The Marshall Library Blog explores our collections and their stories
I was thrilled to participate in LILAC 2023, hosted by us here at University of Cambridge last week. I relished the opportunity to share all the work Clair Castle and I have put into 'Cartooning the Libraries' over the last few years and we really enjoyed running our workshop on the first day of LILAC: "Cartooning the Library: why and how to use Applied Comics for Information Literacy!". We were…
At the start of every month you should receive a BORROWING ACTIVITY SUMMARY email. It should look something like this: This is nothing to worry about - it is simply a reminder to let you know which books you have out on loan. Although the email shows a due date for the book all your loans will automatically renew and you can keep the books for as long as you need to. Either until you have finished…
If you are a new student, or a returning student who is unfamiliar with our beautiful library, you might want to book a tour and meet us over the next couple of weeks. There are various time-slots available but places are limited. Click here to Book a Tour of the Marshall Library Alternatively you can watch our one minute video tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5AEaABou0A Everything you…
Mary Paley Marshall was Alfred Marshall's wife and the founder of the Marshall Library of Economics, after Alfred's death in 1924. She was the first female librarian and an accomplished economist and scholar in her own right. In 1871 Mary was one of the first 5 women admitted to Newnham College, where she spent 3 years studying for the Moral Sciences Tripos. Mary and a fellow student, Amy Bulley,…
If you are new to referencing in Economics take a look at the useful Economics Referencing Guide , which is part of the Economics subject Libguide . The Faculty of Economics recommends the Cite them right Harvard (Author-Date) referencing style, which is explained very clearly in the Economics Referencing Guide . The Faculty do not mind if you use other referencing systems, as long as you are…
Jasper #EconomicsCat recommends Cambridge Libguides for help with your study skills: https://libguides.cam.ac.uk/skills The Study Skills Libguide page has everything you might need from Copyright advice , creating a Conference Poster , Good Academic Practice and Avoiding Plagiarism, Reflective Practice through to more specialist advice such as how to do a Systematic Review , Text & Data Mining and…
Why not just use Google to find information? Problems with just googling information include not seeing all the information, data and literature available. You need to search in various places to get a good impression of work already done on your topic. Jasper recommends searching for scholarly information on Google Scholar It is advisable to set your Google Preferences in Settings before you…
Looking for data for your own independent project, dissertation or research? At Marshall Library we subscribe to a variety of Macroeconomic, Microeconomic and Financial datasets. We also curate lists of free to access data. We also have bookable Live Financial Bloomberg and EIKON data terminals at the Marshall Library. Here is a list of datasets, split by Microeconomic, Macroeconomics, Finance and…
If you are doing a literature search on a topic, e.g. Labour economics and crime for a project did you know you can use IDiscover like a database to search by keyword, topic or theme? Then you can use My Favourites in iDiscover to save your searches for later or to help you with your references. Do a search on your keywords: labour, economics, crime in iDiscover under Articles and online resources…
Do you really need a copy of a book at the Marshall Library and all our copies are out? Don't worry - here's how to request a book. 1. Go to iDiscover idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk and make sure you login via the top right hand side button 2. When you have logged in search for the book in the iDiscover Search box under Cambridge Libraries Collections e.g. Labor Economics Borjas and refine your search by…
Print Newspapers Fancy reading a daily print newspaper? During term-time we subscribe to The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times and The Economist. You can find them by our easy chairs in the Reading Room. Online Newspapers You can access The Economist online by searching for The Economist on iDiscover via Proquest. Or you can go to the useful Newspapers Libguide:…
Got your data together for your project but now you need to analyse it? Hopefully you have been to the Faculty of Economics STATA classes. Never fear we have plenty of books on Statistical Analysis and different programs, including Matlab and STATA. You will find them in the Marshall Library Reading Rooom at 70 H There is a list of different software manuals on our website here:…
Are you interested in learning how to search our Financial Data terminals? We have a Bloomberg Terminal and an EIKON Terminal available to book in the Marshall Library. You might find this useful for a project or dissertation you are working on independently. You may also find it useful for your future career! Bloomberg is a computer software system that enables professionals in the financial…
When you are asked to read a particular chapter or article in a book on your reading list you will find them as Ecounter items or digitised reading. We make these digitised readings available via the iDiscover Library catalogue. If , for example, you are an Economics Tripos student asked to read this item for Part IIB Paper 2, how do you find this reference: Carlin, W. & Soskice,D. (2015), 'Debt…
Did you know you can Click & Collect books from the Marshall Library if you only have time to call by and no time to stop and study? Order your Click & Collect book from the iDiscover catalogue and we will hold the book at the Issue Desk for you. Go to the iDiscover catalogue and search for the book you want to borrow using keywords. You can find Marshall Library copies by selecting Marshall…
The shelfmark system at the Marshall Library is a very straightforward running number system. Go to the catalogue iDiscover (idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk) and search Cambridge Libraries Collections using keywords from the title and the author's name e.g. Churchill Nigel Knight You will see that iDiscover tells you: 2 versions of the record exist. See all versions > Click on the message and you will see…
We have noticed a bit of confusion over the last week caused by the Monthly Borrowing Statement from your Library Accounts. TIPS about you statement and Automatic Renewal: At the start of each month you receive an email from the system telling you which books are out on loan. Don't worry it is just a statement for your information. It is not a request to return your books. Your books all RENEW…
The Marshall Library were pleased to assist with provision of archival information and securing copyright permissions for various Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge publications for the establishment of the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Historical Data Repository. This is a joint project between ESCoE, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Bank of England. The…
It’s often asserted that the Marshall Library is a teaching library and, during Full Term, this is undoubtedly the case. To suggest, however, that it is solely a teaching library belies the contributions made – and being made – by it’s extensive and eclectic collections of archives and rare books to the work of the numerous researchers who visit the Marshall from all over the World. The majority…
Welcome to Cambridge from the Marshall Library Team! If you are a student in Economics or Development Studies we are the Library for your course. We have a comprehensive Economics and Development Studies collection, both in print and online. We have multiple copies of all your key textbooks and, where possible, we have provided ebook access too. We also hold the Archives of Alfred Marshall and…
The Marshall Library is open and offering 12 bookable seats during Easter Term between 1-4pm from Monday 26th April to Friday 18th June. To book a seat go to this calendar (on our website): https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/book-seat TERMS & CONDITIONS You must wear a mask at all times while in the Marshall Library. You must follow the one-way system and only sit in your booked seat. The seats…
If you are working at home or are remote from Cambridge here are some tips to help you. DOWNLOAD BROWSER PLUG-INS LEAN LIBRARY - Download Lean Library to help you access book chapters and articles. It should also flag alternative access to ebooks where we have access to ebooks via different routes. Once installed in your browser links you automatically to your article via IP and subscription…
At the Marshall Library we have two Live Financial Data Terminals available for staff and students in Economics and Development Studies: Bloomberg and EIKON. Bloomberg Bloomberg is a computer software system that enables professionals in the financial service sector to access Bloomberg Professional Services through which users can monitor and analyze real-time global financial market data. It also…
Due to the difficult situation this year with Covid-19 the University and the University Library have provided extra funding to support online learning. We have been fortunate to receive support from this funding for many of the key Economics Textbooks. Most of the core titles used across the Tripos and the MPhil courses are being provided by two companies: Kortext and Bibliu. Kortext To access…
I am delighted to announce the purchase of Global Financial Data with support from the University Library and Faculty Board. This dataset should really help students with data for projects and dissertations. It should also be of great use to researchers in the Faculty of Economics. Read on to see what data is available via this new service. Mike Cerneant, our account manager, has written an…