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Library Resource Guide for IAFS 4500 Section 001
Economics and Enlargement of the European Union
Research Paper

1. European Union Documents and Publications
   • ECLAS (European Commission Libraries Catalogue for periodicals)
   • SCADPlus (Activities of the European Union)
   • EUROPA (Gateway to European Union)
   • European Economic and Social Committee (consultative group to EU)
   • European Central Bank
   • European Integration Online Portal

    

2. Secondary Sources—Scholarly Sources

    

   1. Journals
      • general search techniques:
        • use broader/narrow terms within the same concept blocks
        • combine search terms from different concept blocks
        • use synonyms within the same concept blocks
        • use database specific subject terms for more focused search results
        • apply field searching (such as abstract, title, descriptors, publication type) to search terms
        • combine search terms with logical operators, truncation, and nesting
          eg, (countries or nations) and econom*

      • EconLit
      • International Political Science Abstracts
      • ABI/INFORM Global (review suggested topics for better search strategies/keywords)
      • Business Source Premier

         

      • Environmental Issues & Policy Index
      • AGRICOLA (agriculture)

         

      • Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index)
      • for additional indexes, go to Databases by Subject or contact librarian for recommendations

       

   2. Secondary Sources—Books
      • Unless you are looking for known items, always break your topics down into keywords and connect with these keywords with the word "and". E.g. European Union and migration.

         

      • Books we have can be found in Chinook
      • Books you have accessed to within a few business days can be found in Prospector
      • Books we can borrow for you from libraries all over the world but may take a week or two to a few months can be found in WorldCat. (The free web version offers less features.)

         

      • You may also want to use Google Books or Colorado State University library catalog Sage to locate books chapters.
        

         

        NOTE: Both are supplemental but if you find something relevant and want to borrow the book, do a title search in Chinook or click on Repeat Search in Prospector if you are in Sage.

         

3. Secondary Sources—Think Tank/Advocacy Groups Position Papers/Analysis
   • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
   • PAIS International

    

4. Secondary Sources--Country Analysis
   • EIU and other country reports can be found in Business Source Premier
   • World Bank e-Library (type in your searches in *full-text* search field only)
   • SourceOECD
   • Access UN

    

5. Secondary Sources—Multi-Disciplinary Journal/Magazine Indexes
   • Alternative Press Index
   • Left Index
   • InfoTrac OneFile
   • Academic Search Premier
   • Social Sciences Abstract/Full Text

    

6. Secondary Sources--Newspapers (US and foreign)
   • EIU Viewswire
   • LexisNexis Academic (need to search General News, World News, Wire, Transcripts sections seperately) (Commands-at-a-Glance)
   • ProQuest Newspapers
   • Factiva (Search Quick Reference Guide)
   • World News Connection (translation of newspaper from native languages into English with 24- 48 hours) *contact librarians for password*

    

7. Data
   • Eurostat
   • Market Access Database (EU trade statistics)
   • LABORSTA (International Labor Organization) or browse by topics
   • UN Common Database
   • LexisNexis Statistical
   • other Economic data sources

    

8. Other library guides
   • Government Publications Subject Guide on European Union
   • European Union Guide from Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   • European Union Internet Resources from University of California Berkeley Library.

Last Update: February 16, 2007/JY