I'm Doug Broadbent-Yale, the Academic Librarian for the Economics and Business schools. I've put together this guide to highlight resources and support that will help you as you study Economics here at UEA. Please contact me if you need some further help - or attend one of my regular drop-in sessions.
You have probably heard calls to decolonise the curriculum and tackle racism within universities. Higher education in the UK has been shaped by its colonial past in ways that have led to inequality.
Decolonisation is a disruptive process which challenges these existing structures and assumptions and brings in a wider range of ideas and experiences.
Libraries should not be seen as neutral repositories of information or knowledge - they often reflect and reinforce colonial ideas. With your help we seek to change this, please see more information and a great range of resources on the Decolonising the UEA Library website, including some specific resources for decolonising Social Sciences
Think tanks promote certain ideas or approaches to economics. They often have a wealth of information on their websites, including news, research, advice to members, events and blogs. But be aware that they may have a certain ideological perspective that they are promoting.
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There are tens of thousands of books and ebooks related to Economics available via Library Search Books+, and journal articles and more via Library Search Articles. Here are some other resources you may find useful:
Fitch Connect is a replacement for BankFocus and contains financial information on banks, as well as Fitch ratings and ESG information for many global industries. The web version provides 10 years of historic data. Please contact your tutor for more information on how to use the Excel add-in to access 30 years of historic data. Fitch Connect UEA user guide
Refinitiv Eikon and Datastream
Eikon is a monitoring tool for viewing stocks, bonds and other company, financial and news data in real time. At UEA Datastream is used as a plugin within Microsoft Excel for downloading historic financial times series data.
Access: The Eikon and Datastream computer and instructions are currently on Floor 1 of the Library in the IT Area, near the door to the stairwell and lifts. We are also able to access Datastream data through Eikon Web. Please email me (d.broadbent-yale@uea.ac.uk) for more details about the Eikon Web usernames.
Training: Please see your tutor for more information on how to use Eikon and Datastream. There is also a large amount of training material, recorded webinars and certification tests are available on the Refinitiv Learning Centre website.
Video: Link to a one hour 'Introduction to Eikon' webinar recording from May 2022
Please note: Florida-UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) is no longer updated after the December 2022.
The UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) is a research level dataset subscribed to by NBS directly. It contains data on all large, public company bankruptcy cases filed in the US Bankruptcy Courts from October, 1979. Access is available on campus only. Please contact Fabio Motoki in NBS (f.motoki@uea.ac.uk) if you have any queries.
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Whether you are starting a new piece of research or wanting to revise a particular area, reference works and dictionaries can be a useful resource at different points in your studies
I have daily lunchtime open hours for 1-2-1 meetings, please book these online via my Bookings page. If you cannot make these lunchtime sessions then please send me an email to make an appointment at a different time.
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Do you know of any other good Economics podcasts? Let me know and I will add them to this guide!
