Finding Books

• The best way to find a book on your topic is to start with a search in the Library Catalog. Once you've found something of interest, you should also browse the stacks in that particular area.
• Possible Subject Headings to use in the Library Catalog:
  

  Sample Subject Headings:

• Europe -- History 1945-
• Europe -- Economic Conditions 1945-
• Europe -- Economic Policy
• Europe -- Politics and Government 1945-
• Europe -- Social Conditions 20th Century
• European Union
  • Here are entered works on the European Union as a political entity. This heading may be subdivided geographically to indicate relationships with specific regions or countries, e.g. European Union--Great Britain. Works discussing collectively the member countries of the European Union as a geographic region are entered under European Union countries.
    
    
• European Union Countries
  • Here are entered works discussing collectively the member countries of the European Union as a geographic region after 1992. Works on the European Union as a political entity are entered under European Union. Works discussing collectively the member countries of the European Economic Community as a geographic region during the period 1958-1992 are entered under European Economic Community countries.
    
    
• European Economic Community Countries
  • Here are entered works discussing collectively the member countries of the European Economic Community as a geographic region during the period 1958-1992. Works discussing collectively the member countries of the European Union as a geographic region after 1992 are entered under European Union countries. Works on the European Economic Community as an international body are entered under European Economic Community.
    
    
• European Communities see also European Community
  • Here are entered works on the European communities discussed collectively. Works on an individual community, such as the European Economic Community, and works on a common institution or service of the European communities are entered under the appropriate name heading
    
    
• European Cooperation
  
  
• European Federation
  
  
• European Monetary System Organization
  
  
• European Parliament
  
  
• Euro

Searching for Articles using E-Resources A - Z

• EconLit
  
  
• Historical Abstracts
  
  
• PAIS International/Public Affairs Information Service
  
  
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  
  
  News Resources:
  
  
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic provides full-text of US and foreign newspapers and some periodicals. European legal materials are also available online.
  • World News Connection provides English-language transcripts of foreign news broadcasts.

Searching the Web

• Web Guides and Resources:
  
  
  • Europa - The European Union On-Line the portal site of the European Union run by the European Commission [English site]
    • The History of the European Union A chronology from 1946 to 2002
      
      
  • EuroInternet : Information Resources Related to European Integration in the Internet maintained by Dr. Michael Nentwich, European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-Austria)
    
    
  • European Union Internet Resources from the Library, University of California, Berkeley
    
    
  • Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
    
    
  • Library of Congress Country Studies

Selected Reference Resources

• One Europe, many nations : a historical dictionary of European national groups
  MH/Main Reference D 21.3 .M55 2000
  
  
• Europa World Yearbook
  
  
• Western Europe 2003
  MH/Main Reference D 967 .W43 2007
  
  
• A dictionary of European history and politics, 1945-1995
  MH/Main Reference D 1051 .U78 1996
  
  
• Oxford Companion to Politics of the World
  MH/Main Reference JA 61 .O95 2001
  
  
• What's what and who's who in Europe
  MH/Main Reference JN 3 .D76 1995
  
  
• European political facts, 1900-1996
  MH/Main Reference JN 12 .C637 1998
  
  
• Historical dictionary of the European community
  MH/Main Reference JN 15 .D56 1993
  
  
• European Yearbook
  MH/Main Reference JN 3 A5 1993
  
  
• European Union: A Handbook
  MH/Main Reference D 1060 E8685 2002
  

 

Statistics

• Demographic Yearbook (UN)
  MH/Main Reference HA 17 D45 1994
  
  
• Statistical Yearbook (UN)
  MH/Main Reference HA 12.5 U63
  

• World Development Indicators
  
  
• Eurobarometer

Citing and Evaluation Websites

Getting Started On Research MHC Guide

Guides for Citing Sources

Evaluating Web Sites

Having trouble finding what you need? Go to LITS and chat with a librarian at the Reference Desk. Or, with advance notice, set up an appointment to meet with Bryan Goodwin, Politics liaison.