Economics M.Sc. handout, 2014/15
1. The PG Hub – general support, p 2
2. Basic Library information, p 2
3. Modern Records Centre – Warwick theses and archives, p 3
4. Economics sources at Warwick, p 3-4
5. EndNote Web bibliographic software, p 4
6. Finding material in other libraries, p 5-7
7. Statistical data sources, p 8
Helen Riley, Economics Librarian.
Helen.Riley@Warwick.ac.uk
Tel. 02476 572712
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1. The Postgrad Hub – general support
This is a facility especially for any postgraduate student, located in Senate House. (Near the Arts Centre).
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/using/libspaces/postgraduate-hub
Watch out for their programme of Dissertation Stations in Term 3 and the vacation, providing general help
with academic writing and referencing, and also a chance to relax!
2. Basic Library information
All information for Library users is available on the Main Library website, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/library
This part of the website also includes a link to the Library catalogue, Encore, plus links to My Library
account; Subject Support; and Students – Postgraduates – Taught Postgraduates.
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3. The Modern Records Centre (MRC) - Warwick PhD theses and archives
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/
The Modern Records Centre is another part of the Library service, housing a copy of every Warwick PhD
thesis. It also contains archives of interest especially for Economics, History and Politics, including papers
of the TUC and CBI. View their website for more details, and a link to their archives catalogue:
Incidentally, you will also find many recent PhD theses and Warwick working papers in the online University
repository, WRAP (Warwick Research Archive Portal) http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/
4. Economics Sources at Warwick
You may access all online resources through the Library website, logging in with your Warwick username
and password. There are two routes to any database:
EITHER select Search, and Databases from the Library home page, to see a range of databases by
subject or by type:
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OR view the Library web pages for Economics - from the Library Home page, select Subject Support,
then navigate to Social Sciences, and Economics.
The Economics web pages include contact details for your subject librarian and information on sources:
5. EndNote Web
EndNote Web is a software programme which enables you to:
 Import and save correct bibliographic references for books and journal articles
 Insert references into your dissertation as a Word document and arrange them as footnotes,
chapter notes or a general bibliography
 Turn all your references into Harvard or any other preferred style
There are guides online on the Library website if you are interested in using this software, accessible on the
Library website via “Using the Library” – “Guidance, training and referencing” -
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For more information, e-mail endnoteweb@warwick.ac.uk
6. Finding material in other libraries
(a) Borrowing books or obtaining articles from other libraries
 Article Reach (via the link to Using the Library) –
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/using/usingotherlibraries/documentsupply/articlereach/
Use this scheme to request a journal article from other libraries in our consortium. It is free and unlimited,
although it may not always be successful. It takes around 3 working days to have an article e-mailed to you.
 Document Supply or inter-library loans –
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/using/usingotherlibraries/documentsupply/
This scheme is more effective than Article Reach, but your requests may be limited by your supervisor. You
could opt to pay for additional requests if necessary. (£8 for one article, around £11 to borrow a book.)
Download the request form, complete it and ask your supervisor to authorise it, then hand it in at the Library
help desk. Articles may be e-mailed to you in around 3 working days; it may take 7 – 10 days to obtain a
book.
(b) Access to other libraries
You will be able to use most other academic libraries in the UK if you are able to travel there, which may be
worth doing if another library has a lot of material in your field.
From the Library Home page, see Using the Library, and Using other libraries. The SCONUL Access
scheme will admit you to most other academic libraries in the UK mostly without restrictions. Help Desk
staff can advise you.
(c) Finding details of books and other material
You can use a number of services to look for books in other libraries if we do not have them at Warwick.
e.g. from the Library Home page, select Search, then select Databases. Below “Databases by type, select
Catalogues:
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Click the link to WorldCat (i.e. World Catalog):
Log in with your Warwick username and password to open this user-friendly database:
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WorldCat retrieves references to books held in a large number of libraries worldwide. When you
open any record in full, by clicking on the book title, you can check a link to find “Libraries worldwide
that own [the] item”, or check whether it is here at Warwick:
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Other good databases to help you find Economics research material include:
 Index to Theses: a comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees
by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.
 ZETOC – contains details of journal articles and conference papers held in the British Library. You
can also set up e-mail alerts in your particular field of interest.
In ZETOC, you can search to find details of conference papers and journal articles, or you can search for
just for one of those categories of material; click ZETOC search – access:
To find out if we hold the item, you would then search the Warwick Library catalogue for the journal or
conference title. If not, you can obtain it from the British Library, using the Document Supply scheme.
Additionally, the Library “Classic catalogue” provides quick links to other libraries’ catalogues. When you
search Encore, you will see a link to Classic catalogue at the top of the screen:
Open the menu for “Other library catalogues”:
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Among these, note especially:
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British Library. As well as using their catalogue via this link, you can visit their website, for more
information, at http://www.bl.uk/ . All UK publications are held at the British Library, plus many from
other countries, and any of them may be obtained by Document Supply – or you may go to the
British Library in person.
COPAC gives details of UK research libraries’ holdings, including items in the British Library.
http://copac.ac.uk/
7. Statistical data sources
Excellent data is provided on websites such as:
 ASEAN
 Eurostat
 FAO
 OECD
 Office for National Statistics (UK)
 UNdata
 UNESCO
 United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
 United States Census Bureau
 World Health Organisation
Note also the key electronic resources available through the Warwick website, especially:
 CIPFA Stats – UK local government statistics
 Bloomberg – available on one dedicated PC in the Library on Floor 1 – especially good for financial
and company data
 Datastream – available on one dedicated PC in the Library on Floor 1 – economic, financial and
company data worldwide.
 UK Data Service – a free service hosting a wide range of international economic and social data
and UK surveys and panel data.
 OECD i-Library – data and OECD publications online – if you cannot find an OECD report free of
charge, check this database, as it may not be recorded in the library catalogue. (Provides more
material than the OECD free website)
Business sources may also be interesting for you, especially
 FAME (UK company data)
 AMADEUS (European company data)
 Thomson One Banker (mergers and acquisitions information)
 Mintel Oxygen (UK retail and leisure sector information)
8. Journal articles – Econlit, Business Source Premier, ABI/Inform, Wiley Online Library
OECD publications – OECD i-Library provides reports, serials, annuals and data available to us. The
OECD website does not provide all the publications free of charge, and not all one-off reports are
catalogued here – too many of them! Therefore, as well as checking our catalogue, you are recommended
to use OECD i-Library as well.
Please contact me any time for assistance and I will be happy to make an appointment for you. I may also
be able to suggest other good libraries for you to visit for research purposes if necessary.
Helen Riley, Economics and Law librarian
e-mail Helen.Riley@Warwick.ac.uk
Telephone 02476 572712.
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