study Guides

• The good study guide 378.147226 NOR
• How to write essays 808.042 CLA
• Effective study skills 371.30281/PRI
• Developing work and study skills 650.1/LEE
• Write great essays 808.066 LEV
• Smarter Study Skills Companion 378.00941/MACM

Guides to Referencing

Look at the help pages provided by the University of Surrey.

Further guides are available from:

University of Birmingham and Bournemouth University (especially good for guidance on citing electronic references)

Also look at Pears, R. A and Shields, G. (2010) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan which is available in the Library at 808.02 PEA

Exam papers

Online Exam Papers are available from 2003.

Datasets

Use ESDS International (available via Online databases) to access IMF, OECD, World Bank and IEA datasets

Data.gov.uk gives access to free UK datasets and official statistics across Government and Public Sector.

World Bank datasets freely available on the World Bank web site

World Government Data is a portal to a number of free data web sites maintained by governments worldwide

Article Collection

Photocopies of recommended readings may be found in the Articles Collection in Short Loan. These may be a chapter from a book or a journal article which is not otherwise in the Library stock. Your lecturer should indicate to you if they have placed readings here.

 Abstracting and Indexing Publications

See the Online Databases page for links to Business Source Premier, Econlit, ISI Web of Knowledge etc.

Journal of Economic Literature 1969- is also in the Abstracts section on Level 2.

 Useful Web Links

Gateways

BUBL-Economic links
The Economics section of the Bulletin Board for Libraries Information Service offers a large list of internet Economic resources

EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centres)
This currently links to 9594 Institutions in 226 countries.

Europa
Official website of the European Union

International Economics Gateway
A number of domains relevant to international economics

Intute Economics
High quality resources on the internet evaluated by subject specialists in UK universities (previously Sosig Economic links)

Resources for Economists on the Internet
Well known Resources for Economists site selected by Bill Goffe

The Virtual Economy
This site includes a library with details of economic theory & economists, and case studies of the impact of changes in the economy

WebEc
An extensive list of economic websites categorised under broad economic subject areas. New entries no longer added as of April 2006

World Bank  Provides access to World Bank knowledge, statistics and information

Organisations

Bank of England

Institute for Fiscal Studies

International Monetary Fund

National Bureau of Economic Research

United Nations

Company annual reports

Northcote - links to annual reports on the internet: Links to annual reports of over 100 UK listed companies, including the full FTSE 100