HSE Library
The HSE possesses a big contemporary university library of academic titles in Economics and Management, Social and Political Sciences including 238,053 titles and 13,210 subscriptions.
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HSE Library E-Resources
Special focus of the HSE library is electronic resources. The library has subscriptions and pre-paid access to various online information resources. E-resources of the library include:
- International Databases of Periodicals
- including database of reviews for mathematical sciences literature MathSciNet
- including journals of the Annual Reviews publishing house
- Russian newspaper and journal databases
- International Full-Text Dissertation Database
- Scientific citation indexes: ISI Web of Knowledge and Scopus
- Publications and statistical data of the World Bank, OECD, IMF
- Databases for business: Global Market Information Database (GMID), Factiva, CityData (EIU)
- Collections of e-books in Russian and English
- Russian and English dictionaries and encyclopedias
- including New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
- including Oxford English Dictionary
- Patent database Questel QPAT
A - to - Z - all subscriptions in one list: a joint catalogue of electronic publications!
Dear HSE readers! The catalogue lists all libraries of English-language electronic publications and books which are part of HSE subscription. The full list of the databases included can be found under the Index tab.
1. International Databases of Periodicals
The subscription to international electronic journals at our University is unique amongst Russian libraries. We have over 18000 full-text periodic publications in digital format . At the HSE you can access the following databases of periodicals:
 | Annual Reviews | Annual Reviews publishes 40 journals which are considered to be the most authoritative and cited in their respective areas. These journals are annual and their names start with ‘Annual Review of...' Publications on HSE topics include Annual Review of Sociology, Annual Review of Political Science, Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Review of Anthropology, as well as Annual Review of Economics, Annual Review of Financial Economics and Annual Review of Resource Economics which were first published in 2009. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | AEA Journals | Three leading economic publications - journals of the American Economic Association -American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature and Journal of Economic Perspectives. This is the only database offering the most recent AEA journals without restriction. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | JSTOR | JSTOR contains publications on economics, business, sociology, political sciences, statistics, math, health care, physics, philosophy, antique research, philology, literature and others. Coverage: from the first edition till 2002 - 2005. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Includes more than 1500 journals published by Elsevier. They include publications on economics and econometrics, business and finance, social sciences and psychology, math and informatics. Coverage: since 1995; some editions have ‘deep archives' (1970 and earlier). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). | |
 | EBSCO | Contains publications on economics, business, management, sociology, political sciences, informatics etc. Total number is more than 14000 journals, business analytic documents, market and company reports etc. The EBSCO platform offers access to Business Source Complete, Academic Search Premier, EconLit, SocIndex with FullText databases and others. Some of the publications have archives dating back to the first edition, while others are offered with 6 - 12 months delay of the current issue ('embargo'). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | ProQuest | Includes publications on economics, management, sociology, political sciences, law, informatics etc. The total number is more than 4000 full-text journals. Coverage: from 1971 onwards (varies depending on the edition). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | InfoTrac OneFile | Multi-topic database containing more than 6 thousand full-text journals, including those covering economics, business, sociology, law and informatics. Coverage: from 1980s-1990s till today (varies depending on the edition). Online access from all HSE computers. |
 | Project Muse | A collection of scientific e-journals, the 'Basic Research Collection' on the Project Muse platform contains about 200 full-text editions on humanities and social sciences. Among them are Enterprise & Society, Social Politics, The Journal of Higher Education, American Journal of Mathematics, Postmodern Culture, Theory & Event and others. Coverage: from 2001-2003 Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Emerald Management Xtra | Contains more than 120 current and several dozen archive (discontinued) journals published by Emerald (former MCB University Press). Emerald is considered to be the leading publisher of professional periodicals in business and management. Among its journals are the well-known European Journal of Marketing and The Total Quality Management Magazine. There is also access to the Emerald Management Reviews - a collection of reviews from 400 leading journals and magazines on management. Coverage for most of the journals - all issues, without restrictions. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Springer Link | Includes more than 1200 journals published by Springer and its acquisition, Kluwer. The range of disciplines involves math, physics, engineering, medical science etc. There are more than 200 publications on economics, sociology and law, including the well-known Economic Theory, Public Choice, Theory and Society and Journal of Business Ethics The editions are offered full-text, without restrictions and with an extensive archive. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Blackwell Synergy | Journals published by Blackwell Publishing (which has become part of Wiley) and covering a broad spectrum of topics, with a special focus on economics (including among others, such journals as Economica, Kyklos, Contemporary Economic Policy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Finance), management (Journal of Management Studies, Decision Sciences, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Industrial Relations), statistics and social sciences. All editions are offered without restrictions, many of them having an extensive archive. Attention! Currently all journals from the Blackwell Synergy platform have been transferred to the Wiley Interscience platform, where they are available for HSE readers (all links in this section are active). |
 | Wiley InterScience | Full-text subscription to 13 Wiley journals. The most cited and authoritative editions of HSE topics were selected. This subscription includes Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Public Administration and Development, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Human Resource Management and others. Coverage: from 1996-97 till 2007, full-text. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Taylor & Francis | < All journals published by Taylor & Francis, including the journals published under the Routledge brand. Over 1000 publications in economics, business, sociology, education, math, law, psychology and others. Example journals: Regional Studies, Economy and Society, Acta sociologica, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Mathematical Sociology. All editions are offered full-text, without restrictions. Coverage: since 1990s (varies depending on the edition). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | SAGE Journals Online | Contains more than 400 journals by SAGE publishing house. Range of disciplines: sociology, psychology, economics, management, education, as well as other social, human, natural and medical sciences. Among others, such journals are offered as Sociology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Organization Studies, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution and Politics & Society. All editions are offered full-text, without restriction. Coverage: since 1999 Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Oxford Journals | Includes more than 190 journals published by Oxford University Press on a wide range of subjects (90 editions on social and human sciences). Coverage: since 1996 (archive depth varies depending on the edition; 24 editions in social and economic sciences have deep archives dating back to the first issue). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Cambridge Journals Online | Contains more than 110 journals by Cambridge University Press, almost all CUP publications in social and human sciences. Coverage: since 1997 (extent of archive varies depending on the publication). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | PressDisplay | About 900 newspapers from the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, China and other countries. Among others, the database offers the Wall Street Journal (European and Asian editions), Washington Post, The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, Le Figaro and others. There are also about 40 Russian newspapers. Special software allows users to read the newspaper in the same format as its printed version. Access is given only to the most recent issues. The database saves the archive only for 60 days. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | ACM | Publications by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - one of the most authoritative institutions which develops informatics and computer sciences. More than 40 journals and magazines, papers of more that 200 different conferences, information bulletins and others. Publications on programming, computing technologies, telecommunications, information systems administration etc. The archive stretches back to 1950. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Nature Publishing Group | Nature Publishing Group (NPG) issues the Nature journal - probably the most well known broad-profile scientific journal and the one with the highest citation index. Coverage: since 1997 In addition, there is access to 4 other journals from this publishing house: Nature Methods, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Physics and Nature Materials. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Science | One of the leading multidisciplinary journals. This world renowned popular science publication is published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and contains reviews of recent developments in natural and applied sciences, as well as news and comment. Coverage: since 1997. |
 | MathSciNet | One of the most authoritative review databases in maths, supported by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). It indexes more than 1800 mathematical journals and contains reviews of 85000 monographs and 300000 reports from conferences. Total number of entries is more than 3 million, 2.2 of them contain a review/summary. The database does not include full texts: once you've found the materials you want, you might need to search for the full text in other HSE subscriptions. Coverage: since early 1900s. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
2. Russian Newspapers and Journals
The HSE Library grants access to full-texts resources of Russian periodicals, totally amounting up to 2000 of sources:
 | eLibrary | More than 100 journals in Russian or published by Russian editors. Various topics, coverage since 1999-2003. |
 | Grebennikov | 25 journals published by Grebennikov publishing house, one of the leading Russian publishers specializing in marketing, management and finance. Online access from all HSE computers. |
 | EastView | Full-text Russian journals on social and human sciences, without restrictions. Total number of publications is 77. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Integrum | The database includes Russian federal and regional newspapers and magazines. About 500 Russian magazines, more than 250 federal and more than 1000 regional newspapers. Archive depth varies from 2 to 8 years. All editions are full-text with unlimited access. Online access from all HSE computers. |
 | PressDisplay | The database includes about 40 Russian newspapers and magazines. A special software environment allows reading the newspaper exactly like it would look like in its printed variant. Access is given only to the most recent issues. The database saves the archive only for 60 days. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
3. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: bibliographic descriptions and full texts
Attention! Currently theses are available through the regular user interface ProQuest, and full texts of theses are available without any additional payments! To search only for theses, choose 'Interdisciplinary - Dissertations & Theses'.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses contains bibliographic descriptions of more than two million doctoral and master's theses, mostly those defended in North America and Europe.
Author summaries are available for doctoral thesis since 1980, and for master's theses since 1988. In addition, most theses defended after 1996 are represented in full texts of the first 24 pages (in open access). There is an option to order the full-text of a thesis, through credit card payment.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
4. Citation Indexes
The HSE library offers access to the two best known multidisciplinary databases of reviews and citation indexes:
 | Web of Knowledge | A package of information resources from Thomson Reuters company (formerly Information Sciences Institute, ISI). The nucleus of the base are citation databases Science/Social Sciences/Arts&Humanities Citation Index. These resources do not contain full texts of articles, but include lists of all bibliographic links from every publication which allows quick retrieval of the fullest bibliographic lists on any theme of interest. In addition to this, analytic sections Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators are available (to access them use the ‘Additional Resources' tab). Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Scopus | One of the largest review databases, which is also a citation index . Scopus refers to more than 15000 academic publications from all areas of learning, among them 2800 in economics, social sciences and psychology. Since 1996 there is a bibliography for every article, which allows the reader to find all works cited in a certain publication, as well as all works citing a certain publication. This allows the effective collation of a bibliographic list for any issue of interest: from the first classic publication till the most recent research. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
5. World Bank Resources
As a result of collaboration with the National Electronic Information Consortium (Neikon) the HSE Library has received subscription for three World Bank resources. They are two statistical databases and a collection of World Bank e-publications.
 | World Development Indicators | Contains statistical data on more than 850 indicators of world development. Data is represented since 1960 for 209 countries. Economic, social and financial indicators are covered, as well as information on natural resources and environment. There is a useful option of graphic representation of results. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Global Development Finance | Contains data on public debt and its payments, foreign investments and financial currents of 135 developing countries. Timeframe coverage: from 1970 till 2015 (includes the obligations undertaken by countries). There is a useful option of graphical representation of results. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | WB e-Library | Access to full-text books, reports, statistical brochures and preprints issued by the World Bank. The total number of documents is over 4500. New publications appear on the website as soon as they are published. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
6. OECD Resources
SourceOECD database includes all the information resources of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These include books, periodicals, preprints and specialized statistical packages.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
7. IMF Statistical Resources
Four statistical databases of the International Monetary Fund (IMF): International Financial Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics and Government Finance Statistics. In addition to that, PDF versions of IMF annual statistical brochures are available.
NB! Access granted not to the whole IMF website, but only to the statistical section.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
8. Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Database of statistics, marketing reports and analytical market reviews, Global Market Information Database, is maintained by the Euromonitor Company, one of the leaders in strategic market research. This resource offers statistics by country (demography, economy); analytical market reports (over 4500 reports on consumer, industrial and services markets); profiles of more than 3000 leading companies working in the consumer goods market; indicators and analysis of consumer lifestyle in different countries etc.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
9. Factiva
Factiva business resource belongs to the Dow Jones Company and gives access to more than 2000 newspapers (including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Kommersant, Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Vedomosti); more than 3000 magazines (including The Economist, Time, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, Expert, Profile); more than 500 news services (Dow Jones, Reuters, The Associated Press, InterFax). It also monitors over 4000 leading news and business websites and publishes transcripts of over 200 broadcasting news channels. There are reports on 1.7 million companies and over 1.3 million persons. Up to date information on stock quotations (15-20 min delay), stock market data and currency exchange rates.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
10. CityData (EIU)
CityData database produced by EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Company, contains prices for 160 types of products and services in 140 cities of the world (from 79 countries). Each indicator includes time series, from 1990 till now. The database includes prices for food, clothes, cigarettes, household goods, apartment and office rentals, education, laundry and hairdresser services, transport etc. In addition to that, there is information on salaries in three different professions and employee's revenues after taxes. The resource provides tools for graphical representation of results, graphs and diagrams.
Online access from all HSE computers.
11. Electronic books databases
The HSE subscription also includes e-books databases, with a total number of 80,000 full-text books:
 | ebrary | Over 40 thousand full-text books in various disciplines, with a special focus on social sciences, economics and business. Most of the books have been issued over the last 5 or 6 years by large academic publishers, such as Cambridge University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Palgrave MacMillan, Routledge, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier Science and others. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Elsevier Books | More than 2600 full-text volumes by Elsevier, including books on finance, business and management, computer sciences, math and psychology. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Springer Books | Full texts of all Springer books converted to electronic format, the total number is over 36.000 volumes. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
 | Oxford Scholarship Online | Over 1700 books published by Oxford University Press. All books are full-text, more than half of them have been published between 2004 and 2008. Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed). |
12. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
A prestigious economic dictionary, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (second edition). Contains over 1850 entries, written by more than 1500 leading economists. The printed version is published in eight volumes.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
Oxford Reference Online Premium includes digital versions of more than 160 Oxford encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference books. There is an extremely broad range of topics covered Among others, there are A Dictionary of Economics (3400 entries, 2003), A Dictionary of Business and Management (6700 entries, 2006), A Dictionary of Finance and Banking (5000 entries, 2005), Oxford Dictionary of Law (4000 entries, 2006), A Dictionary of Sociology (2500 entries, 2005), A Dictionary of Psychology (11000 entries, 2006).
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
Quick search in ORO:
Probably the most authoritative dictionary of English language, Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Contains information on meanings, pronunciation, etymology and history of more than 500.000 words (the printed edition includes 20 volumes).
The digital version of the dictionary is constantly updated: more than 1000 new and edited entries are added quarterly.
Online access from all HSE computers and externally (password needed).
Quick search in OED:
13. Patents
One of the leading world patent databases, QPAT. Access to FamPat and PlusPat resources, which include summaries and full texts of patents issued by more than 75 patent authorities worldwide (including USPTO, WIPO, EPO etc.)
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