Happy Birthday to EU           

The European Union turns 50.  How  to find trustworthy research materials? 

Your first stop: AUBG library page - European Studies section

You can see also the following links:

- Celebration Page

- The EU at a glance

- What's new on Europe

- Eurovoc

Eurovoc is a multilingual thesaurus covering the fields in which the European Communities are active; it provides a means of indexing the documents in the documentation systems of the European institutions and of their users. The European Parliament, the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, the national and regional parliaments in Europe, some national government departments and European organizations are currently using this controlled vocabulary.

Eurovoc 4.2 exists in 21 official languages of the European Union (Bulgarian, Spanish, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian , Slovak, Slovene, Finnish and Swedish) and one another language (Croatian). In addition to these versions, it has been translated by the Parliaments of a number of countries : Albania, Russia and Ukraine. 

Project Muse*
Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.  Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.
The complete content of each and every issue is online—including all charts, graphics and images - with articles available in HTML, PDF, or both formats. More information. 

We hope you found this collections helpful.

No registration is required. Just visit Project Muse  to start accessing articles in your discipline - or visit AUBG Library web page

Databases News

Globalization - Course pack and syllabi*

Globalization is a framework for describing many affiliated worldwide developments. Globalization isn't simply more of the ongoing process of internationalization: it describes the increasing ease with which technologies, people, goods, services and capital move across borders. But the term is also widely used to convey such elements as universalization and changes to sovereignty. While many embrace it, others fear it. The readings in this course pack focus on the many facets of globalization.

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JSTOR - New Features Released*

Improved Article PDF Files

A new PDF format for downloading and printing articles has replaced the previous High Quality PDF format. This new format enables JSTOR users to "search" or "find" words and phrases within the PDF version of JSTOR articles, as well as copy and paste portions of text from them. In addition to these benefits, the new format facilitates the use of screen-reading software, such as JAWS for Windows. Moreover, PDF files in this new format are, on average, smaller in size than our current High Quality PDF files, which means that they can be downloaded more quickly and easily. We encourage you to try the new High Quality PDF files, especially if you have had printing or downloading difficulties in the past.

Search Term Highlighting

Search term highlighting is now available in JSTOR page images. When a user searches for a term and follows a link to an article from the results, the search terms will be highlighted in the article's page images. Along with the existing "Page of First Match" feature, this new highlighting allows users to see their search terms more easily within the context of the article text as they browse through the pages. 

Search engines

Clusty – Engine that clusters results from a variety of content and deep web resources and organizes them by topic, site or URL; also offers a customization options.

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Copac -  a Union Catalogue of the Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL)

A new version of the Copac has been released. Copac is a union catalogue, giving free access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL). There are over 32 million records on Copac representing the merged holdings of most CURL member institutions. This includes the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru.

e-Books from the World Bank e-Library

Dancing with Giants: China, India, and the Global Economy*

China is now the world's fourth largest economy and growing very fast. India's economic salience is also on the rise. Together these two countries will profoundly influence the pace and nature of global economic change. Drawing upon the latest research, this volume analyzes the influences on the rapid future development of these two countries and examines how their growth is likely to impinge upon other countries. It considers international trade, industrialization, foreign investment and capital flows, and the implications of their broadening environmental footprints. It also discusses how the two countries have tackled poverty, inequality and governance issues and whether progress in these areas will be a key to rapid and stable growth.

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Glossary of Technical & DSL Terminology 
East by North company offered a new multi-lingual glossary. This glossary translates between English, Spanish and Italian. Users should note that the terms within the glossary are based on most frequent usage and, in some cases, a literal translation of the acronyms.  This glossary is meant to be a guide and an educational tool and may not be suitable for official documents. 
Info: via DSL Forum; PDF; 75 KB.

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Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) 

 Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICT) with international development. ITID aims to create a networked community of leading thinkers and strategists to discuss the critical issues of ICT and development, an epistemic community that crosses disciplines (especially technologists and social scientists), national boundaries. The audience for ITID comes from academia, the private sector, NGOs, and government. It attracts readers interested in the "other four billion" – the share of the world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely considered in the design of new information technologies. 

49^th Parallel 

49^th Parallel is an interdisciplinary e-journal devoted to American and Canadian studies and looks to promote innovative and challenging academic work. The journal takes its name from the 1,270 mile border separating USA and Canada, and in this sense is keen to encourage dialogues and debates which transcend the boundaries of customary theoretical approaches to the culture, history, and politics of the North American continent. ISSN  1753-5794

Selected Internet Resources 

Bureau International de l'edition française (BIEF)

BIEF.org: The French News and Information Resource for the Book Publishing Industry 
Comprehensive list of updated and well informed site with links and info on French-speaking academic publishing houses. The Bureau International de l'edition française (BIEF) has a search engine of French publishing houses according to the fields of interests.This gives you an overall idea of the publishing world in the country, the main thematic areas as well as the leading publishing houses. The site  provides links to non-french publishing houses and libraries around the world with whom the BIEF does business. 

Selected Internet Resources 

CNRS - French National Center of Scientific Research
The French National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) has launched its  Big Bang Online Collection consisting of a compilation of educational and scientific resources by Francophone physicists on the phenomenon of the Big Bang. The Compilation includes around 1000 pages of related information together with photos, videos, glossaries, bibliography and related links. The site is aimed at students, researchers and academia as well as at the general public. This collection of resources will be translated into several European languages and the site will be kept updated with new information and findings for the next two years.