Economics
Collection overview
All areas of Economics are covered.
Geographical focus is predominantly British, with good coverage of Europe and some worldwide economic coverage.
Collection location
- Most books are located on the 6th floor
- All items available on open access will display the location ECONOMICS, with the classmark prefix 3 eg ECONOMICS 6th floor (3) T74 Key
- Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the prefix ‘f’ or ‘folio’, before the location code
- Most periodicals are located on the periodicals open shelves (PS) on the 5th floor
- Recent issues of periodicals are on display bays in the Periodicals Room – 4th floor. For more information on finding journals, see our journals resources page

- To locate individual titles use the online catalogue
Related collections
- Area collections of Latin American Studies and United States Studies
- British Government Publications collection – official statistics, budget reports, Monopolies and Mergers Commission reports, and all other HMSO publications
- History collection – Economic history
- Politics collection – European Union
- Special Collections: especially the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature and the Bromhead Library
- Statistics collection
- Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference works in the Information Centre, 4th floor
Classmarks for Economics
All classmarks in this collection have a numerical prefix of 3 eg ECONOMICS 6th floor (3) T74 Key
| Accounting | TO | Marketing | TJQF |
| Advertising | TK | Microeconomics | TAA |
| Banks and banking | TR | Population | TBH |
| Business | TJ | Economics of individual countries |
TW |
| Development Studies | TBBU | Public and state economy | TT |
| Environmental economics | TBF | Social economics | TB |
| Industrial economics | TD | Finance | TP |
| Industrial relations | TDO | Taxation | TU |
| Labour and work | TG-TH | Tourism | TNL |
| Land and capital | TC | Trade unions | THR |
| Macroeconomics | TAA | Transport | TN |
| Management | TJH | Unemployment | TGM |
For a more detailed explanation of classmarks see the Library's leaflet 'A guide to the classification scheme'.
Other libraries
For more information about Economics holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk. Of particular interest are the British Library and the University of Essex Library.
Contact details
Sally Littlejohn, Deputy Librarian - Commonwealth Studies Library
sally.littlejohn@london.ac.uk
020 7862 8830
moreor visit the Information Desk (4th floor)
shl.enquiries@london.ac.uk
020 7862 8461 or 8462


