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Y350: Politics of the European Union

Selected Reference Works

A Dictionary of the European Union. New York: Europa, 2002.
Research Collection Reference KJE926.5 .P55 2002


A Chronological History of the European Union, 1946-2001. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2002.
Research Collection Reference HC240 .V258 2002


Eurojargon : A Dictionary of European Union Acronyms, Abbreviations and Sobriquets, 6th ed. Chicago, IL: F. Dearborn, 2000.
Research Collection Reference KJE926.5 .R35 2000


Europa World Plus
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Includes contact information for officials and features information on over 1,700 international organizations. Online library database.


Encyclopedia of the European Union. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.
Research Collection Reference JN30 .E52 2000


Finding Books

Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.
Hint: When you find a really good title, look at the Subject Headings for that book. Use these in a new search.


Finding Articles: Databases

More relevant databases can be found at the Political Science Databases page: ?pageId=1697&subjectId=59&mode=subjectId

The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Databases by Subject -› Political Science


*** Academic Search (EBSCO)
Interdisciplinary database that provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.


Columbia International Affairs Online
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs, offering fulltext of working papers from research organizations, abstracts of foreign policy journal articles, etc. Coverage: 1991 onward


International Political Science Abstracts
Indexes the world's leading journals in political science, including nearly 900 journals. Coverage: 1989-


*** PAIS International
Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government. Coverage: 1972-present


Polling the Nations
Public opinion surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries. Coverage: 1986


SourceOECD
Online portal for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publications issued since 1998, including statistics. Coverage: 2000 -


Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy. Coverage: 1975-


Selected Websites: European Union

Buelletin of the European Union: http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/welcome.htm


Euractiv.com: http://www.euractiv.com/
EU News, Policy Positions and Contacts Online


European Union Homepage: http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
"The server offers information on the European Union's goals and policies. It is a common endeavour of the EU's institutions, run by the European Commission." (description from ISN)


Historical Archives of the European Communities (HAEC): http://www.iue.it/ECArchives/
"Includes original EC files, by annual tranches. It also seeks to acquire papers of European politicians or officials, or archives of European associations, parties and institutions, with a relevant role in the construction of the EU." (description from ISN)


Europarl: http://www.europarl.eu.int/
"The multilingual internet web server of the European Parliament. It includes full text documents of the parliament plus a self-description in 11 languages. (description from ISN)"


Finding Foreign Newspaper Articles: Databases

*** Lexis-Nexis Academic
NEXIS includes full text of many newspapers (including the NYT 1980-today), magazines, transcripts and more. LEXIS includes laws, statutes and legal articles. Coverage: varies


Finding International News in LexisNexis:


English Language Newspapers:
Go to LexisNexis Academic.
> Click on "Guided News Search" tab.
> Select a News Category.
> select the "World News" category
> "Select a News Source"
> select whatever region that you want to search. Remember to pay attention to the date range that you are searching.


Foreign Language Newspaper:
Go to LexisNexis Academic.
> Click on "Guided News Search" tab.
> Select a News Category.
> select the "Non-English Language News " category
> "Select a News Source"
> select the language that you want to search. Remember to pay attention to the date range that you are searching.


*** World News Connection
Translations of foreign news and information sources from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Coverage: 1995-


Additional Resources:


Citing Your Sources

No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/.


APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference


MLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003
LB2369 .G53 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference


Chicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003
Z253 .U69 2003 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference
Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.


Questions?

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Additional Library Contacts

Robert Goehlert, Librarian for Economics, Poli Sci, Global Studies, Criminal Justice, & West European Studies, goehlert@indiana.edu


Last modified on 12 January 2007