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European Union resources

EU legislative databases

EUR-LEX - portal to legal and judicial materials, including full text of the Official Journal from 1998, adopted legislation, case law, proposals, Green and White papers, parliamentary questions. Updated daily.
OEIL - European Parliament's Legislative Observatory database monitoring the stages of the legislative process with document summaries
PreLex - Secretariat-General of the Commission database covering the inter-institutionaldecision-making process with links to the documents
CELEX - password controlled database of legislation, case law, preparatory documentation and national implementing measures. Contact Grace Hudson (g.l.hudson@bradford.ac.uk, JB Priestley Library, Room 2.5) for assistance

EU non-legislative databases

CORDIS -the Community Research and Development Service. Databases include contacts, news, partners, results. Information and calls for participation in the Sixth Framework Programme
ECLAS -catalogue of the libraries of the Commission
Eurodicautom -multilingual database of abbreviations and terminology
IDEA -inter-institutional database of contact details for official staff
Rapid -information from the Press and Communication Service of the Commission, including press releases, speeches, background reports and the Conclusions of the Presidency
SCADPlus - summaries of EU legislation and policies
Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) -online database of the Official JournalS supplement giving details of contracts and tenders

Institutions

European Commission
Council of the European Union -covering the work of the Council, including information on the Presidencies, the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Justice and Home Affairs
Public register of Council documents -access to publicly available Council documents
Court of Justice -includes recent case law
European Parliament -the documents and activities of the Parliament
Fact sheets on the European Union -from the European Parliament
European Ombudsman -information about the work of the European Ombudsman, including texts of reports and decisions
Representation of the European Commission in the UK - especially useful for weekly updates, briefings and the Press Watch and Euromyths materials
UK information from the European Parliament
Regional contacts and EU information sources in the UK

Euro

Official euro site -the Commission's euro site
European Central Bank -including press releases, publications, ECB statistics and links to EU central banks
HM Treasury euro information - euro information from a UK perspective
Yale euro site - frequently updated and wide ranging collection of sources including articles, key documents and links

Enlargement and IGC

Enlargement - the European Commission's pages on the current enlargement negotiations
Intergovernmental Conference - the Commission's archive on the 2000 IGC
Future of the Union - the Council's web pages on the 2004 IGC

Industrial relations

EIRO - the European Industrial Relations Observatory, including reports, studies and some statistical data on employment and social issues at EU and member state level

Information Services

EIA (European Information Association) - with useful links
European Information Network - regional network of information providers in the UK
DESite - excellent tutorial module on the history of the EU, provided by the University of Tilburg. The site is available in Dutch and English

European Documentation Centres (EDCs)

Links to EDCs offering good collections of resources:

University of California, Berkeley, USA - an extensive collection of EU links
University of Exeter - a really useful collection of links updated regularly
University of Louvain - an excellent French language site which includes the BEDE electronic bulletin
University of Mannheim (English language version - also available in German)
University of Valladolid (in Spanish only)

Public opinion

Eurobarometer - the European Commission's public opinion surveys

Research collections

The Centre for European Policy Studies - news, events and full text of commentaries, plus details of publications
Centre for European Reform - online briefing papers and bulletin
The European Policy Centre - full text of notes and reports
European Research Papers Archive - common access point for online working paper series on European integration research
ARCHISplus - the European Commission's historical archives database
The European University Institute in Florence - including the Library catalogue and EUI working papers, and the Historical Archives of the European Union and EURhistar, the database of the archive collections
The History of European Integration site produced by Leiden University History Department contains the full texts of a range of historical documents

Gateways

Euroguide - search for European information on the Internet by keyword or through the subject index
KnowEurope - the Web Directory lists sites providing information on Europe, the EU and related issues

News and current affairs

EurActiv - news, current affairs and policy dossiers
EU Observer - news and topical reports on EU-centred issues
EU Business - independent online business information service

For further help and information about European Union Resources please contact Grace Hudson (g.l.hudson@bradford.ac.uk, JB Priestley Library, Room 2.5).

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