Subject Guides: Economics: Finding Subject Specific Information

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In this section of the Library's Moodle space you will find resources and activities to help you develop your information searching skills.

Develop skills to help you search for information

Accessing other libraries

Through this link you will find more information about accessing Senate House's physical and online resources, as well as information about accessing libraries at other institutions.

Accessing other libraries

Recommended Resources

You can find a list of subject specific databases for Economics on our Database A-Z.

What is Bloomberg?

Bloomberg is a platform (Terminal) which provides access to live financial, currencies, and commodities data, along with a wide range of news article, reports, and information. The service can only be accessed through the Bloomberg Terminals on campus.

Where can I access the Bloomberg Terminals?

The Bloomberg Terminals are located in PC Lab 1 in the Computer Centre at the Egham Campus. This room is open to Undergraduate and Post Graduate Taught students between 08:00-20:00 Monday to Friday. Staff and Post Graduate Researchers can access the room 24 hours a day between Monday and Friday. Please be aware it is sometimes used for teaching. Outside of teaching hours and during vacation periods the room may require college card swipe access.

Getting help using the Bloomberg Terminals

Bloomberg provide a short guide for getting started on the Bloomberg Terminals.

There are more detailed video guides available on the Library’s Moodle page.

The library sometimes runs training sessions on how to use the Terminals, we will directly email you to advertise when these are running. You can also contact your subjects Information Consultant if you have any questions.

Bloomberg Market Concepts

The Bloomberg Market Concepts course is an industry recognised qualification in using the Bloomberg Terminals. Please use your Royal Holloway email address to sign up to the course for free. The course can take around 10 hours to finish but it will save your progress as you complete different sections, so you don’t have to complete it in one go.

Getting started Guide
Adding Bloomberg Excel Add-On to Royal Holloway computers
This PDF document outlines the steps required to add the Bloomberg Excel spreadsheet Add-On. These instructions apply to Royal Holloway PCs specifically.

Euromonitor - Passport This link opens in a new window
This database contains industry and company analysis, country profiling, consumer profiling, trend monitoring, and general business reference.
(Previously known as Passport GMID)
Library Help Pages on Euromonitor - Passport
Euromonitor - Passport help pages
FAME This link opens in a new window
FAME database contains detailed financial information for 7 million public and private companies in the UK and Ireland. Information such as turnover, number of employees and share prices can be benchmarked, viewed and exported as graphs or tables.
IBIS World This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings for the UK, US and China.
MarketLine This link opens in a new window
Marketline gives access to market research and company analysis reports covering sectors including consumer goods, finance, food and drink and technology.
Library Help Pages on Marketline
Help and Support pages from Marketline

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community.

To access the articles on FT.com, you will need to first create an account.
1. Go to ft.com and click on Subscribe in the top right hand corner
2. You will see 4 boxes. The last box is titled 'Team or Enterprise' and under this there is a link which says: 'Does my organisation subscribe?' Click on this link. Please see attached screenshot for guidance.
3. Fill out the form using your University email address.
4. You will receive an email from noreply@enterprise.ft.com containing a sign up link, so you can finish setting up your FT account. Please check junk/spam folders if this does not appear in your inbox.

Once you have completed setting up your account you should be able to access the content. If you have any further questions or problems, please let me know.
The Economist This link opens in a new window
The Economist is an weekly magazine that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, and technology.

To have full access to articles you must be either on campus or using the VPN. Information on using the VPN can be found on the College's IT services intranet pages: https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/students/help-support/it-services/access-off-campus/vpn/vpn.aspx.

You must then register for an account using your Royal Holloway email address. Thereafter, you must log in using your Royal Holloway email address and the password you have created when signing up to The Economist.

Accessing resources off campus

To access our resources off-campus, you can use Royal Holloway's VPN, which will simulate on-campus access.

If you are not using Royal Holloway's VPN, you may be asked for a login. In this instance you can use your College username and password (which you normally use to access Moodle).

More information on accessing e-resources can be found in our Accessing Eresources page.

General resources

BoB - On Demand TV & Radio for Education This link opens in a new window
BoB is a viewing and off-air recording and media archive service which allows you to search for, watch and also record from a list of recorded channels. You can also create clips, search for programmes coming up, create playlists and share them with others.
BoB is only available in the UK.

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community.

To access the articles on FT.com, you will need to first create an account.
1. Go to ft.com and click on Subscribe in the top right hand corner
2. You will see 4 boxes. The last box is titled 'Team or Enterprise' and under this there is a link which says: 'Does my organisation subscribe?' Click on this link. Please see attached screenshot for guidance.
3. Fill out the form using your University email address.
4. You will receive an email from noreply@enterprise.ft.com containing a sign up link, so you can finish setting up your FT account. Please check junk/spam folders if this does not appear in your inbox.

Once you have completed setting up your account you should be able to access the content. If you have any further questions or problems, please let me know.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
OneFile News is a full-text international newspaper resource that allows users to quickly search and compare news articles published worldwide.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
A collection of historical archives (modern to present), newspapers and periodicals (17th to 19th centuries) including:
Daily Mail Historical Archive,
The Economist Historical Archive,
The Illustrated London News Historical Archive,
Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals (Series 2, Empire),
Political Extremism and Radicalism,
The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis provides access to a wide range of UK and international newspapers. It also includes a collection of in-depth company profiles and industry reports covering millions of public and private companies.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from different news sources.

The link below will help you find Royal Holloway PhD theses, UK theses through British Library's EThOS service and theses and dissertations from other countries through ProQuest.

Accessing theses

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
The online academic edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, including articles, biographies, images, videos and a world atlas. The 'Compare Countries' tool shows a range of facts and statistics for different countries.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The online version of the OED including over 500,000 definitions, together with etymological analysis and variant spellings. Traces the development of English from 1150 AD to the present.
Video tutorial on using the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Over 100 general reference works, language dictionaries and subject dictionaries covering languages, science and medicine, humanities, social sciences and business.
Full Text
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
A series of online research guides in a range of subjects including American Literature, British and Irish Literature, Cinema and Media Studies, Environmental Science, Victorian Literature,Geography, Classics and Philosophy. Each guide contains a series of articles introducing key topics, and lists recommended readings about each topic.
Video User guide (YouTube)