Economics
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Whether you're a new student starting your first assignment, further on in your studies, or starting a research project, this page will help you find and use the best information for your subject. You will also find resources to help develop your academic, study and digital skills.
If you can’t find what you need here, please contact your Academic Support Team: library-SBS@salford.ac.uk
Key resources for Economics students
Books and Journals
The first place you should look is your reading list – you will find a link to this in your Blackboard modules. It lists all the core texts for your subject as recommended by your lecturers. All our other books and journals can be found in Library Search. We've created a map to help you find Economics books in the Library.
Databases
Newspapers
- Financial Times Online
- Newsstream (includes articles from The Economist)
- Gale OneFile News
Useful Websites
The Economics Network The Economics Network - A useful collection of links for UK & international statistics and other data – maintained by the economist Jon Sloman.
Employability
These resources can help you gain further skills to assist in your future career.
LinkedIn Learning offers over 9,000 professionally produced online courses covering a wide range of technical, creative and professional skills.
Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Boost your CV with this globally recognised IT qualification.
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Browse your Reading Lists
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Your tutors select books, articles, videos and other resources for your reading lists and the Library buys them so you don't have to.
Find the lists for your modules in Blackboard, or in Library Search.
Referencing
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APA 7th Edition is the main referencing style in use at the University. We've compiled a list of guidebooks and examples to help you get to grips with complexities of referencing.
Newspapers
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Newspapers are a valuable source of information. They provide insight into what interests and concerns people both now and in the past.
The Library provides some excellent newspaper sources that allow you to search simply and easily across many newspapers at once.
Dissertations and Theses
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During the course of your studies, you may find that you need to search for dissertations or theses.
You can use Library Search to help you find them and there are a number of different ways to search, depending on what you want to find.
New Economics Students
Book a one to one
If you’ve tried our eLearning and classroom sessions and need more help, you can request a one to one appointment for information finding, academic and writing or digital skills. Select your chosen time slot and book on through Advantage.
Book on a workshop
We offer a wide range of face-to-face skills training. If you need to improve your IT skills, learn how to find information for your assignments or improve your study skills this is a great place to start.
All workshops are bookable through Advantage by clicking on the workshop title. Where a session has no remaining spaces you can add yourself to the waiting list.
Develop your critical and analytical skills [online]
Starts: 12 Jul 2024, 11:00 amFinishes: 12 Jul 2024, 12:00 pmRemaining places: 3Learn about what critical and analytical skills are and how you can put them into practice in your academic work. Open to any student at any level who is being asked to show critical analysis in their work. This workshop will be delivered on campus.Develop your confidence in speaking [ONLINE]
Starts: 16 Jul 2024, 1:00 pmFinishes: 16 Jul 2024, 2:00 pmRemaining places: 14In this workshop we will explore what is stopping us from speaking up and understand the benefits of speaking to others. We will practise speaking in a safe space and share strategies to boost our confidence. This workshop is useful for any undergraduate and postgraduate level student wanting to develop their confidence in speaking in different situations.Develop your critical and analytical skills [on campus]
Starts: 17 Jul 2024, 1:00 pmFinishes: 17 Jul 2024, 2:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 11Learn about what critical and analytical skills are and how you can put them into practice in your academic work. Open to any student at any level who is being asked to show critical analysis in their work. This workshop will be delivered on campus.
Develop your digital note making skills (Online)
Starts: 24 Jul 2024, 3:00 pmFinishes: 24 Jul 2024, 4:15 pmRemaining places: 35This workshop introduces some free digital tools for improving your note making and explores some little known features of software we all have access to. It is aimed at anyone who wants to get more organised for studying.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session (Online)
Starts: 24 Jul 2024, 4:00 pmFinishes: 24 Jul 2024, 5:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 13This is a one-hour online EXAM SESSION for MOS certification. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session (Online)
Starts: 12 Aug 2024, 5:00 pmFinishes: 12 Aug 2024, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 14This is a one-hour online EXAM SESSION for MOS certification. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.