Subject librarian
Highlights
New acquisitions in the previous month
Events
Location
UB Wirtschaft - SWA
Peter Merian-Weg 6
4002 Basel
Switzerland
Introduction to Eikon Excel GE
Introduction to Eikon Excel EN
Further Courses Eikon and Datastream of the Refinitiv academy:
Link to Refinitiv academy:
https://www.refinitiv.com/en/learning-centre
Subject-specific training courses
Literature searching
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.
General training courses
On Thursday, 26.9.2024 at 14.00, an online training course on Eikon/Datastream will take place for students of the University of Basel via MS-Teams. Please register by 25.9. at philipp.casula[at]unibas.ch
Consultations
Academic search support for students and faculty:
- Search on specific topics
- Use of subject-specific databases
- Support in designing search strategies
Please get in touch with us.
Institutions and associations
- University Library Business and Economics / Swiss Economic Archives
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Center for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS)
- Programm MSD (Master's Degree in Sustainable Development, früher MGU)
- Center for Religion, Economy and Politics
- Juristische Fakultät (in German)
- Europainstitut Basel - Institute for European Global Studies
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
- Nber - National bureau of economic research
Other internet resources
Business and economics – general
- Handbooks, encyclopaedias, (language) dictionaries
- Address books, directories, information centers, studies, research
- Bibliographic databases
- Key journals
- Statistical yearbooks, country statistics, economic and social statistics, statistical databases
- Biographies
Economics - general
- Handbooks, encyclopaedias
- Textbooks, introductions, handbooks
- Bibliographic databases
- Key journals
- Publications of international organisations (OECD, IMF, World Bank, EU, etc.)
Economics – individual subjects
- Economic theory
- Economic policies
- Economic growth, economic development
- Financial markets
- Public finances
- Foreign trade, world economy
- Economic order, economic structure
- Environmental economics
- Economic sectors (including agriculture, energy industry, banking, transport, healthcare) and economic fields (focus on Switzerland)
Business administration - general
- Handbooks, encyclopaedias
- Textbooks (duplicates, to some extent), introductions, handbooks
- Bibliographic databases
- Key journals
- Business Journals
- Factual databases (companies, sectors, markets)
Business administration – individual subjects
- General management (also practice-oriented literature)
- Planning, controlling, accounting
- Quantitative methods
- Marketing
- Corporate finance
- Organisation, personnel, management
- Business informatics
Libraries with additional holdings
- University library (print holdings, older than 10, or respectively, 20 years)
- Library of the Law Department Basel (in German)
- Library of the Institute for European Global Studies Basel
- Library of the Department of History Basel (in German)
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (for more information please go to the information desk at the University Library Business and Economics)
- Library of the HSG St. Gallen
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Faculty of Business and Economics
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.
- If you need specific literature for your research, you may request it from the subject librarian.
- The subject librarian also acquires all literature, which you have specified to your students as being compulsory or recommended reading.
- The subject librarian offers training courses on request.
Please get directly in touch here.
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
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.
Support for research and teaching
The University Library is your main contact for the following:
Services for Students
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
Please get directly in touch here.
Short guide by the ZBW on how to write term papers in economics (in German).
BrowZine presents economics journals as a digital newsstand.
Refinitiv (previously Thomson Reuters) has transferred the Datastream database to the EIKON platform. Datastream provides information on approximately 75,000 stocks and securities. EIKON is a financial and analysis system and consists of the EIKON web interface, an integrated Excel add-in and Datastream. Tutorials can be found at the Refinitiv Learning Centre and in the Refinitiv Learning Catalogue. Access to the database terminal is provided in the reading room of the Business and Economics Library.
Recommended Courses for Beginners:
Introduction to Eikon Excel GE
Introduction to Eikon Excel EN
Further Courses Eikon and Datastream of the Refinitiv academy:
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