European Documentation Centre (EDC)
European Documentation Centres (EDCs) network has been established in 1963 by the European Union. There are about 400 offices in the Member States usually located in university libraries. EDCs main aim is to provide access to official EU documents.
Corvinus University library collects printed EU-documents, they are integrated into the catalogue. To online documents we provide links, see them under Recommended sources.
Currently there are 13 EDCs in Hungary; Library of the Hungarian Parliament functions as EU Depository Library.
Contact:
Krisztina Kőrösi
Phone: +36 1 482 7009
E-mail: krisztina.korosi@uni-corvinus.hu
Recommended sources:
EU General Information
Archives
| Name and link of archives | Short summary |
| Archive of European Integration | Electronic repository and archive for research materials on the topic of European integration and unification |
| EU Bookshop | Publications Office of the European Union |
| EU Open Data Portal | Open data published by EU institutions and bodies |
| European Commission Register | Documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission |
| Europe By Satellite | European Union’s TV information service |
| European Union Fact Sheet | Facts, general overview about EU |
| European Union Newsroom | EU’s press releases |
| Europeana | Cultural heritage from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives |
| EUROVOC | Multilingual, multidisciplinary thesaurus covering the activities of the EU |
| Press Corner | Press material from the Commission Spokesperson’s Service |
EU databases for the public
| Name and link of database | Short summary |
| CORDIS | European Commission’s primary source of projects and research results |
| InfoCuria | It contains all the publicly available information concerning the cases brought before the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal |
| EUR-LEX | Access to European Union Law |
| EURES | The European Job Mobility Portal |
| Eurobarometer | European Commission’s Public Opinion-website (Eurobarometer) |
| EUROSTAT | Key to European statistics |
| IATE | Interactive Terminology for Europe: EU’s terminology database |
| NLEX | A common gateway to National Law |
| OEIL | It monitors the EU decision-making process |
| TED | Tenders Electronic Daily: it is the online version of the ‘Supplement to the Official Journal’ of the EU, dedicated to European public procurement. |
| EU who is who | Official directory of EU |