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UB Wirtschaft - SWA
Peter Merian-Weg 6
4002 Basel
Switzerland
An introduction to literature search for students of business and economics will be given as part of the course "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten I” every spring term.
The course "Informations-, Daten- und Medienkompetenz in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften", offered during the fall term, offers an in-depth introduction to information research.
Academic search support for students and faculty:
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Economics - general
Economics – individual subjects
Business administration - general
Business administration – individual subjects
Libraries with additional holdings
The University Library Business and Economics provides all library services for research and instruction at the Faculty of Business and Economics: selection and acquisition of subject literature in printed and electronic format, indexing in the catalogue, database access, and training courses.
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Further information can be found in the Merkblatt für Dozierende (PDF, 0.1MB).
A Library Commission regulates the cooperation between Faculty and Library (Reglement der Bibliothekskommission (PDF, 0.1MB).
Information on Open Science, Open Access publishing and digital research can be found here.
More details on Open Access and Read & Publish agreements are summarized here.
Information on the University of Basel's institutional repository edoc, which lists scientific publications produced at the university, is compiled here.
The University Library is your main contact for the following:
The Library supports students and assists them with research and the availability of specialized literature. The subject area page is the starting point for research in databases and lists further research tools. If you need specific literature for your studies, you can report requests to the subject librarian. In particular, the subject librarian provides support in literature searches, in using Swisscovery and databases, in finding e-resources, in designing research strategies or in using literature management programs, such as Zotero. Upon request, the subject librarian offers group and individual consultations
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Short guide by the ZBW on how to write term papers in economics (in German).
BrowZine presents economics journals as a digital newsstand.
LSEG Workspace is the successor product to the EIKON/Datastream database. LSEG Workspace offers information on approx. 75,000 securities. LSEG Workspace is a financial and analysis system and has an integrated Excel add-in. Learning videos and instructions can be found in the LSEG Learning Center and LSEG Learning Catalogue. Access to the working station in the reading room of the University Library of Economics.
If the limited contingent has not been allocated, students can receive individual student licenses for LSEG Workspace upon justified request. Please send an e-mail to christoph.winter[at]unibas.ch or philipp.casula[at]unibas.ch
Brief guide to all licensed databases and e-media in the field of business and economics (in German).
Top economics journals according to the current Handelsblatt ranking.
Financial Times Top 50 Business Journals
A ZBW paper on research data in economics and the social sciences (in German).
Unpaywall is a browser extension (for Firefox or Chrome) to search Open Access content.
The BASE scientific search engine specializes in open access content.
Semantic Scholar is an AI-enhanced search and discovery tool that helps to synthesize contents.
Consensus results are based on scientific publications and offer an AI-supported access to academic literature.