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Resources for Country Profile

General Information

Library Catalog. books from NMSU Library. http://libcat.nmsu.edu
WorldCat. books from other libraries. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html.
Portals to the Web. covers 67 countries. addresses business, government, politics & law, culture, languages, and more. “Country Study” information created by the Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
World Factbook. covers more than 267 countries. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Foreign Affairs Online. links to official government websites of many countries. look under “foreign states.” http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
Country Watch. general information on country actions. http://www.countrywatch.com
Strategic Forecasting. look for “situation reports” on various countries. http://www.stratfor.com

Statistical Information

Eurostat. searchable collection of statistics from the EU. covers economy and finance; population & social conditions; industry, trade & services; agriculture & fisheries; external trade; transport; environment & energy; and science & technology. free registration provides an update service. cost for some statistics. http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/ 
UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). includes statistics. http://www.unece.org/

EU Resources (countries & topics within the EU)

General (information on both countries & topics within the EU)

 

Europa = the European Union Server. includes current news, official documents, information on the different institutions and bodies of the EU, policies of the Union, and their FAQ (called Abc) http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm
European Union Press Release Database http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh
SEE ALSO European Commission Online Press Room http://europa.eu.int/comm/press_room/index.htm
Legislative Observatory (OEIL). database including status of legislation in progress (procedural files), commentary on parliamentary actions, citations to documents, and selected full text documents. http://www.europarl.eu.int/dors/oeil/en/
SCAD Database. bibliographical database containing references to over 250,000 documents from 1983 to the present. http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/
Researching the European Union. official and comprehensive guide for scholars and researchers studying its institutions. information on document access, treaties and institutions, legislation, and EU publishing operations. http://www.eurunion.org/infores/resguide.htm
European Union: Official Texts. features EUR-Lex (EU law documents), treaties, the Bulletin of the EU, General Reports on Activities of the EU, press releases and more. http://europa.eu.int/documents/index_en.htm 
RAPID. Press releases, background notes, speeches from several EU agencies. http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/press_communication/index_en.htm
Search the EU Servers http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/query_en.htm

 

EU Component Agencies


See Flow of Power, http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/europe/2001/inside_europe/eu_institutions/flow_chart.stm  for more on how these agencies accomplish the work of the EU.

European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index.htm

Council http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm

PreLex. follow inter-institutional decision-making processes with documentation of  proposals, through communications and transmission to the Council or to European Parliament, until their adoption or  rejection by the Council, their adoption by Parliament or their withdrawal by the Commission. http://europa.eu.int/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en

European Parliament. news; parliamentary dossiers; reports, minutes, and debates from plenary sessions; studies; and legislative observatory for tracking the process. http://www.europarl.eu.int/

PreLex. see entry under the Council of Ministers.

Court of Justice http://www.curia.eu.int

Court of Justice Proceedings. weekly Bulletin since no.23/96. short summaries of judgments and brief notes on opinions in the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance. http://www.curia.eu.int/en/actu/activites/activite.htm 

Court of Auditors http://www.eca.eu.int/

European Central Bank http://www.ecb.int/
SEE ALSO the European Monetary Institute, http://www.ecb.int/emi/emi.htm, predecessor of the ECB

Other EU Agencies

European Environment Agency. includes documents and SERIS, State of the Environment Reporting. http://www.eea.eu.int/

European Institute of Public Administration. funded by the EU and staffed by representatives from the Member States and the European Commission. http://www.eipa.nl/

Other Resources

European Union Internet Resources. links to EU Documents on the Web. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/gov_info.html 
This Week in Europe. weekly summary of political, economic, and social events in the European Union (EU). good for hard-to-find European news. http://www.cec.org.uk/press/we/latest.htm
Accessing European Union Information. comprehensive guide to finding European Union documents, publications, and websites. http://www.eurunion.org/infores/resguide.htm
Eurobarometer. Public opinion surveys on a variety of European issues. http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/
European Union Studies Association. good for news, essays, and scholarly publications on the EU. http://www.eustudies.org/
European Integration Current Contents. provides tables of contents for 101 journals (from 14 countries and in 9 languages) relevant to EU integration. http://www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/TOC/index.html
European Integration online Papers (EIoP). interdisciplinary working papers in the field of European integration research. http://eiop.or.at/eiop/

Countries within the EU

European Governments On-line. fast and easy access to main sited of the 15 EU member states. links to the executive branch, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and others. http://europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.htm 
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. full-text access to current news, business, legal, and reference information. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
InfoTrac. full-text articles, abstracts and citations from several thousand academic journals, general periodicals, magazines and newspapers. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Wilson Select. full text journal database with over 800 high-quality periodicals. covers 1994 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Issues/Topics within the EU

Business & Financial Issues

Market Access Database. From DGI; trade conditions, national rules, tariff barriers. http://mkaccdb.eu.int/
ABI/INFORM. covers 1000 worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. includes some full-text articles. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Business Source Elite. full-text articles from nearly 970 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting from 1990 to the present. also includes abstracts from another 1,650 journals from 1984 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
EconLit. citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 600 economics journals from 1969 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Agricultural & Environmental Issues

AGRICOLA. covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. gives citations to  journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials. covers 1970 to present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
CABDirect. gives citations to international literature in agriculture, including books, conference proceedings and journal articles from 1973 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Environmental Universe. comprehensive access to a full range of envirnmental concerns, from local to worldwide conditions. coverage includes journals, conference papers and proceedings. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
GEOBASE. citations to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology from 1980 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Pollution Abstracts. provides access to the literature of the environment, including air pollution, waste management, toxicology and health, and environmental action from 2002 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Water Resources Abstracts. citations to journal articles, conference proceedings and reports covering engineering, scientific and environmental perspectives on water resources from 1976 to the present. available at Branson Library Reference department only. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide. largest index to citations on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians and their management. also includes unpublished conference proceedings, dissertations and field reports. 1971 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Science & Technology Issues

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts. covers all areas of science, engineering, and technology. indexes more than 600 periodicals, including trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Social Issues

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database. abstracts of child abuse information from journals and reports from 1967 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Contemporary Women's Issues. gives citations to over 1,500 sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world from 1992 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Criminal Justice Abstracts. gives citations to journal articles, books and agency reports in criminology and related discliplines from 1968 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Education Abstracts. citations to journal articles and yearbook entries covering administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Health & Medical Issues

MEDLINE. citations to articles from 3,900 journals in all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more from 1965 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Governmental, Public Administration, & Legal Issues

Guide to European Legal Databases. organized by country or topic, such as indices, databases, and constitutions. Explains & links to legal resources available on the Internet. http://www.llrx.com/features/europenew.htm 
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books. citations from over 890 journals, yearbooks, law reviews, and bar association publications. covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship from 1981 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
PAIS. citations to literature on public affairs from 1972 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Social Science Citation Index. citations from 1,700 worldwide journals in a broad range of disciplines. includes all significant items such as articles, letters, editorials, etc. 1996 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
Social Sciences Abstracts. citations from some 415 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Statistical Information

Statistical Universe. statistical information from hundreds of major federal, state and international sources are searchable by subject and agency. charts can be viewed & downloaded in a variety of formats. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Regional Search Engines

Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Search Engines Worldwide http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/

Translation Tools

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Kate Manuel (kmanuel@lib.nmsu.edu) is responsible for this page. 
Page last updated: Friday, June 11, 2004 .