EU Law in the Library

Catherine Parkin & Jennie Wilson (Law, Accounting & Finance, HRM & OB)

parkin.wilson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Aim of this session

By the end of this session you will know:

• What printed materials do we have?

• What electronic materials do we have access to?

• The best databases to use

• How to find out more

Different types of information source

• Print books and ebooks• Journal articles • Law reports• Legislation• Databases• News sources• Commentary

Print books

• Books on European Union Law are shelved in the Law Collection on the 2nd floor of the City Campus Library

• They are all on the Library Catalogue • We have text books such as “Understanding

European Union Law” K. Davies. • We have dictionaries such as “Eurojargon” (a

dictionary of EU acronyms, abbreviations and terminology)

• We have legislation books such as “European Union legislation” J.Kenner.

Print books: browse by classmark

• 340.0917124 EU legal system • 341.242 EU law • 342.4 EU constitutional law • 342.4085 EU human rights• 344.401 EU employment law• 344.4046 EU environmental law• 349 Law of specific socio-economic regions,

jurisdictions and areas

Electronic books (ebooks)

• Individual e-book titles can be accessed online through the Library catalogue.

• A link to the URL is given in the catalogue record. You will need to login with your Leeds Beckett username and password to access the full text.

• EU Bookshop contains links to pdf versions of most documents and books recently published by the Official Publications Office of the European Union (EUR-OP). Older titles are available to order (mainly free of charge for single copies).

Key Journals for EU Law

• Bulletin of the European Union(Print and Online)• Common Market Law Review (Print and Online)• European Competition Law Review (Online)• European Law Review (Print and Online )• Journal of Common Market Studies (Print and

Online )

A search of the Library’s list of e-journals (Library> Resources> Journals> Ejournals A-Z) for European Law provides a list of 77 more journals which may be of interest, e.g.

European Company and Financial Law Review, European Human Rights Law Review, Anti-Discrimination Law and the European Union

Finding Journal articles on EU Law topics

• Please note, the A-Z list of journals mentioned on the previous slide is useful for finding out whether we subscribe to a particular journal title

• If you want to find lots of articles on a particular subject (e.g. EU Competition law) I recommend searching DISCOVER

• This is a search engine that searches 95% of the Library databases, and is searchable using the box on the Library home page

http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/home

PLEASE NOTE, Discover does not search

Westlaw, Lexis etc so search these individually.

Law reports for EU Law

•All England Law Reports European Cases (All ER (EC)) available electronically on Lexis Library from 1995 onwards•Common Market Law Reports (CMLR) in print in Law Collection 1962-present day. Available electronically on Westlaw from 1962 onwards•Full collection of the European Court Reports and Court of First Instance decisions –on Europa•Selection of cases from the European Court of Justice from 1954 and Court of First Instance cases from 1989 –on Lexis Library•European Court of Justice decisions (as appear in European Court Reports) from 1954. Court of First

Instance from 1989 –on Westlaw

Key databases for EU Law

• EUR-Lex http://eur-lex.europa.eu/ The official home of treaties, the Official Journal, consolidated legislation etc. Includes useful overviews like the ABC of EU Law, and useful summaries of EU Legislation by topic area.

• European Court of Human Rights: HUDOC   http://www.echr.coe.int/ Information and case law for the European Court of Human Rights

• Europa http://europa.eu/ Users can consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion.

• EuroParl http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ Useful for finding debates of the European Parliament and European Parliament reports

• WorldLII http://www.worldlii.org/countries.html

This is a useful way of finding quality, freely accessible

sources of law materials relating to individual countries.

More key databases for EU Law

Westlaw • Quick way of searching for journal articles on EU Law. Also contains

EU case law and legislation. Includes European Human Rights Reports.

• Once you enter Westlaw, you can click on the EU tab, which leads you to a search screen limiting you to EU materials only.

• You can then browse to the Case or Legislation you want or you can search across the Westlaw EU materials.

Lexis Library • Large legal database. Contains journal articles, EU case law and

legislation. It includes All England Law Reports European Cases, among other EU law sources.

Newspaper databases

Nexis

• Full text to approximately 15,000 newspapers• No images-just text• Includes industry press• 1980s-present day

Newspapers can provide very up to date informationNot as in depth or research based usuallyIndustry press titles include, Training Magazine, Business World,

Management Today

To see the full list:

Access from Library > Resources> Databases A-Z http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/resources/news_resources

Leeds Beckett Law Subject Guide

Your subject guide contains a page for EU Law sources. Access quality academic standard information from trusted sites here.

http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/subject_support/law/welcome

SCONUL Access Scheme

A cooperative scheme covering c170 HE libraries in the UK

A ‘Sconul card’ allows you to:

1) apply for borrowing rights 2) gives you reference access to all member Libraries immediately

To sign up go to http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/subject_support/interlibrary_loans_and_using_other_libraries/using_other_libraries

• Complete the online registration form• You should get an email within a few days • Print out the email and take to the Library you

wish to visit

Finding out more

There are more resources more information available via:-• Subject pages for Law-EU Law:

http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/subject_support/law/welcome

• Can’t find what you need? Email:

parkin.wilson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

• General Library enquiry?

http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/contact_us