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International Crisis Group (ICG)

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Europa
The European Union's server for The Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors and other bodies of the European Union (EU)

  • The European Commission
    • On line Press Room (English or French)
      "...is designed for the accredited press based in Brussels and for journalists covering EU affairs from the Member States and further abroad. The site is updated around the clock, with press releases, live access to press briefings and EU events and news pictures from the Commission."
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    • Eurostat
      Free resources include: News Releases ; Statistics in Focus ; Key Indicators ; Database Information ; Eurostat News ; Catalogues ; Alert Me ; Links and Contacts.  Additional resources are fee-based.
    • Nice European Council
  • CORDIS - Community Research & Development Information Service
  • SCAD
    "...is a bibliographic database containing references of more than 300.000 documents divided in 4 sectors: Community legislation ; Official publications ; Articles from periodicals ; Opinions from the two sides of industry."
European Parliament
Sections include ; News ; Parliament ; Activities ; EP Live ; Subject.
  • TDIP
    Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners.
    • Final Report - (dead link) (January 2007)

The European Library - (dead link)
"The European Library is for searching the content of European national libraries."

BBC News - Europe

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) - EuroStudies
For each country includes: Articles/Papers/Reports ; Government Bodies ; Journals (full text) ; News ; Organisations/Societies ; Research Projects/Centres.

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Abacho SearchEngine
Abacho Europe: Germany ; Austria ; Switzerland ; UK ; France ; Spain ; Italy ; Turkey.

Academy of European Law
 European University Institute

Agricultural Biotechnology in Europe (ABE)
"This web site is a gateway to sites in many European countries where ABE is active, as well as other websites with useful information about agricultural biotechnology."

BC News - Inside Europe
Sections include: In the Spotlight ; Reference Guides ; Behind the Headlines ; Europewide Debates ; Glossary ; Country Profiles.

Beyond the Fall
The Former Soviet Bloc in Transition, 1989-1999
"For 10 years following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, TIME contract photographer Anthony Suau has traveled the lands of the former Soviet bloc. In the hundreds of powerful images and audio commentaries that follow, Suau documents in stark detail the people of that region as they shed their former skin and head into an unknown future."

British Council United Kingdom - European Resource Centres - (dead link)
"The European Resource Centres for Schools and Colleges (ERCs) provide teachers and students with information on issues relating to Europe and support the development of the European dimension in the curriculum."

  • European Information on the Web - (dead link)
    "These web sites can be used as a starting point for project and curriculum work and many of them are multi-lingual."

Brookings Institution

Central Europe Review
"The weekly journal of Central and East European Politics, Society and Culture"

CHILDE Project
Children's Historical Literature Disseminated Throughout Europe
Funded by the European Commission's Culture 2000 programme.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

Cultivate Interactive
"...a Web magazine which is funded under the European Commission's DIGICULT programme."

DAREnet - Digital Academic Repositories (English or Nederlands)
"...is a search service which gives free access to academic research output in the Netherlands. This is a broad collection which guarantees digital accessibility to the full text without any restrictions. DAREnet consists of 82210 digital objects...All Dutch universities, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) participate."

DELOS - Network for Excellence for Digital Libraries
"...provides an open context in which an international research agenda for future research activities in the digital libraries domain can be developed and continuously updated.
Funded by the European Commission IST programme

eee~n - European Environmental Education ~Newsletter

EIROnline: European Industrial Relations Observatory Online
"...is a major project of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. EIROnline is EIRO's on-line database...EIRO initiates, collects, stores, disseminates and provides access to information and analysis on developments in industrial relations in the 15 EU Member States, plus Norway, and at European/international level. EIRO is a network, made up of the 16 National Centres and an EU-level Centre, from which information and analysis flows in to a central unit at the European Foundation."

Electronic Text Collection in Western European Literature
"This page lists Internet sources for literary texts in the western European languages other than English. Translations are mentioned only when they are included in collections of original language texts, or when they are themselves of interest. Collections are listed more or less in order of size; indivdual [sic] authors are listed alphabetically."
From the Western European Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries

EUR-Lex - (dead link)
European Union Law
"...access to issues of the Official Journal of the European Communities (both L and C series) published in the last twenty days, the Treaties, consolidated versions of existing legislation and recent judgments by the Court of Justice."
Requires free registration

Euro Homepage
"This web site has been created and maintained by Giancarlo Corsetti [University of Rome III, Yale University (visiting) and CEPR]. It provides links to news, analysis and opinions regarding the European Monetary Union from many available sources on the Internet."

EuroHIV
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS
HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - (dead link)

  • "The State of Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union - Pilot Study" - (dead link)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
"Financing the economic transition in central and eastern Europe and the CIS"

European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages (EBLUL) (English or French)
"It acts and speaks on behalf of the more than 40 million European Union citizens who speak an autochthonous language other than the main official language of the State in which they live...The Bureau's general aim is to promote the autochthonous lesser used (regional, minority and non-territorial) languages of the member states of the European Union and the linguistic rights of those who speak these languages."

European Centre Home Page
"an intergovernmental organization concerned with social welfare, affiliated to the United Nations. It is an international centre for social research, policy, information and training. "

European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
"ECRE is an umbrella organisation of 78 refugee-assisting agencies in 31 countries working towards fair and humane policies for the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees."

European Environment Agency
Sections include: Press Room ; Theses (reports, indicators, links and datasets) ; Search ; Services ; EEA ; Country Information and EIONET)

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

European Information Association (EIA)
"...is an international body of information specialists whose aim is to develop, co-ordinate and improve access to EU information."

European Integration Online Papers (EloP)

  • "Closer Co-operation, a new instrument for European Environmental Policy?" - (dead link) By Stefani B‰r, et al., Vol. 4 (2000), No. 13

European Journal of International Law
Past issues only

European Judicial Network (EJN)
"To facilitate the work of the contact points of the European Judicial Network, but also of all practitioners involved in mutual legal assistance, the General Secretariat of the Council, which is responsible for the administration of the Network, has prepared this first website as a practical tool. It contains a number of relevant legal instruments applicable in this field in the European Union. These instruments have been adopted by the Council itself but also by other fora such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the OECD. The information will be regularly updated."

European Marketing Academy

European National Newspapers
"This is a useful directory of European National Newspapers. This directory was created to simplify the sourcing of European news published in European newspapers. National newspapers of European countries are listed. However, in some countries the larger circulation newspapers are favoured regionally or politically

European Ombudsman
Section include: General Information ; Reports ; Decisions ; Activities ; Legal Basis ; Resources ; Links ; Other.

European Ozone Research Coordinating Unit
Sections include: Reports ; EC and Nationally Funded Research ; Meetings ; Job Announcements ; EORCU ; Ozone Related Resources ; Workshops ; Picture Gallery ; Links ; Papers

European Parliament (EUROPARL)

European Property Federation
"...represents all aspects of private property ownership and investment : residential landlords, Scandinavian housing companies, commercial property companies, shopping centres and the property interests of the institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, pension funds)."

European Research Papers Archive (ERPA)
"ERPA is a common access point for...online working paper series in the field of European integration research ... "

European Schoolnet (eun.org Portal)
The Gateway to Education in Europe
"European Schoolnet (EUN) is a unique not-for-profit consortium of 28 ministries of education in Europe created in 1997. EUN provides major European education portals for teaching, learning and collaboration and leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology."

European Union Internet Resources - (dead link)
From the Government & Social Science Information Section of UC Berkeley Library
By Mike Chambers

European University Institute Library - (dead link)

EuroScanner
Euro Search Engine
Search by Country, Trade, Job Area, or Content.

Finding the Law: The Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe
Andorra, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican State; also Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Northern Cyprus; and an addendum including Republika Srpska, Montenegro, Kosovo and Transnistria "
By Andrew Grossman
LLRX.com Feature published October 1, 2001.

Gabriel - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries - (dead link) (English, French or German)

  • Treasures from Europe's National Libraries - (dead link)

Germany Decides 2002
CNN.com In-Depth
Sections include: Election Results ; Stories ; Resources ; From Time ; Pre-Election News and Analysis.

Guide to Researching the Council of Europe
"This guide is designed to assist the researcher seeking information and documentation about and from the Council of Europe (CoE). We begin with a brief history of the CoE and a table listing its major institutions in comparison with those of the European Union. The bulk of this guide discusses the major institutions of the CoE and their main forms of documentation. The final section lists CoE entities and conventions by broad subject categories."
By Anne Burnett, Reference/Foreign & International Law Librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law Library

Harvard Law School

The History of the European Union
"The History of the European Union, based on the General Report on the Activities of the European Union, presents the chronology of the important accomplishments of the EU and its institutions."

IENICA Database - (dead link) An Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications.
A Project funded by DGXII of the European Commission

In and Out of the Collective: - (dead link)
Papers on Former Soviet Bloc Rural Communities
"...is an on-line journal, issued by the Bulgarian Society for Regional Cultural Studies. Its aim is to present current research in the countries of the former Soviet Bloc relating to the process of adaptation of rural communities to the realities of transition to a market economy in a capitalist-like society."
Institute for Anthropological Field Research at the New Bulgarian University

Inside Europe
Your Guide to Life Inside the European Union
Includes: Timeline of the EU ; Country Factfiles ; EU Institutions ; Budget Explained ; Guide to the Euro.
From BBC News

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

International Crisis Group (ICG)

IPR-Helpdesk
Intellectual Property Rights
"...comprehensive information on the benefits and practical aspects of IPR protection; links to hundreds of IPR related websites including professional bodies, national and transnational patent authorities, and many others; access to patent search systems such as the European Patent Organisation's esp@cenet service, which gives access to more than 30 million patent specifications; tutorials and specialized front ends to patent search services; a document collection including all EU Directives relating to IPR; - and many other sources of information, including IP-Wire, our on-line newsletter, which is also available by e-mail on request."
Funded by the European Commission

[Islam] BBC NEWS In-Depth - Muslims in Europe
Sections include: Key Stories ; Islam in Europe ; Quick Guide: Islam ; Headscarves ; After 7 July and Madrid ; Around Europe ; The French Experience.

JURIST EU - (dead link)
The Legal Education Network
"European Union law school and legal education resources, recommended by law professors for students, lawyers, and scholars learning or teaching law."

[Kosovo] Independent International Commission on Kosovo

[Kosovo] International Crisis Group (ICG)

[Kosovo] JURIST - Milosevic Trial

Market Access Sectoral and Trade Barriers Database - (dead link) "The Sectoral and Trade Database may be queried by either a Country, a Sector or a Measure."
- European Union

National Library of Lithuania - Lietuvos Martyno Mazvydo nacionaline biblioteka

NATO Topics - NATO in the Fight Against Terrorism
Sections include: News ; Official Texts ; Opinion ; PDF Library ; Multimedia.

NESSTAR
"NESSTAR is an infrastructure for data dissemination via the Internet. NESSTAR Explorer offers an end user interface for searching, analysing and downloading data and documentation. NESSTAR Publisher offers tools and resources for making data and documentation available via the Internet.
Funded by the European Union

Observatory of European Foreign Policy (Spain)
Sections include: Presentation ; Themes ; News ; Working Papers ; Library ; Activities ; Research ; Services.

  • Special Iraq
    "Short papers on the position of the international actors before the conflict."

An Overview of Estonian Law and Web Resources - (dead link)
By Kart Mill, Reference Librarian, Tartu University Library, Estonian Republic.
LLRX.com Feature - Published July 15, 2001.
"Editor's Note: This Guide is an update to the one published on July 15, 2000. New sites and additional references are noted in yellow highlighting."

PBS - Frontline - Blair's War (April 2003)
"Tony Blair tried - and failed - to bridge the gap between the U.S. and Europe over Iraq. Now, having risked everything, will his political fate be decided by the battle for Baghdad?"
Sections include: The Prime Minister ; The Fractured Alliance ; The Liberal Divide ; The Failure of Diplomacy ; Interviews ; Readings & Links ; Tapes & Transcripts.

Prague & European Flooding (Summer 2002)
Floods in Europe: Damages to Libraries and Archives
"A UNESCO information service on the damages in libraries and archives in Europe and on actions taken for disaster recovery."

National Library of the Czech Republic (English or Czech)

Radio Prague - Czech Republic Hit by Floods (August 2002)
Photo Gallery

TIME - Photo Essays - Prague's Flood Peril (August 2002)
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Brookings Institution - Center on the U.S. and Europe

Professional Marketing Forum Central & Eastern Europe

Public Libraries of Europe - (dead link)
Compiled by Sheila and Robert Harden

Push and Pull Factors of International Migration
 "The objective of the project is to improve our understanding of the direct and indirect causes and mechanisms of international migration to the European Union, from an internationally comparative perspective. The results are intended to serve as a basis for the development of policy instruments and to provide tools for estimating future migration."
By Eurostat and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute as requested by the Commission of the European Communities 

Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

Research Guide to Ukrainian Law
By Myroslava Kryvonos
Librarian, Legal Library of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation
LLRX.com Feature - Published May 1, 2002

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) - EuroStudies
For each country includes: Articles/Papers/Reports ; Government Bodies ; Journals (full text) ; News ; Organisations/Societies ; Research Projects/Centres.

Society for the Anthropology of Europe

SEPIA - Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access
"...is a EU-funded project focusing on preservation of photographic materials...This website is also a platform and a source of information for anyone who wants to know more about the preservation of photographic materials

  • "To Have and to Hold"
    "This website will offer some guidance in finding information about the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials."
    Sections include: Processes ; Preservation ; Digitisation ; Links & Literature.

Spiegel Online - (dead link)
International edition.

  • Special: Muslims in Europe - (dead link)

[Terrorism] NATO Topics - NATO in the Fight Against Terrorism
Sections include: News ; Official Texts ; Opinion ; PDF Library ; Multimedia.

[Terrorism] PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.

UNEP.Net - The U.N. Environment Network
"For authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers, committed to making their information freely available to the whole spectrum of users of environmental information."

  • Europe
    "The goal of the European Regional Portal is to make available the best existing sources of information on the European environment, and to provide means for integrating, analysing and adding value to such information - for improved environmental management and related decision-making."

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

The Washington Quarterly

Western European Studies Section
Association of College and Research Libraries



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