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European Union

a guide to resources for researching the European Union

Penn State Libraries as EU Depository

The Social Sciences Library, Second Floor Paterno Library, is a depository library for European Union publications and maintains an extensive collection of documents and supporting materials. Materials are collected to serve the research and teaching needs of Penn State faculty, staff, and students, as well as the larger Pennsylvania community.

European Union Basics

EU Centers of Excellence in the United States

The European Union Centers of Excellence is a consortium of 8 centers at leading U.S. research universities providing teaching, research, and outreach opportunities surrounding EU policy and US-EU relations.

University of California, Berkeley   

Florida International University and the University of Miami [partnership]
Florida International University    
University of Miami   

University of Illinois, Urbana   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Pittsburgh   

University of Texas at Austin   

University of Washington (Seattle)   

Washington, DC (American University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Georgetown University, The Johns Hopkins University) 

Scholarly Resources on the EU

Handbooks
Annual Reviews

Annual review articles are literature reviews on specific topics.  Begin your research with a literature review and follow-up by looking up the citations for each article.