With the exceptions of European Voice, all of the news sources listed below are also available
on LexisNexis. Both LexisNexis and Westlaw provide access to many other EU and European
news sources. See Section III below for more information.
The Economist: Current three months in 5th floor Grand Reading Room browsing area.
European Voice: Current six months. Most recent issue in 5th floor Grand Reading Room
browsing area. Older issues in 5th floor, south wing, newspaper area.
Financial Times: Current two weeks only. Most recent issue in 5th floor Grand Reading Room
browsing area. Older issues in 5th floor, south wing, newspaper area.
New York Times: Current month only. Most recent issue in 5th floor Grand Reading Room
browsing area. Older issues in 5th floor, south wing, newspaper area.
Bulletin of the European Union**
1) Content: Covers all institutions of the EU. Reports on activities of the council and
commission. References pertinent points in earlier issues.
2) Coverage/Location:
Global NewsBank
1) Content: News articles covering politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology,
and the environment from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim,
Central and South America, and the Middle East.
2) Coverage: 1996 - present.
3) Location: Accessible via the UW Madison Libraries home page at
http://www.library.wisc.edu. Click on “Journals, Magazines and Newspapers.” Then follow the
links to the appropriate database.
KnowEurope
1) Content: Full-text information from a large number of sources covering the European Union
and wider Europe, including news, legislative, directory, reference and statistical sources from
commercial publishers and from organizations such as the European Union and the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development.
2) Coverage/Location: http://www.knoweurope.net (1996 - present).
II. Journal/Publications Indexes - Provide citations to periodicals, books and other titles.
Indexes are searchable by a number of different access points (i.e. subject, author, title).
Europe Specific
European References
1)Content: The UW has access only to SCAD (Systeme communitaire d'access a la
documentation). This is a multilingual database with abstracts that contains references for
European Union documents and publications as well as citations to journal articles about
EU-related topics.
2) Coverage: 1983 - present.
3) Location: Accessible only in campus libraries via the UW Madison Libraries home page at
http://www.library.wisc.edu Click on “Journals, Magazines and Newspapers,” then follow the
links to the appropriate database. Also available as ECLAS directly from the EU at
http://europa.eu.int/eclas/.
Legal Journals Index
1) Content: Indexes articles from legal journals published in the United Kingdom and Europe and
journals covering topics pertaining to the laws of the European Community and of its Member
States. More than 430 United Kingdom and English language journals are covered.
2) Coverage/Location:
Legal and Social Science
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
1) Content: Citations to worldwide legal literature, covering all forms of foreign
(non-Anglo-American) law, including comparative law and legal systems.
2) Coverage/Location:
PAIS International Computer File (Public Affairs Information Service)
1) Content: Citations to more than 900 journals, books, statistical compilations and other titles on
an international scale in the areas of public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in
general. Includes many EU documents.
2) Coverage: 1972 to present.
3) Location: Accessible in campus libraries or remotely by UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff via
WiscWorld (1985 - present): http://library.law.wisc.edu/elecresources/databases/allwithann.php
For other law related journal/article indexes, consult the “Journal Articles Indexes” section from
the Law Library home page . The “Journal, Magazine, Newspaper Databases” link from the UW
Madison Libraries site provides access to a wide range of indexes, abstracts, databases, full text
articles, electronic journals and more.
III. LexisNexis and Westlaw
LexisNexis and Wesltaw contain a number of databases devoted to news, periodicals, legal and
other information centered around Europe and the European Union.
LexisNexis
Europe Library - see page 167 of the LexisNexis Directory of Online Services, 2004 (Reference
Collection Ref KF 242 A1 L2 ; also online at http://web.nexis.com/sources)
News, business analysis, country profiles, company information and legal and regulatory information.
European Communities Library - see page 174 of the LexisNexis Directory of Online Services, 2004.
Access to EC/EU news and legal material.
Westlaw
Consult pages 281-357 of the Westlaw Database Directory, 2004 (Reference Collection KF242 A1
W253; also online at http://directory.westlaw.com ) for access to International and Non-U.S. Legal
Materials. European and EU materials, such as European law reviews, news and business information,
EU cases, EU statutes and legislation and more, begins on page 309.
IV. Internet Research Guides and Directories
Accessing European Union Information, http://www.eurunion.org/infores/resguide.htm
A Research Guide from the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States.
Best European Union Law Web Sites, http://www.eurunion.org/infores/BestLawSites.htm
A directory of Internet resources from the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
Euroguide, http://www.euroguide.org/euroguide/subject-listing/
A subject gateway to web sites containing information about the European Union. Developed by
Essex County Libraries, with input from members of the EARL European Task Group.
European Union: A Guide to EU Resources (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/EU/
Features EU related publications and documents at Memorial Library.
The Guide to EU Information Sources on the Internet. 3rd ed. ( Routledge) _ Memorial Library
Reference ZA 4226 G85 2005
Researching the European Union
http://www.law.umn.edu/library/tools/pathfinders/euguide.htm
From the University of Minnesota. A guide to researching the EU and accessing EU documents.
V. Other Useful Web Sites
EU Hot Items
http://www.eurunion.org/news/home.htm
From the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. News releases, speeches,
radio programs, and more.
Eurlex
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/
The legal portal of European Union Law. Access EU treaties, directives, decisions, opinions, and
cases.
European Documentation Centre
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/edz/eedz.html
Site available in English (click on British flag) or German. Access news, documents, EU
databases, and more.
External Relations, http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/index.htm
Site from Europa offering news pertaining to the EU's external policies.
Rapid
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/
Free access to EC press releases.
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