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Finance
Collection
The collection in finance contains monographs (textbooks, manuals/handbooks, theses, guides), tutorials/exercises, miscellanea (conference proceedings, festschriften/honorary publications and similar), encyclopedias, dictionaries and periodicals (reviews, yearbooks) which are indispensable for the study, research and teaching of finance.
Its fund covers Asset Management, Institutions as well as Financial Innovation. It consists primarily of literature in English, French or German.
The whole fund (both the print resources and the electronic resources) is listed in a-z.lu, the collective catalogue of the Luxembourg library network bibnet.lu.
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A selection of new print acquisitions (December 2020)
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Dark towers : Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an epic trail of destruction |
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Happy money : the Japanese art of making peace with your money |
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Flash crash : a trading savant, a global manhunt and the most mysterious market crash in history |
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The end of alchemy : money, banking and the future of the global economy |
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Uncovering changing relations in financial and monetary economics |
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Ein Finanzmarkt für Euroland : Finanzmarktintegration in der EU |
Consult all new print acquisitions.
Location
The collection in finance is located on the Belval Campus on the floor +3 of the Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC).
The older books, on the contrary, are located in the open magazine “The Stacks” on the floor -2; the older periodicals are located in the closed magazine and have to be requested in order to be consulted.
The majority of the books are borrowable whereas periodicals are excluded from loan.
Classification and call number
Each title is classified and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).
The classification is carried out at the bibliographic level and appears in the record of the title in the a-z.lu catalogue. It is searchable by the criterion “Any field” from the drop-down menu of the advanced search of the catalogue interface.
This bibliographic classification of each title serves as the basis for the call number on the spine label of the item.
Finance comprehends the section DDC 332:
332 Financial economics
332.02 Miscellany and personal finance
332.03 Finance—dictionaries
332.04 Special topics of financial economics
332.06 Organizations
332.09 History, Geography, Persons
332.092 Financiers,...
332.094 Finance—Europe
332.1 Banks
332.2 Specialized banking institutions
332.3 Credit and loan institutions
332.4 Money
332.5 Barter, commercial paper, social credit money
332.6 Investment
332.7 Credit
332.8 Interest
332.9 Counterfeiting, forgery, alteration
Reference Works
You find below reference works on finance which are available in the collection:
| John Downes, Jordan Elliot Goodman. - 8th ed. - Hauppauge, NY : Barron’s, 2010. - 865 p. |
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| Jean-Michel Cicile ; préface de la version Anglais-Français Robert Raymond ... [et al.] = Jean-Michel Cicile ; preface to the English-French version Robert Raymond ... [et al.]. - Nouv. éd. - Paris : Revue Banque, 2008. - 588 p. |
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| Philippe Brunner. - 3e éd. revue et augmentée. - Paris : De Vecchi, 2011. - 263 p. |
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| eds. in chief: by Kenneth A. Reinert and Ramkishen S. Rajan ; associate eds.: Amy Jocelyn Glass, Lewis S. Davis. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. - 2 vol. : ill. |
Reviews and newspapers
The reviews on finance can be found in the LLC:
- the current year in the display case in direct access on the floor +3.
- the five preceding years (of the current titles) in direct access on the floor +3.
- the archives in closed magazine.
The principal reviews and newspapers on finance which are consultable:
Electronic resources
The electronic resources (e-books, e-journals and databases) are accessible via the a-z.lu catalogue and require the user ID and password received when you registered at the Luxembourg Learning Centre. (Obtain information about training in documentary research.)
E-books
The library provides access to an impressive range of electronic books on finance. Most of them are accessible individually in the a-z.lu catalogue.
Sometimes accessible e-books can also be searched on the platforms of the respective publishing houses in case these are accessible in the a-z.lu catalogue as well.
Find out how to access e-books.
You will find below a selection of e-books on finance which are accessible online:
| Erik Banks, Routledge, 2016, xx, 302 p. |
Reference Works
Reference titles in electronic format on finance are accessible in the Business, Finance & Economics collection on Credo Reference.
Strada lex (Belgium)/Strada lex Luxembourg
The Strada lex (Belgium) and Strada lex Luxembourg databases provide access to the electronic versions of most of the books from the publishing houses Larcier, Bruylant and Larcier Luxembourg (previously Promoculture-Larcier) in case they have been acquired by the LLC:
Strada lex (Belgium) > Books > Tick Only my subscriptions
Strada lex Luxembourg > Books > Tick Only my subscriptions
LexNow
The LexNow database provides access to the electronic versions of the books from the publishing house Legitech as well as of most of the books from the publishing houses Éditions Saint-Paul and Anthemis in case they have been acquired by the LLC:
LexNow > Ma bibliothèque > Type: select Ouvrage > Filtrer
LexNow > Bibliothèque gratuite > Type: select Ouvrage > Filtrer
E-journals
You will find the alphabetic list of e-journals in the a-z.lu catalogue under “Advanced Search” on the right side of the search bar. Please choose “Digital Library” and the button for the alphabetic list of e-journals will be displayed.
Under “Advanced Search” you also have the possibility to search for e-journals by category and subject. After having chosen “Digital Library”, you may filter for “Search Scope” and choose e-journals. Below, a new menu with the different categories will pop up. Please choose a category and click the search button (magnifying glass).
Please remember that subject search is only possible for e-journals and databases.
You will find below a selection of important e-journals on finance which are accessible online:
- Journal of Monetary Economics
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Review of Finance
- Review of Financial Studies
Databases
You will find the alphabetic list of databases in the a-z.lu catalogue under “Advanced Search” on the right side of the search bar. Please choose “Digital Library” and the button for the alphabetic list of databases will be displayed.
Under “Advanced Search” you also have the possibility to search for databases by category and subject. After having chosen “Digital Library”, you may filter for “Search Scope” and choose databases. Below, a new menu with the different categories will pop up. Please choose a category and click the search button (magnifying glass).
Please remember that subject search is only possible for databases and e-journals.
You will find below a selection of important databases on finance which are accessible online:
| A Bloomberg Terminal is accessible in the Welcome Zone of the LLC. On arrival, please see the librarian in the Welcome Zone. |
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| It is a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business of the 10,000 biggest companies worldwide. |
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| Mainly Anglo-American literature from economics, economic politics, economic theory, economic history and demography |
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| It provides essential business news and information together with the content delivery tools and services that enable professionals to make better decisions faster. |
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| It contains all the publications and datasets released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and other organisations. |
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| Orbis Bank Focus ( formerly Bankscope) |
Information on over 30,000 banks around the world. |
Studies at the University of Luxembourg
Masters:
- Banking
- Investment Management
- Risk Management
- Financial Economics
- Sustainable Finance
Doctoral Education:
Lifelong Learning:
Research at the University of Luxembourg:
Interesting websites
The following sites may be of interest if you are studying finance (free online access):
| American economic Association: resources for economists on the internet |
It lists more than 2,000 resources in 97 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics. |
| Finance, business, investing, and marketing news. Recent articles and data from Forbes Magazine |
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| The IMF publishes a range of time series data on lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available. |
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| Investopedia is the largest financial education website in the world. Investopedia's free tools include annual reports, a dictionary, financial calculators, articles, reports, and tools. |
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| Statistical data from the UN and its agencies. The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes. |
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| Free and open access to global development data. |
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| It provides access to the official documents of the WTO councils and committees as well as to a range of other resources, such as trade statistics, economic research, publications, videos, audio and photos. |
