Library Guides: European Union: Indexes to EU documentation

Indexes

CAT - Penn State Library Catalog
Many documents received since early 1986 can be located in the Penn State Libraries' online catalog.

The online catalog of materials owned by Penn State Libraries.
Includes books, ebooks, videos, periodicals, maps, music, digitized works, microfilm titles, and other formats that are in the University Libraries' collections.
Note: you will not find articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals in the library catalog.
Coverage: Presently contains about 7 million titles. Updates: Hourly as new records are added or updated.

To locate earlier materials and microfiche collections, specialized indexes are needed. If you can not locate what you need in the CAT please consult with the Social Sciences Library staff on 2nd Floor Paterno Library. As an depository library, the Penn State University Libraries have direct, free access to a number of EU databases based in Brussels and Luxembourg.

Much of the collection is accessible only through specialized indexes and abstracts. The most important indexes:

Bibliographie Parlement européen, 1970-2003: European Parliament bibliography, 1970-2003
Contains bibliographic references to material published about the European Parliament and its activities over the period 1970-2003 in the member states of the European Union.
Documents. Annual Catalogue. Commission of the European Communities
The primary print index to the European Union microfiche collections. Available in the Social Sciences Library Reference Collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library.
Bulletin of the European Union
Reviews the work of the EU institutions and gives citations to major documents and publications.

Nexis Uni
This online full-text database provides access to the EU legislation, case law, and news material.

Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Covers many news sources for 20 years. Court cases and statutes from all federal and state jurisdictions are included. Most resources can be searched in full text.