This document provides an overview of print and electronic resources for researching EU law available at Leeds Beckett University Library. It outlines key print materials such as books and journals located in the law collection. Electronic resources include ebooks, databases like EUR-Lex and Westlaw for legislation, cases and journal articles. The document recommends databases for specific EU law topics and accessing materials from other university libraries through the SCONUL scheme. Contact details are provided for any additional questions.

1. EU Law in the Library
Catherine Parkin & Jennie Wilson (Law,
Accounting & Finance, HRM & OB)
parkin.wilson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

2. 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

3. Different types of information source
• Print books and ebooks
• Journal articles
• Law reports
• Legislation
• Databases
• News sources
• Commentary

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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).

7. 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

8. Finding Journal articles on EU Law
topics
• 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 legal sources like
Westlaw, Lexis etc so search these individually.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 information
Not as in depth or research based usually
Industry 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

13. 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

14. SCONUL Access Scheme
SCONUL is a cooperative scheme covering c170 HE libraries in the
UK so students can use different University libraries.
Sconul 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

15. 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/welco
me
• Can’t find what you need? Email:
parkin.wilson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
• General Library enquiry?
http://libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/contact_us