2015 edition of Library Research Data Guide
The new 3rd edition of the EUI Research Data Guide is now available online. The Guide provides information on research data management, including data discovery; terms and conditions of access and use;...
View Article32nd edition of EUI Library ‘Bibliography of the Global Financial Crisis’...
The 32nd edition of the EUI Library Bibliography of the Global Financial & Economic Crisis was issued on 15 September – the seventh anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. All works are...
View ArticleLibrary Trial of the SAGE Research Methods portal for research methodology...
SAGE Research Methods is a portal designed to provide support for scholars in all aspects of research methodology. This resource can be used by sociologists, economists, political scientists – and...
View ArticlePrinceton Professor Angus Deaton Awarded 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Prof. Angus Deaton of Princeton University´s School of Public and International Affairs is the 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics (Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred...
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Horizon 2020 Work Programme II funding breakout (2016-17) announced by...
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation published details of the €16 billion, second work programme of EU Horizon 2020 funding (2016-17) on 13 October. Full details of...
View ArticleNew York Appeals Court Upholds Google Books Digitisation project as ‘Fair Use’
A New York court of appeals ruled on 16 October, that the Google Books digitisation project does not violate ‘fair use’ legal provisions. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 judgement...
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World Statistics Day 2015: European Union initiatives
UN World Statistics Day is 20 October 2015. Among many international events is the release of the new wave of World’s Women 2015: trends and statistics. European Union initiatives are explained in...
View ArticleZBW EconStor Repository Reaches 100,000 Full-texts in Scholarly Economics and...
The German National Library of Economics EconStor repository – which harvests more than 90% of all German economics and business working papers and OA journal articles – reached a total of 100,000...
View ArticleUK Data Service launches new Quarterly Newsletter
The UK Data Service launched a new Newsletter on 28 October, providing “a quarterly round-up of latest news, features, data releases, forthcoming data and events.” The Autumn 2015 edition describes new...
View Article5th edition ‘Bibliography of Academia’ issued by the EUI Library on 2 November
The EUI Library issued the 5th edition Bibliography of Academia on 2 November. The Bibliography includes 48 new works published since the 2014 edition. There are ten thematic sections: (1) The young...
View ArticleThe Future of the Academic Book – webcast available
A webcast recording on the Future of the Academic Book by Dr. Martin Eve (University College London) is now available on YouTube. This presentation is part of Academic Book Week (9-15 November),...
View ArticleThree New EC Eurobarometer Search Functions
The European Commission has launched a new Eurobarometer interactive search system with three options for searching survey datasets: (i) Select a question or topic, using keyword search or a thesaurus...
View ArticleExpanded Web of Science database coverage: new Emerging Sources Citation Index
The new Emerging Sources Citation Index was added to Thomson Retuers’ Web of Science bibliographical database on 8 November. The database is accessible via this EUI Catalogue record. ESCI increases Web...
View ArticleNew Information Observatory resource and alerts
The Information Observatory, launched in November 2015, aims “to question and analyse a wide range of information and communication domains and identify structural forces that undergird changes in the...
View ArticleF.T. ‘Business Book of the Year’ announced on 17 November: ‘Rise of the...
The 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year is Rise of the Robots: technology and the threat of a jobless future by Martin Ford (EUI Library shelfmark 331.137042 FOR). The other...
View ArticleDeadline for EUROLAB Research Data Missions (Cologne): 15 December
GESIS, the German social sciences’ research service, invites applications for individual research visits to the EUROLAB data facility, Cologne from scholars using European micro data. The closing date...
View ArticleECB Launches new ‘Our Statistics’ Data Visualisation Tool
The ECB has launched a new data visualisation resource – Our Statistics – to facilitate the comparison, analysis and download of Euro area and member state statistical data, aiming “to facilitate the...
View ArticleNew European Data Portal launched to enhance access to public-sector open...
The European Commission launched the European Data Portal (beta version) with access to 250,000 public-sector open datasets on 25 November. The new portal harvests metadata from 34 European countries...
View ArticleEuropean Banking Authority releases stress test data on 105 banks in 21...
The European Banking Authority, released data from the 2015 EU-wide transparency exercise on 27 November. The exercise “provides detailed bank-by-bank data on capital positions, risk exposure amounts...
View ArticleOECD and European Commission launch upgraded ‘HEInnovate’ university...
The OECD and the European Commission launched an upgraded version of HEInnovate – an online “self-assessment tool for higher education institutions looking for inspiration and guidance” on 18 November....
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