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Finding Information in EU Law
Sarah Crofts, Law & Criminology Librarian
October 2012
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Access resources on the Moodle EU law course, Find the EU Law reading list on the Library Catalogue, Find relevant eBooks using the Library Catalogue and/or
eBook platforms, Recognise the main journals for EU law and search for
articles, Find Court of Justice judgments online Identify the major official EU websites, Select appropriate databases and free websites for EU
legal materials. Complete the assessments for this element of the course.
Library Catalogue and Reading Lists
Library Catalogue: Reading Lists
Search for your reading list
Select the UoG EU law course from the results
EU Law reading list
Click the + sign to open the list
Click on the link to go to the catalogue record
Click on the Print symbol to print all or part of the reading list.
Library Catalogue: What are the shelfmarks for EU Law? 341.2422 International Law is at 341 341.2 is the number for “the World community” 341.242 is the number for European regional
associations and organisations 341.2422 is the number specifically for the European
Union.
349.4 “Law on specific jurisdictions and areas of the
modern world” is at 349 349.4 is the number specifically for Western Europe.
Library Catalogue: other related shelfmarks for EU 320.94 320.9 is the number for Political Science and
320.94 is specifically for Europe. 327.4 327 is the number for International Relations and
327.4 is specifically for Europe. 352.33094 352 is the number for Public Administration.
There are various subdivisions, 352.33094 is the number for decision making in relation to Europe.
eBooks
E-books are books available in a variety of electronic formats such as PDF and ePub and you can access them on and off campus via the Library & It tab in the University portal
How to access our e-books • Via the University portal by navigating to the Library
Databases and Electronic Information Resources page from the e-Library channel in the Library & IT tab.
• Search and browse content in the e-book platforms. Just select Dawsonera, MyiLibrary, Cambridge Books or Oxford Scholarship Online from the A-Z list of e-resources.
• E-books are also listed in the Library Catalogue and can be retrieved from search results by choosing Electronic Books from the Refine Your Search menu.
• More information at: • http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/ils/ls/guides/e-books
Dawsonera – access: select Athens login
Dawsonera – home page: select Advanced Search
Dawsonera •Untick the “Include not owned” to see only owned content.
What’s so great about Dawsonera
Dawsonera is a multidisciplinary e-book platform of over 130,000 titles from a wide range of publishers, including many for Law.
You can access the titles we have purchased on the newly acquired resource from the eBook Catalogue.
If we don’t own the title you can search, preview (first 50 pages), and rent titles for up to 3 weeks for a small charge.
You can read online or download to a laptop, computer or Sony e-reader using Adobe Reader.
See the “Suggest for Purchase” button for recommendations for us to buy
Journals and Journal Articles
Some specialist journals
Common Market Law Review (CMLRev) European Business Law Review (EBusLR) European Law Review (ELRev) Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) Web Journal of Current Legal Issues (JCLI)
Check SwetsWise by title in Publication Search.
These titles are on different databases.
Finding journal articles
Library catalogue: Search by journal title, e.g. European Law Review.
Find European Law Review, a key title, on Westlaw
Find Common Market Law Review on SwetsWise.
Portal Library & IT tab e-Library
E-Library: Library Databases
Westlaw – Create Profile
Westlaw: EL Rev article search
Article title: States in the European Union
Westlaw: EL Rev article search results
Westlaw: EL Rev article
European Law Review: publisher’s website
Thomson Reuters/Sweet & Maxwell website: http://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Catalogue/ProductDetails.aspx?recordid=427&productid=6968#aContentsrecentissues
Scanned articles
Scanned versions of some of the “hard to find” journal articles from the weekly reading are on the EU Law Moodle course – see the “Scanned Articles” folder in the Topic Outline section at the start of the course. They are all items which are NOT included
on the databases.
Legislation and Court of Justice decisions
Finding legislation Official Journal of the
European Union (usually known simply as The Official Journal).
Access from the Europa website
Also linked from Library Catalogue (you need to enter the full title)
EUR-Lex: link to Official Journal http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
Court of Justice of the European Union: Information about the Court
http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/court-justice/index_en.htm
Where are Court of Justice decisions reported?
European Court Reports (ECR) official series (not available in the library),
Common Market Law Reports (CMLR) commercial or “unofficial” series ,
Sometimes in English law reports, e.g. Case 171/88 Rinner-Kuhn v FWW Spezial
Gebaudereinigung GmbH and Co [1989] ECR 2743, [1989] IRLR 493
Online sources include: Lexis, Westlaw, Curia and Eur-Lex.
EUR-Lex: Simple Search option Choose your search method, e.g. “Search by file category: EU Case law” http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_menu.do?ihmlang=en
EUR-Lex: Search in EU Case Law Select an option, e.g. Court of Justice: Judgment
EUR-Lex: Search using Search Terms
Factortame
Search EUR-Lex for these cases Case No: 43/75 14/83
Parties or Title: Van Gend Foster v British Gas
Curia: Court of Justice: case law since 1997
Search for case number or name
C-403/01
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/
Curia search results
Link to judgment on Official Journal
Westlaw EU search
Search Westlaw for these cases Case No: 43/75 (notice the Status warning) 14/83
Parties or Title: Van Gend Foster v British Gas
Citations: 1 CMLR 305 1990 ECR I-4135 (NB: that is a letter “ i” before 4135)
NB: No results in EU? Try the Citation search in Westlaw Cases instead.
Key EU Official Websites
Council of the European Union http://www.consilium.europa.eu/homepage?lang=en
European Council http://www.european-council.europa.eu/home-page.aspx
European Commission: the EU in the UK
http://ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/
European Parliament: Information Office in the UK
http://www.europarl.org.uk/view/en/index.html
European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/Homepage_En/
Other EU Websites
EU News
EU News
Newspapers online: Financial Times: http://www.ft.com
Register for keyword alerts or subscribe via RSS feed
Times: subscription only Guardian, Independent, etc still free All (except FT) available on Lexis
Many other news sources, e.g. BBC, Economist
European Parliament News http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/
Council of the European Union press releases
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/press/press-releases/latest-press-releases.aspx
BBC: Gavin Hewitt’s Blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/gavinhewitt/
BBC: Mark Mardell’s blog http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/markmardell/
Publisher’s website
Oxford Online Resource Centre for EU Law http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/law/eu/ Includes: Woods & Watson (was Steiner & Woods), EU law, 11th
ed. Interactive map of Europe, EU timeline, Videos, Self tests.
Foster, EU law directions, 3rd ed. All of the above plus Study and exam technique guidance.
These links are in Moodle
Westlaw and Lawtel Student Representative
Westlaw and Lawtel Student Representative:
Tom McClinton Find him in Student Support Room near Library
Counter or contact him on: mt116@gre.ac.uk Facebook: Search for: Westlaw Rep Greenwich
He is here on: Tuesday 10.00-11.00, Wednesday 12.00-13.00 Thursday 12.30-14.30
Don’t forget
Two online assessments – deadline for both: 26/10/12, These add up to a maximum possible mark
of 10% of your total mark for the course, 5% for each. You will be able to view Grades and
Feedback after the completion date.
Thank you
Law and Criminology/Criminal Justice Senior Academic Services Librarian: Sarah Crofts Blog: http://blogs.gre.ac.uk/lawcrim/ Email: cs02@gre.ac.uk, x9078
Information & Library Service Blog: http://uoglibrary.blogspot.com Twitter for latest news: http://twitter.com/UoGlibraries