User Guide

The Francisco Pereira de Moura Library is ISEG’s bibliographic resource center, housing a large and valuable collection of documents in both print and digital formats, available for on-site or online consultation.

The Francisco Pereira de Moura Library is ISEG's bibliographic resource centre. Owing to its history, rich content, the thematic diversity of its collection (encompassing all scientific areas), and the fact that it is constantly updated, this collection can be considered to be the most important University Library in the country in the fields of economics and business.

Our library is a dynamic space for cultural and scientific activities, closely connected to the school and the community, reflecting its mission and privileged location.

The ISEG Library has modern facilities that allow users to make comfortable use of its resources, with equipment to access bibliographic and numerical databases. It also has qualified staff to assist readers in information research. The opening hours are designed to accommodate these services alongside the professional activities of its users.

In this context, it is worth emphasizing that the library is a privileged study space, so it is important to observe the established regulations, particularly regarding noise (respecting the study of other users) and adherence to borrowing rules.

The FRANCISCO PEREIRA DE MOURA Library originated with a collection of 650 volumes at the former Instituto Superior de Comércio, located in the building on Rua do Quelhas.

The Information System is based on an internally produced database and access to various international online information systems.

The Library building has 5 floors, numbered 0 to 4, with a total area of approximately 3,577 m². The entrance is on floor 0.

The facilities are equipped with a magnetic document control system and video surveillance throughout the Library, in addition to the security devices typical of public buildings.

Floor 0: Entrance atrium; reception and concierge; locker area; informal reading area; study rooms. Storage area.

Floor 1: Service desk; reference area; periodicals reading and consultation room; international organizations; room reserved for Master’s students; periodicals storage; catalog consultation terminals.

Floor 2: Service desk; catalog consultation terminals; book reading and consultation room; individual reading and work stations; book storage

Floor 3: Service desk; book reading and consultation room; book storage.

Floor 4: Technical offices of library staff. Document reception.

Opening Hours

September to July
▪️ Monday to Friday: 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
▪️ Saturday: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM

August
▪️ Monday to Friday: 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
▪️ Closed on Saturdays

Special Closures
Christmas and New Year Week – Closed on Saturdays
Easter Week – Closed on the Saturday before and the Saturday after Easter.
Summer (July 15 to September 15): Closed on Saturdays. – Closed on Saturdays

Study Room (Floor 0) – Open 24 Hours.

Borrowing Rules
The ISEG Library offers two types of loans: On-site (Reading in the library) and Home Loan.

Who Can Borrow
Students, Faculty, Researchers, and ISEG staff, as well as External Users upon registration with the Library (External User).

Other libraries, under the interlibrary loan system, upon request by email or through the form available on the library's website.
User Responsibilities
Under any circumstances, the user is always responsible for the requested publication, having to indemnify the Library in case of damage or loss.

The user is required to provide their up-to-date contact information.

What Can Be Borrowed
All publications can be requested for home reading, except for periodicals, reference works, dictionaries and publications from the reserved fund, with on-site loan available.

How to order
3. Remove the book and go to a library employee, who will borrow it and indicate the return date.

Loan Periods
The duration of the home loan varies depending on the type of document and type of reader:

Renovations

To renew a borrowed item, the user may do so in person, by phone, or by email.

The reader loses the right to renew the loan term if he returns the publication in question after the deadline or if the Library needs it to satisfy other requests.

penalties

1. Late return

2. Loss, damage or theft

Damage to a publication is understood to be tearing, cutting, writing, underlining, scratching, soiling or wetting pages or covers, as well as tearing off or rendering useless any stamps or other signs placed by the services.

The loss or damage of publications implies their replacement or compensation for an amount equal to their price.

Users who attempt to withdraw publications from the library without prior request will be deprived of the right to request them for a period of one year and may be subject to disciplinary proceedings.

Cases not covered by these regulations will be decided on a case-by-case basis by the Library manager.

Permanent External User Regulations

Within the scope of the Documentation and Information Services Directorate (DDI), permanent external users are individual or collective entities, public or private, within the framework of external services provision, as stated in Article 3, point 1, letter e) of the Library Organization.

According to Article 4, point 4, the Permanent External User Status will be granted to all external users who, by signing an agreement with the DDI/ISEG, establish stable cooperation and/or service acquisition relationships.

Types of External Users

Individual users: upon payment of an annual usage fee.

Collective users: upon payment of an annual usage fee, or by signing an agreement with the ISEG Library.

Cooperation Agreements

Cooperation agreements with similar institutions may include: Reciprocal access to available bibliographic databases.

Exchange of internally produced documents, particularly those considered grey literature, seeking authorization from the respective authors when necessary.

Loan of documents between both institutions, according to the interlibrary loan system, whenever collection development allows, for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) working days.

Exchange of journal articles and/or information searches, upon request by either party.

Services Provided
The ISEG Library provides different types of services, which, for the purpose of external service provision, are divided into three (3) groups:

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
– Information Search	– Loan of monographs	– Thematic bibliographies
– Provision of bibliographical references	– Thematic bibliographies	– Technical assistance to other institutions
– Statistical information	–	– Training in the areas of librarianship and information management
– Journal articles	–	–

The service groups mentioned above have different provision arrangements. The prices of these services are set annually by the ISEG Presidency, based on the Library’s proposal.

Access to the databases is available on floors 0, 1, and 2 of the library.

Bibliographic Databases
American Mathematical Science
MathSciNet
b-on
Business Source Complete
Republic Diary
Directory of Open Access Journals
EconLit – American Economic Association
Emerald Insight
European Mathematical Society
Journal Citation Reports
JSTOR
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
ProQuest One Business
ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection
Portuguese Open Access Scientific Repository
The ISEG Scientific Repository
World Bank Repository
Sage Premier
SCOPUS
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online
Web of Science

Numerical Databases
Bloomberg
BPstat
Chelem
Eikon and Datastream
Estudos dos Setores da Atividade Económica Portuguesa
eurostat
Factiva
Global Findex
GlobalStat
IMD World Competitiveness
National Institute of Statistics
International Monetary Fund
Moody’s Analytics BankFocus
OECD Health Statistics
OECD Social and Welfare Statistics
ORBIS All Companies
ORBIS IP
PORDATE
Information Network in Higher Education Libraries
WDI Online World Development Indicators

To search any publication, whatever the subject, it is always recommended:

Catalog consultation on the ISEG website

https://catalogo-iseg.biblioteca.ulisboa.pt/

Or, in case of difficulty, request assistance from the staff.

All publications displayed in open access are classified according to the Classification Plan of the US Library of Congress.
US Library of Congress Classification Plan

This plan is alphanumeric from A to Z and has the particularity of synthesizing within each of the subjects, first the Reference and General Works, Congresses and Collective Works. It then summarizes the so-called Text Books (Theories), followed by the applications of the referred subjects.

In the particular case of the ISEG Library, the main collection consists of works in the areas of
Economics, Finance, Management, and related Auxiliary Sciences, almost all of which fall under Class
H – Social Sciences. A summary classification of this class is presented below.
(classe H).

H1-H99	Social Sciences (General)	2nd floor
HA1-HA4737	Social Statistics (General)	2nd floor
HB1–HB3840	Economia – Teoria Económica	2nd floor
HC10-HC1085	Economic History and Conditions (General)	2nd floor
HD28- HD9999	Economic History and Conditions-Sectors	2nd floor
HE1- HE9900	Transport and Communications	2nd floor
HF1- HF6182	Business	2nd floor
HG1- HG9999	finance	2nd floor
HJ9- HJ9995	Public finances	3rd floor
HM1- HM299	Sociology	3rd floor
HN1-HN991	Social History, Social Conditions	3rd floor
HQ1-HQ2044	Family, Marriage, Women	3rd floor
HS1-HS3369	Associations, Societies	3rd floor
HT51-HT1595	Communities, Social Classes, Races	3rd floor
HV1- HV9960	Social Work, Social Pathology	3rd floor
HX1-HX970.7	Socialism, Communism, Anarchism	3rd floor

Address
Rua do Quelhas, nº 6
1200-781 Lisbon

E-mail
biblioteca@iseg.ulisboa.pt

Telephone
(+351) 213 922 888

This guide does not replace consultation of the Library Regulations.