EDC Databases

There are a vast number of resources for finding information on European Union issues and documents issued by EU institutions. See the lists below for a selection.

Institutional Websites

Europa , the interinstitutional server of the EU, the main source for EU documents, publications, policies etc.

European Parliament , the official multilingual site of the EP

European Commission , the official multilingual site of the EC

European Court of Justice , the official multilingual site of the ECJ

Council of the EU , the official multilingual site of the Council of the EU

ScadPlus is just one of the useful summaries of EU policies and activities to be found on the Europa and European Parliament websites

EU Official Resources

EUR-Lex is the portal which provides direct free access to European Union law. The system allows users to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals. It offers extensive search options.

RAPID is a database of the press releases of the European Union institutions with a variety of search options.

ECLAS (European Commission Library Catalogue) contains the bibliographical records for EU and other International Organisation publications, commercially produced books and periodical articles on European affairs.

The Legislative Observatory is a tool for following the Community decision-making process with links to the documents (administered by the European Parliament).

PreLex is a database on inter-institutional procedures follows the major stages of the decision-making process between the Commission and the other institutions and has links to the documents.

Legal bibliography of European integration is an annual bibliography on the legal issues of European integration compiled by the library of the Court of Justice containing reference to books and periodical articles. A bimonthly update is available on the Court’s website.

IATE is a multilingual dictionary, database produced by the translation service of the Commission.

EUROSTAT is the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

EU Bookshop This EU Publications Office digital library contains both historic and recent official publications. Pdf publications are free of charge and there is the possibility to order printed copies.

EU Whoiswho, the official directory of the European Union (electronic version) , Previous years available on paper;1975-1993 ;1994-1996 ;1997-

Other EU Resources

European Sources Online provides information about the institutions, structures, countries, regions, peoples, policies and processes of the European Union and the wider Europe.

European Integration History Index provides internet resources on the History of Europe after WWII in all languages.

Archive of European Integration is an electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification.

European Navigator is the Internet knowledge base whose educational approach provides students, teachers, researchers and anyone else interested in European issues with information on the history of European integration - multimedia and multilingual.

Europeana.eu is a digital library containing 4 million items, including images, texts, audio and video, from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections

Agence Europe is a daily bulletin (English version) on CDROM which contains news and information in full text on European economic and political integration from Europe daily bulletins and various supplements 1995 onwards. Prior to 1995 available in other formats along with similar publications.

European Integration Current Contents publishes the tables of contents for 108 journals, in nine languages, relevant in European integration.

Eur-Activ is a free portal giving EU news, policy positions and "EU actors".

Virtual full-text library of European documents (EDC Mannheim) is a free interface to the CELEX database and other EU databases, which is very user-friendly although less sophisticated search options. Very useful for getting documents.

EuroInternet , Vienna