European Union Depository at Princeton University Princeton University Library has been an official depository for European Union (EU) documents and publications since 1964. The following is a brief introduction to the collection. The on-line catalog provides access to most EU documents in the library system. There is a small section of current and uncataloged EU publications in stacks 117-118, SSRC. Many documents are available in microfiche only and will be found in SSRC, microfiche cabinets 51 & 52. See the section on indexes and other finding guides for additional information. EC 1992 and beyond; Access to information. A guide to EC documentation and databases. Office of Press and Public Affairs, Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities, Washington, D.C., provides an excellent starting point for learning more about the Communities and its publications. A copy is available in SSRC. Commission of the European Communities. Publications. Official Journal. (OJ) 1952- SSRC microfiche. The authorative source for all EC legislation; L - Legislation, includes regulations and directives, and C - Information and notices, contains non-binding decisions and resolutions, Parliament resolutions and session records, opinions of the Economic and Social Commission, etc. The Annex of the OJ contains the Debates of the European Parliament (EP) Eurovoc, (published as an Annex to the OJ), a multi-lingual thesaurus, is a related publication to enable better access to EC documents. COM Documents 1983- SSRC microfiche. Proposals and amendments for legislation, policy implementation and reports. Bulletin of the European Communities 1977- (HC241.2.A25 SSRC stack 118, CV only.) Official monthly record of EC activities; good references to earlier issues and to the Official Journal. Basic retrospective source. Directory of community legislation in force. 19th ed. 1992. SSRC microfiche. Produced, from CELEX, twice a year; provides invaluable access to L section of the OJ. Covers full range of EC legislation in force from 1952 to date. General report on the activities of the European Communities 1967- (HC241.2.A18) Outlines previous years work and program for the coming year. European Parliament. Publications. Debates of the European Parliament in Official Journal Annex 1985- SSRC microfiche Authoratative record of debates. Texts Adopted by the European Parliament. 1985- SSRC microfiche Alternative source for text of resolutions. European Parliament/Working session documents 1984/1985- SSRC microfiche Series A contains committee reports. Economic and Social Council. Publications. Annual report 1981- (HC241.2.E292b) Reviews activities and opinions, by date of adoption. No index. Bulletin of the... quarterly 1981- (HC241.2.E292d) Summarizes adopted opinions. Opinions of the... 1984- SSRC microfiche Selectively distributed to depositories; occasionally printed in the OJ, but difficult to locate without a specific reference. Court of Justice of the European Communities. Publications Digest of case-law relating to the European Communities Series A 1977- Series D 1968- SSRC Stack 118 Loose leaf series. Reports of cases before the courts. Ten issues per year. 1959- (PITN 581.272) Full text of decisions. Synopsis of the work... 1978- (KJE5461.A7S96 CV/ID, SSRC) Courts detailed review of its own work. Statistical Office of the European Communities. Publications. Eurostat publishes many titles covering eight major themes. For a complete and up-to-date listing, see Eurostat catalog, and Sigma... Basic statistics 1961 (HA1107.S79) Europe in figures 1988 (HC241.2.E81297) Eurostat review 1970- (HA1107.5.A26dq) Sigma: bulletin of European statistics 1991- (HA1107.5.S216) Selected reports and journals Agriculture situation in the Community 1975- (HD1920.5.C6) Includes extensive statistical section, with unique data; tracks policy developments and economic trends. Courier: Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) - European Communities. 1976- (HC501.C85) Concerns relations between the EC and ACP countries (signatories to the Lome Conventions). Court of Auditors annual report (SSRC microfiche) Good source of information on budget and expenditures, located in OJ-C. Energy in Europe 1985- (HD9502.E8E53q) Covers policy and economic trends; energy forecasts. Europe... 1979- (HD9525.A2E52) Covers broad issues especially those affecting US (a publication of the US delegation). European economy and supplements (HC241.2.E8919q) Annual economic forecasts; special studies; documents on the European Monetary System. Good source for long time series. -2- Eurobarometer; public opinion in the European Communities 1980 (HN380.5.Z9P83q) Twice yearly summaries of European opinion. Report on competition policy 1972- (HF1533.5.C6) Covers antitrust and noncompetitive practices and policies. Fact sheets on the European Parliament and activities of the European Communities 5th ed. 1991. (ID Ready Reference SSRC stack 118) "Precise synopsis of the Communities' achievements...and the part played by the EP". Subject index. Report on social developments 1979- (HN380.5.A52a) Reviews actions of members states on various topics: employment, education, labor law, social security, health protection. Social Europe and supplements 1984- (HD5764.5.A6.S65q) Reports on activities and policies in the social sector. Women of Europe 1980- (HQ1101.W754q) News of special interest to women in EC countries. Non EC Sources Annual review of European community affairs Center for European Policy Studies. Brussels, Belgium. 1990- ((SSRC) HC241.2.A7375 Ready Reference.) Analysis of annual changes in EC institutions, internal and external policies. Arbuthnott, Hugh and Edwards, Geoffrey. Common man's guide to the common market. 2nd ed., 1989. ((DOCS) HC241.2.C632 1989) Impartial guide to the primary objectives of the EC, its policies and methods. Crampton, Stephen 1992 Eurospeak explained 1990 ((SSRC) KJE926.5.C725 1990.) Translates over 500 'Eurospeak' terms into plain English. Hopkins, Michael. Policy formation in the European Communities: a bibliographical guide to Communities documentation 1958-1978. 1981 (Z7165.E8H65) Bibliographical guide through 1978. Rosenberg, Jerry Martin. The new Europe: an A to Z compendium... 1991 ((SSRC) HC241.2.R59 1991) Contains over 2500 definitions of people, places and events related to European Community for the past 30 years, and a helpful 15 page chronology of the European Communities 1957-1990. Swann, Dennis. Economics of the Common Market. 6th ed. 1988. (HC241.2.S92 1988) Reviews actions taken to create the Common Market through the 1980s. Thomson, Ian. Documentation of the European Communities: a guide 1990 (Z7165.E8T47 1989) Thorough introduction to current EC documentation; updates John Jeffries Guide to the official publications of the European Communities. 2nd ed. 1981 ((SXF) 7165.E8.xJ44 1981). -3- Indexes and other guides. Documents catalog (SSRC, stack 51). Indexes COM documents, European Parliament reports, and the opinions and information reports of the Economic and Social Council since 1985. Each series had a separate catalog during the early 1980s. EC index, 1984-1986. (SSRC, stack 51). Short lieved commercial index which still provides many access points to EC documents for those years. European access 1988- (SSRC, index table 16). Bi-monthly commercial publication which does the best job of keeping one up to date with EC activities; covers both EC documents and non-EC sources such as journals and newspapers. Bibliographic review articles cover major areas of EC policy. Eurostat Catalog (SSRC, stack 117). Lists publications and electronic services from the Statistical Office, updated quarterly by Sigma: Bulletin of European statistics. Eurostat index 4th ed., 1989. (SSRC, Ready Reference Z7554.E8R35 1989q.) Subject guide to Eurostat publications. Index to international statistics (IIS) 1985- (SSRC, index table 16). CIS index which covers statistical publications of the EC in the familiar CIS format. Index to the Official Journal. (SSRC microfiche cabinet 52. 1952- ) Paper indexes, 1968-1983, in SSRC stack 51. Alphabetical index is useful when the year and the subject are known. Methodological index provides access from regulations and directives to OJ references. EUROVOC, as a help to the Index, is difficult to use, even for those who are familiar with EC terminology. Publications of the European Communities (SSRC, Stack 118). Quarterly and annual catalog of publications for sale, arranged by broad subject areas, current year only. For information on EU databases, Internet access to EU information and full text sources in Lexis/Nexis see the handout 1992: The European Communities and the Single European Market (SEM) Guide to Selected Documents. -4-