Economics

Holdings

• Approx. 239,000 volumes
• of which approx. 80,000 journal volumes
• approx. 200 current printed journals

The Business and Economics Library acquires literature on the entire field of economics, in particular business administration, economics, economic history and real estate management. The focus is on current study and research literature. Monographs on the teaching and research specializations of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and reference works (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks, language dictionaries) are primarily acquired.

In addition, the Economics Library has an extensive collection in the field of historical doctrines and schools of economics. These include numerous first editions of the main works of the classical and neoclassical schools, the historical school and later movements such as Keynesianism. These works are generally kept in the stacks.

The collection is supplemented by printed journals and increasingly by e-media and subject-specific research tools.
 

In our tutorials and courses (external link, opens in a new window), you will learn about library use, research, reference management, electronic publishing and other topics.
 

• Please note the current opening hours of the reading rooms and service points.
• You will find specialized literature and workstations in the reading room.
• Discover the University Library's work and study spaces.

• The University Library offers comprehensive support for your research in various catalogs and databases as well as for different types of media and topics.
  • In the database information system (DBIS), for example, you will find suitable databases for your research.
  • The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) offers unified access to online journals.
• Restricted access rights apply to some databases:
  • Access on campus only, no VPN or remote access permitted according to contract for:
    FAZ, Juris, Jurion (Wolters Kluwer Online)
  • Restricted use for:
    Genesis online: Only faculty-internal access is possible! Please contact us.
  • LSEG Workspace (formerly: Eikon)
    The database "LSEG Workspace" can be used in the CIP-Pool of the reading room Economics on the labelled PC WBIB 20. Before use, you must register with the supervisor; the "Guidelines for the use of Eikon computers" are also available there.
    The automatic login via "Refinitiv Workspace starten" can take up to one minute.
• Subject-specific sources of information
  • Special Subject Libraries Business and Economics
  • Subject-specific search engines
    • Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
      Holdings of academic libraries throughout Germany
    • Google Scholar
      Google search in scientific sources
    • EconBiz
      Search in economics full texts and much more.
    • Social Science Research Network
      (SSRN)
    • Research Papers in Economics
      (RePEc)
  • Important libraries for economists
    • University and City Library of Cologne
      Special Subject Collections Business Administration (1949-2015), Social Sciences
    • ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
      The world's largest library for economics
  • Writing academic work
    • "Write your best term paper in economics"
      Brochure from the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics with tips on writing academic work in economics
• In the reading rooms of the Regensburg University Library, the books are arranged systematically by subject area, i.e. all works on a particular subject are arranged next to each other. You can gain an overview of the available holdings by "browsing" the shelves.
• Most printed media can be borrowed with a valid library card.
  Literature that is not available in Regensburg can be ordered via inter-library loan.
• Find out more about accessing e-media, including the use of VPN and the WiFi "Eduroam".
• Within the limits of the University Library of Regensburg's financial resources, your satisfaction with the literature is our top priority. Therefore, please let us know your acquisition requests.

Wikipedia often offers a good introduction, but is no substitute for scientific sources. A selection of tested printed and electronic reference works can be found here:

• Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon
  19., updated and expanded edition
  2019
  Book: 40/QB 900 W799(17)-1 ... 6
  The German-language standard reference work for the entire field of economics
• Brockhaus Knowledge Service
  Still the better alternative to Wikipedia for general academic purposes.
• The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
  The leading international reference work contains over 3,000 articles by renowned academics, including Nobel Prize winners.
• Standard Thesaurus Economics
  You can use the terms found here to search in the keyword field of the library catalogue. The thesaurus contains vocabulary on all economics topics: more than 6,000 keywords and an additional 22,000 terms as an access aid to catch individual formulations in the search.
• Compact Dictionary of Economics
  12., updated and expanded edition
  2014
• Gabler Compact Dictionary of Economics
  3., completely revised and expanded edition
  2009
• Lexicon of Business Administration
  4., revised and expanded edition
  2008
  Book: 40/QP 020 T465(4)
• Encyclopedia of finance
  Third edition
  2022
  Book: 40/QK 600 L477(3)-1 ... 3

• Most of the economics reference collection is located in the reading room Economics . There you will find current specialized literature and current journals. The holdings are freely accessible and intended for use on site, but can usually also be borrowed for two weeks.
  Older, rarely used works or works worth protecting are kept in the stacks and must be ordered via the library catalog.
• Textbooks: Single copies of basic literature are available in the reading room Economics. Multiple copies of various economics textbooks can be found in the central library's Textbook Collection. Please inform us about missing or insufficient textbooks.
• The Business and Economics Library holds various statistical publications with the local identifier 00 (stacks) or 40. The holdings with 40 are located in Newspaper Magazine II, only a small part is in the reading room Economics:
  • Newspaper stacks II (duplicate stacks): 40/QA 70100 to 40/QA 75222: Publications of national and international organizations, including the United Nations, OECD, Federal Statistical Office, State Statistical Offices, Central Statistical Offices of foreign countries
    Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 11:00 and on request from the departmental librarians
  • Economics reading room: 40/QA 76200 to 40/QA 77674: Federal and state budgets and city budgets of the Federal Republic of Germany
• The tax law subject is integrated into the reading room Law.
• General, i.e. non-economic reference works and similar holdings are mainly located in the reading room Philosophicum 2.

Learn more about scientific publishing at the University Library, including information about dissertations, Open Access and the publication server.