Political and Social Sciences Research Guide
The Library Catalogue is the starting-point for locating books and accessing online journals, ebooks and databases. All paper and electronic resources are indexed in the Catalogue. To check due-dates and renew 30-day loans, patrons can use My Account in the Catalogue top-menu. EUI members can access ebooks and journals while off-campus. The classification of the Social and Political Sciences Collection is explained on this Library page.
The political and social sciences monographs collection is located on the first floor of the Badia Library. All works are classified according to the Dewey Decimal system. Full-text ebooks are accessible via the Catalogue. The Library has particular strengths in:
- Political and Social Theory (100-199; 300-301; 320.01)
- Sociology (300-307)
- Comparative Politics (320-328)
- Politics of European integration, the EU and processes of Europeanisation (321.0404)
- International Relations
- International Political Economy (360-369; 380-389)
- Statistical theory and data science (005; 519).
Library floorplans are on this page.
Books may be borrowed for 30 days, renewable if not requested by another reader. Readers should regularly check their accounts for overdue books - especially approaching holiday periods. Overdue books are subject to fines.
Readers can suggest books, ebooks and manuals for acquisition by completing this online form. All new and older titles - in any language - are considered.
Electronic journals are accessible via the Library Catalogue. EUI members also have off-campus access. Paper journals are located on the upper floor of the Library.
The Web of Science is a bibliographic database of articles from 22,000 peer-reviewed journals, with tools for advanced search, citation analysis and rankings' reports.
Publishers' e-journal platforms can be used for bibliography-building. Among the most important in the political and social sciences are Ingenta, JSTOR, Science Direct, Springerlink and Wiley.
The EUI Library Catalogue can be used for bibliography-building and exporting bibliographic metadata.
Google Scholar can be used for literature search and access to EUI subscription journals.
Cadmus is the EUI research repository. All EUI professors, fellows and researchers should submit details of works published during their time at the EUI to Cadmus. Where possible, full texts are included. Details of EUI open access publishing agreements are on this Library page.
Full text working papers can be accessed via the Library Catalogue and Google Scholar. Older paper versions are held in Library storage and can be requested via this online form.
EUI working papers are indexed in the the institutional repository Cadmus and the Library Catalogue.
Pofessors, Fellows and Researchers should submit bibliographic details of their EUI publications for inclusion in Cadmus. Submission guidelines are on this page.
Research data services are introduced on this Library page. The EUI Data Portal links to 72 resource guides with (i) data description (ii) time coverage (iii) support links and (iv) instructions on how to access data.
Political, macroeconomic and historical time series databases provide statistics on global, regional and national economic and political-economic developments, provided by international organisations and major data publishers including: Databanks, ECB, Eurostat, Global Financial Data, IMF, OECD, Refinitiv-LSEG, Standard & Poor’s, Statista GmbH, World Bank, UN and WIIW.
Socio-economic databases provide individual, family and household observations. Major providers include: DIW, Eurostat, GESIS, ICPSR, Moody’s Analytics-BvD and UKDS. Access to micro data on the EUI Library restricted data server requires registration. Current EUI members can register for access by completing the micro data registration form (selecting the required dataset from the drop-down menu).
European, EU and Euro Area databases provide data for research on pan-European topics, EU states, European sub-state regions, the Euro area and Europe in global context.
- Data support services are described on this Library page
- Terms and conditions of access and use are described on this Library page
- An overview of EUI research software is on this ICT page
- Software manuals are available in the 001-006 shelf range on the first floor of the Library
- For ICT support, Ethics Committee review and DPO enquiries, use the emails in this directory
- A-Z Directory of Electronic Resources.
- The reference collection and specialist reference support, are introduced on this Library page
- SAGE Research Methods provides ebooks and tools in support of social science research methodology
- The Web of Science is a searchable database of 22,000 scholarly journals worldwide.
International news resources are listed in this Library directory.
News databases and digital archives for research purposes include;
- Factiva-Dow Jones worldwide digital news archive [Guide]
- Westlaw legal and general news archive
- PressReader same-day newspaper and magazine portal.
The Microform Collection is located on the ground (garden) floor of the Badia Library.
Book reviews are published in the New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement and London Review of Books. Paper versions of these publications are also available on the right side of the entry-level floor at the Badia Library.
The Sage Information Literacy platform provides resources "for the digital age of mis-, dis-, and malinformation." The Sage Research Methods platform is introduced on this Library page.
The Library Services directory provides information about My Account; suggesting books for purcahse; printing and photocopying; borrowing and renewals; inter-library loans and off-campus access to electronic resources.
The Library Research Skills Programme includes sessions on bibliography building; data management; international news resources; Sage Research Methods; the Web of Science and Zotero.
Visiting Scholars
For research support please contact Thomas Bourke
Tel. 2346 [+39 055 468 5346]
Office: BF-085, Badia Library, first floor.
Page last updated on 19 May 2025