Welcome to the Marshall Library for New Students

 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 other key figures from Cambridge Economics.

The Marshall Library is based on one side of the Austin Robinson Building (opposite the main Faculty of Economics entrance) and has a surprisingly beautiful Reading Room, which you will enjoy using as a study space.

To begin with during Michaelmas Term we will be operating a Book a Study Space service for longer stays in the Library space: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/book-seat    but we hope to be able to open up more as term progresses. If you just want to come in and borrow/return a book or speak to us for help and advice you can just come in. Keep up to date with our current library services here: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/current-marshall-library-services

We strongly recommend that you watch our Library Induction talks either in person, or via recordings on your Moodle Induction pages. For a flavour of our space and services please watch our brief video Introduction to the Marshall Library: https://bit.ly/3EU2CYO

We have a useful website which gives you all the information about the Library, our services and our resources such as online databases and datasets: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/

To find resources you need for your studies it is important that you learn how to use the catalogue iDiscover: https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/

We have shared the Economics iDiscover workbook with you and really recommend you spend a short time doing this to get the best out of the catalogue and save time later!

For basic tips about using Cambridge Libraries, including searching iDiscover check out the Library Essentials Libguide

If you cannot find a book, journal article, database or dataset then just ask us! All the Marshall Library staff are very friendly. We are here to help you and look forward to seeing you soon in the Library.

Keep in touch by following us on Twitter @Marshalllibrary and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallLib

You are likely to see our mascot, Jasper the #Economicscat on Twitter and, hopefully, in catperson, at the Library where he makes a couple of visits each year

Welcome to all new Students in Economics from the Marshall Library of Economics

Welcome to Cambridge from the Marshall Library Team. My name is Clare Trowell and I am the Marshall Librarian. We are here to provide all your resources to support you course in Economics. The Marshall Library has a wonderful collection of materials in Economics and Development Studies both in print and online. We also hold the Archives of Alfred Marshall and other key figures from Cambridge Economics.

You can find the Marshall Library on the Sidgwick Site in the Faculty of Economics Austin Robinson Building. You can see what the exterior of the Marshall Library looks like in the picture at the head of this blogpost. Here it is on the University of Cambridge Map: https://map.cam.ac.uk/Austin+Robinson+Building#52.201273,0.108442,18

Due to the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic unfortunately we are not able to open our beautiful study space safely to readers but during Michaelmas Term we will be running 

Zero Contact Services. 

These services will include:

• Click & Collect for borrowing
  
• Book Return via the Book Drop
• Scanning of key teaching materials, which are made available via Moodle, the virtual learning environment.

Most of our resources such as journals, bibliographic databases, many of the key ebooks and datasets are provided online. You can learn more about the Library and our services on our website:
https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/
To find books you want to borrow via Click & Collect you need to understand how to search our catalogue: iDiscover. You will have received a copy of the iDiscover worksheet and a leaflet explaining the Zero Contact services at Induction - please read them carefully.

If a book is available as an ebook you will see that flagged up on the catalogue.
If you cannot find a book you need please contact the Marshall Library either by email: marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk or fill out the book request form: https://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/contactus/book-purchase-suggestion-form

Library Office Hours
The Librarians will also be running a weekly Office hour for students via Teams from October.

Undergraduates on Tuesdays 1-2pm

Diploma students on Tuesdays 12 noon-1pm 

MPhil students on Wednesdays, 10-11am 

You can speak to us about any issues you are having with finding material or other Library services. We can also offer one-to-one support via Teams by appointment. I will email details of how to access this service in due course.

If you have any questions at all please get in contact with us via email: marshlib@hermes.cam.ac.uk
We will also be providing some Information Literacy sessions on Referencing, Finding Datasets, Literature Searching during the year.

Have a great time at Cambridge and we look forward to seeing you soon!