Europa: The European Union On-Line
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Official Web site of the European Union

• Public Opinion Analysis [European Commission]
  http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
  "...surveys and studies address[ing] major topics concerning European citizenship: enlargement, social situation, health, culture, information technology, environment, the Euro, defence, etc."

• European Parliament
  http://europa.eu/institutions/inst/parliament/index_en.htm

• Council of the European Union
  http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?lang=EN
  Institution exercising the powers conferred upon it by the Treaties, in co-decision with the European Parliament.

• European Union Documents
  http://europa.eu/documents/index_en.htm
  The access point to documents related to the work of the EU such as law, "legislation, activity reports, brochures, audio-visual material, internal documents, archives, etc."

• European Central Bank
  http://europa.eu/institutions/financial/ecb/index_en.htm

• Activities of the European Union: Enlargement
  http://europa.eu/pol/enlarg/index_en.htm

The European Union in the U.S.
http://www.eurunion.org/
Official Web site of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. Provides basic information on the EU, EU "hot items", EU laws & policy issues, and links to EU sites, including official publications and those monitoring the EU.

European Parliament Fact Sheets
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/default_en.htm
Overview of how the European Community works, Citizen's Europe, the single market, Common policies, Economic and monetary union, and the Union's external relations.

Europa World Year Book. 1961- [annual] Latest kept on Reserve.

• See chapter on the European Union

The European Union Encyclopedia and Directory. [Europa] 2004

• In addition to the encyclopedic information, includes a chronology, essays on the political, social, and legal aspects including enlargement, and an extensive statistical survey

Encyclopedia of the European Union. 1998

• Covers "concepts, issues, developments, institutions, policies, events, negotiations, treaties, national interests, and personalities related to European integration" -from the Preface

Dictionary of the European Union. 2002

• Explains terms dealing with the historical development, issues and personalities associated with the European Union

The New Europe: An A to Z Compendium on the European Community. 1991

• Provides the context for terms related to the EC

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HC240 A1

OECD Economic Surveys. Euro Area. 2001-
Latest kept in Reference, earlier editions in General Collection.
Also available online through Business Source Premier (EBSCO) database. Once in Business Source Premier,click on and type oecd economic surveys euro.

• Reports on the economic situation and policies of the euro area
• Includes extensive tables, charts, graphs, and bibliography
• OECD publishes individual country surveys which are located nearby in the Reference stacks
  • For alphabetical list of all surveys available type oecd economic surveys

Research Institutes

Centre for European Reform
http://www.cer.org.uk
Provides open access to many policy briefs, working papers, bulletin articles, and pamphlets on these and other topics. Topics covered include EU 2020, EU foreign policy, environment, euro, justice & home affairs, security & defense, enlargement,Turkey, China, Russia & energy, the Middle East, and the Arab Reform Initiative.

European Union Internet Resources [UC Berkeley]
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/intl/gov_eu.html

• Links to Web sites arranged by categories: EU Institutions & Bodies/ EU by Subject/ EU Documents by Type / Other Items of Interest

EuroInternet: Information Resources Related to European Integration in the Internet
[Michael Nentwich, Austrian Academy of Sciences]
http://eiop.or.at/euroint/

European Interest Links [NYU Law School]
http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/links/EU/index.html

Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Communities

Provides free access to a limited number of statistical publications including:

• Key Figures on Europe Pocketbook
• Eurostat Yearbook
• Eurostat Regional Yearbook
• Social Situation in the EU

Searching for materials in The Catalog:
You will be much more successful in finding relevant materials if you use Library of Congress Subject Headings to develop your search strategy. Begin your search from the BASIC SEARCH screen, typing the words that you think will result in a list of useful materials. Note the "subject" words that have been assigned to those items that look promising. Then redo your search, changing word/s anywhere to subject word/s, using the "subject" words that you have identified.

Another approach is to go to the BASIC SEARCH screen changing word/s anywhere to subject beginning with... Choose one of the following "subject" phrases

If your focus is on europe or a country, search subject beginning with... using the word europe or an individual country name (e.g. france), followed by one of the following subject subdivisions (e.g. france social policy)

Academic Search [Ebsco]. 1990-

• Search for citations, abstracts and some full text articles from magazines and journals in various disciplines including Political Science, Law and History.
• Provides full text online of Europe, published by Delegation of European Commission, from 7/1/93 to date.

Business Source Premier [Ebsco].

Provides full text access to the Economist Intelligence Unit's European Union Country Profile [annual] 12/1/97 - and European Union Country Report [monthly] 10/1/96- , both of which discuss political climate

• Click on and type country profile european union or country report european union
• Also check for the reports on individual countries (e.g. country report germany, country profile france)

PAIS International
Available only on selected computers in Cook Library.
Search for citations and some abstracts of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, statistical directories, and Web sites about public affairs. Includes scholarly journals in International Affairs, Public Administration and Political Science.