Columbia University Links
- European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School
- Council for European Studies
- East Central European Center in the School of International and Public Affairs
- European Union Center of New York
- The European Institute in the School of International and Public Affairs
- Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America (Casa Italiana)
- La Maison Française
Finding Books
- CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
- CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc. For tips on constructing CLIO searches on the European Union, consult the Guide to European Union Information on CLIO.
 WorldCat- An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer files, and other media.
- BorrowDirect
- A borrowing service offered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It is designed to allow students, faculty and staff to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each others collections.
Finding Articles
- European Access. Bimonthly. 1988- .
- Lehman Reference - Index Table - HC 241.2 .E852
- European Integration Current Contents
- European Integration Current Contents provides access to the tables of contents of journals relevant in European Integration research - law, human rights, economics, history and political sciences. Currently it covers 101 journals published in nine languages and 14 countries. Where available, abstracts are also included. It is keyword searchable.
- European Research Papers Archive (ERPA)
- A searchable database of online working papers in the field of European integration research.
- Historical Abstracts
- Provides bibliographical coverage of the history of the world from 1450 to the present.
- International Political Science Abstracts
- Provides citations and abstracts for political science articles in journals and yearbooks published worldwide.
- JOLIS: Joint World Bank & IMF Libraries Online Catalog
- JOLIS includes references to books, journal titles, journal articles, working papers, conference proceedings, technical reports, videos, software, electronic resources, and more.
- PAIS International
- Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories in the area of public affairs. Coverage 1915-present
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the social sciences.
- Social Sciences Full Text
- covers concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Provides access to citations and abstracts of journal articles appearing political science journals. Years of Coverage: 1975 to the present.
Finding News Sources
- Agence Europe News Service
- Brussels : Agence Europe, 1973-
- Consists of Europe Daily Bulletin, Europe Library, Europe Documents.
- Web version available as part of Factiva
- Agenda of the EU Institutions
- Central Europe Online
- General news, business and economic news, cultural and travel information for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
- Daily Report: Western Europe/FBIS. 1974-1996.
- On microfiche in Lehman Library
- Daily summarized translations of major political and economic news from European newspapers, radio, television, and wire services; indexed by FBIS Daily Reports Index CD-ROM.
- Continued by: FBIS Publications CD-ROM and World News Connection, described below.
- The Economist Intelligence Unit
- Includes full-text databases, e.g. Country Reports, regional newsletters, and a time series database providing information and data on over 190 countries. Information is presented as analysis, briefings, commentary, or forecasts. The time series database provides 270 series for 115 countries.
- EU Focus
- "In-depth treatment of important European issues and the transatlantic relationship," from the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States.
- EU Insight
- "A timely EU issue brief with special attention to EU/US relations," from the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States.
- EU News
- From Europa. Includes press releases, press packs on specific topics, and the Europa Newsletter.
- EU News
- Washington D.C., Delegation of the Commission
- EUbusiness
- Information available at the site includes European Union (EU) law, business and news developments in Europe, finance and EU programs. The site also keeps track of European Commission proposals and the progress of draft legislation.
- EuroNews
- Video excerpts (with transcriptions) from the various EU public broadcasting stations, in all EU languages.
- Europe Today
- Europe Today is a news programme about Europe, for Europe. It is broadcast from the BBC World Service in London, but includes views and perspectives from every part of the continent, assembled by a pan-European team of radio journalists. It can be read onsite or listened to via RealAudio.
- European Public Opinion
- Official EU polling information, including Eurobarometer and Europinion.
- European Voice Online
- The website of European Voice, a Brussels-based weekly newspaper published by The Economist Group and devoted entirely to European affairs.
- LexisNexis Academic
- Full-text database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and more.
- Press Room
- From the European Commission, available in English and French, with the latest news releases from the EC and the European. There is also an archive of press releases since 1985.
- The Week in Europe
- A weekly summary of developments in the EU, issued each Thursday from the London press office of the European Commission.
- World News Connection
- The internet version of FBIS Publications on CD-ROM. WNC provides the most recent two years worth of foreign news, translated and updated daily, searchable in a variety of ways, including a listing of today\'s top headlines.
Background Information
- Archive of European Integration (AEI)
- This site, from the University of Pittsburg is an online repository dedicated to the collection of full text materials on European integration.
- Church, Clive H.
- European Union and European Community : a Handbook and Commentary on the Post-Maastricht Treaties. 1994.
- Lehman Stacks - KJE 4443.3 1992 .A3 .C48 1994
- Cook, Chris.
- European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. 4th ed.
- Butler - JN 12 .C643 2001
- Day, Alan J.
- Directory of European Union Political Parties.
- Lehman Reference - JN 50 .D39 2000h
- Encyclopedia of the European Union.
- Lehman Reference - JN 30 .E52 2000
- EU History: History of European Integration Site
- This site, from the History Department at the University of Leiden, puts the EU into a historical context, with extensive background material, bibliographies, primary and statistical sources, etc.
- EURODICAUTOM: a translator's best friend on the web
- Not a general dictionary, but a database which translates terminology used in the EU among eight languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
- EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe
- Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries (and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history).
- EUROPARL: Fact Sheets
- Provides information on initiatives and on the policies of the European Union in general.
- The European Union: a Guide for Americans
- Basic information on the EU, from the Delegation of the European Commission
- The European Union: Annual Review of Activities. Annual. 1994-
- Business - JN 15 .E875
- European Union Encyclopedia and Directory. 1999.
- Lehman Reference - HC 241.2 .E83341
- The European Union Handbook. 1996.
- Lehman Reference - D 1060 .E977 1996g
- Historical Archives of the European Communities
- Located at the European University Institute, in Florence, Italy; includes access to the Eurhistar database (click on "holdings").
- The History of the European Union
- Inside Europe: Your Guide to Life Inside the European Union
- A service of the BBC News, this site features sections on the EU budget, expansion, a timeline, and a glossary of terms.
- Jacobs, Francis.
- The European Parliament. 7th ed. 2007.
- Lehman - JN 36 .J33 2007g
- Keesing's Record of World Events. Monthly. 1952- .
- Lehman Reference - D 410 .K41
- Maps of the EU Member States and Applicant Countries
- Minahan, James.
- One Europe, Many Nations.
- Lehman Reference - D21.3 .M55 2000
- Newman, Oksana.
- European Environmental Information Sourcebook. 1994.
- Lehman Reference - HC 240.9 .E5 N48
- Portrait of the Regions. 10 vols. 1993-2001.
- Lehman Reference - HA 1107.5 .P67 1993g
- Roy, Joaquín.
- Historical Dictionary of the European Union. 2006.
- Lehman Reference - JN 15 .R75 2006
- Universal Currency Converter: from Xenon Laboratories
- Converts among all European currencies, including the Euro.
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The New York University Law Library is an official depository for European Union documents. All of the items in this section can be found there. Anyone can use the EU depository materials, upon request.
- Accessing European Parliament Documentation.
- Lanham, MD : UNIPUB, 1993.
- Lehman Reference - Z 7165 .E8 A32 1993g
- Bulletin of the European Union. Monthly. 1975-
- Law - JX 1981 B8701
- Directory of Community Legislation in Force. Annual.
- Law - JX 1981 R261 (Latest ed. only)
- The Directory of Community legislation in force is a subject index in two volumes of current legislation, one alphabetical and the other chronological. It is updated and re-issued every six months.
- The The online version is EUR-Lex.
- General Report on the Activities of the European Union. Annual.
- Business, Lehman - HC 241.2 .A1 E91
- " Green Papers"
- Documents presented for public discussion and debate.
- Official Journal of the European Communities.
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The Official Journal is published Tuesday through Saturday. The most recent 20 day\'s issues are available on the EU web site. Earlier issues can be ordered from EUDOR, the European Union Document Delivery Service, or found at the Law Library, as below.
- Information and Notices - the "C" series. 1973-
- Law - JX 1984 .E1 J81
- Covers a wide range of Union information, such as Commission proposals for legislation, reports of the progress of cases before the Court of Justice, written questions put by the European Parliament to the Council and the Commission together with their relative answers, the current exchange rate of the European currency unit (the ECU), invitations to tender for agricultural and animal products, the annual report of the Court of Auditors, competition notices for job vacancies in the EC institutions, opinions of the Economic and Social Committee, etc.
- Invitations for Public Tenders - the "S" series.
- Since the advent of the single market, all invitations to tender for public works, services and supply contracts must be publicised throughout the EU (contracts for construction projects worth more than ECU 5 000 000, supply and services contracts worth more than ECU 200 000). These are published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities.
- Legislation - the "L" series. 1973-
- Law - JX 1984 .E1 J8101
- Contains all the legislative acts and regulations whose publication is obligatory under the Treaties establishing the European Communities, as well as a large number of acts that do not carry a statutory obligation to publish.
- Debates of the European Parliament. 1987-
- Law - JX 1984 .E12 D31
- Index to the Official Journal of the European Communities.
- Law - JX 1984 .E1 J815
- The monthly and annual indexes consist of two volumes: Volume I: Alphabetical Index, and Volume II: Methodological Tables (numerical index). These volumes are used in tandem, the indexed items in the Alphabetical Index referring to the titles of the documents in the Methodological Tables.
- Texts Adopted by the European Parliament. Monthly.
- Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1987-
- Law - JX 1984 .E12 T314
- Treaties:
- Texts of all of the founding and consolidating treaties of the European Community and European Union.
- " White Papers"
- Documents presenting a detailed and debated policy both for discussion and political decision.
- Governance in the EU, July 25, 2001
- EU Whoiswho, the Official Directory of the European Union
- Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2005-
Guide to EU Citations
| If the citation looks like this: |
The document is from this publication: |
| OJ C309 19.11.87 p.3 |
Official Journal C (Information and Notices) |
| OJ l86 17.3.87 p.5 |
Official Journal L (Legislation) |
| COM (87)685 |
COM (Commission of the EU) Documents |
| CES (88)745 |
CES (Economic and Social Committee) Opinions and Reports |
| PE Doc A2-74/88 |
EP Reports (European Parliament Reports) a.k.a. Working Papers |
| 3.388/196 |
Debates of the European Parliament |
| 85/870/EEC or 1220/88 |
A Decision, Directive, Regulation or Agreement -
- Consult the OJ Index, for the OJ L number
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![[EU SYMBOL]](/cu/lweb/img/assets/4495/eulogo.gif) EUROPEAN UNION
Europa: a European Commission service offering user-friendly and interactive information on the European Union's goals, institutions and policies, with links to all of the Union's component institutions and databases
- The EU At a Glance
- EU Institutions and Other bodies:
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- Committee of the Regions
- Council of the European Union
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- Reforming the Commission, March 1, 2000: White Paper which outlines a specific Action Plan for reform and modernization of the European Commission
- European Court of Auditors
- European Court of Justice
- European Environment Agency
- European Investment Bank
- European Ombudsman
- European Parliament
- News
- Activities of the European Union
- Currently, there are 32 activities. Each activity is a subject area, such as agriculture, environment or research, in which the EU manages programmes, organises events or passes legislation.
- Enlargement of the EU: includes Enlargement Commission Reports for each of the candidate countries, Draft Accession Partnerships, and other key documents
- European Integration Online Portal: includes working papers and research papers
- CORDIS: Community Research and Development Information Service
- Eurydice: the Information Network on Education
- European Environment Agency
- G8 Information Centre, University of Toronto
- Information on the G7/G8 summits and related activities.
- European Union Documents: including European law, documents common to all the institutions, and documents of individual institutions.
- Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, Washington, D.C.: includes a Profile of the EU, News, Articles from the Current Issue of Europe Magazine, the EU-US Partnership, info on the Member States, and Information Resources: EU Depository Libraries in the U.S., Centers of European Studies, Electronic Information (a description of EU databases), and more
- European Union Relations with the United States: quick and easy access to the New Transatlantic Agenda, the Joint EU-U.S. Action Plan ... as well as other material relevant to the EU-U.S. relationship
- Information Society
- This website, managed by DG Information Society, contains a wealth of thematic information produced mainly by the European Commission and other European Union actors. Currently around 30 content providers publish on this site.
- United States Mission to the European Union, Brussels
- Provides key documents (speeches, agreements, declarations, conferences), facts & figures, and issues by topic.
Euro -- The Single Currency
- Information on the Euro
- The official EU site for Euro information.
- The Euro Homepage
- A website created by Giancarlo Corsetti, professor at the European University Institute, it provides a large collection of research papers, news, and conference information related to the Euro and the European Monetary Union.
- Financewise Special Report on the Euro
- The FinanceWise search engine gathers the latest Euro news and discussion in this helpful guide. In addition to European central bank Web addresses and European Union (EU) legal sources of interest, the site also lists glossaries, recommended books, spot exchange rates, and other resources.
- European Central Bank
- Financial Europe (Email)
- A web news service with analysis on the EU & Euro issues; mostly in French.
- The Single Currency and the European Parliament
Other European IGOs
- Commonwealth of Nations
- The Council of Europe
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- Guide to Researching the Council of Europe by Anne Burnett, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law Library
- Vienna Declaration, 9 October 1993
- Council of European Municipalities and Regions
- EUREKA: promotes pan-European, market- oriented research and development
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Patent Office
- European Science Foundation
- European Space Agency
- European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- Groupe de Recherche et d'Information sur la Paix et la Securite
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- --- Adapting to the New Security Environment in Europe: NATO Enlargement (National Security Council)
- --- Fact Sheet: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (U.S. Dept. of State, 7/1/97)
- --- NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Formerly the North Atlantic Assembly)
- --- United States Security Strategy for Europe and NATO, June 1995
- ---D 1.2:Se 2/7 - U.S. Government Documents
- OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- SourceOECD
SourceOECD contains the full text of all OECD publications, 1998-present.
- OECD Policy Briefs: capsule treatments of economic and social issues being addressed at the OECD
- What\'s New at OECD: links to the latest OECD news, working papers, data, and reports
- OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
- Western European Union
- WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO:EURO)
- World Bank
Europe in General
- Centre for European Reform
- The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the future of the European Union.
- European and Canadian Affairs: a web site from the U.S. Dept. of State, includes sections on the New Transatlantic Agenda, NATO, Information on U.S. Embassies in Europe, Contacts in the State Dept., and links to Dept. of State publications about Europe
- European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
- The European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity was founded in January 1993. It was established by the social democratic parties and political foundations from EU countries as a joint institution dedicated to support the transformation and democratisation processes in Central and Eastern Europe and to function as a platform for co-operation with social democratic oriented personalities, groups and parties in the region.
- European Governments on the Web: from Gunnar Anzinger
- EuroStudies
- EuroStudies is part of the Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) in the UK. It provides links to information about all European countries, including Articles/Papers/Reports, Data, Government Publications, Governmental Bodies, Journals (Full Text), News, Organizations/Societies, and Research Projects/Centres.
- Foreign Countries: from CityNet (with links to cities in those countries)
- The European Library: searches the content of European national libraries
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- Maps of Europe: The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin
- Statewatch Database: a searchable database which monitors the state and civil liberties in the UK and Europe
European Studies in the United States
- Center for West European Studies: University of Pittsburgh
- European Union Centers of Excellence In the United States: from the Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S.
- Network of European Union Centers
- WESSWEB (Western European Specialists Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries): WESSWEB has two goals: to provide Western Europe specialists with information for their work and to provide WESS members with information about the Section.
Statistics & Data
Please consult two other guides for sources of European statistics:
Sources for International Statistics: the sources covering all countries, as well as the specific European ones
IGO Publications Ready Reference Collection: many IGO publications are statistical in nature
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