Free Databases
There are some
websites which are absolutely free and others which will only provide information with
your payment. Websites for the most part are a hybrid of available information.
The United States Government's number one website: http://firstgov.gov will provide lots of free information; however, if you wish to order a hard copy of a publication or its CD you will, of course, have to pay.
Other
websites, like FindArticles.com (www.findarticles.com) are full-text articles for free online and download. You can't do better than that. Other sites will offer sample articles, statistics and commentary, all very useful and up-to-date, but require that you subscribe to the full service.
Many of these organization provide "educational, academic or student" rates, which entitle you to membership in the organization (also looks nice on your resume) and their publications are considerably lower than the regular rate. If money is a problem--and it usually is--then you should stop by your library reference desk and ask that they subscribe to the site.
Europa (europa.eu.int) will
offer all of their publications free-of-charge at any of the European Documentation
Centers (EDCs) in one of over 700 university libraries. They also provide
Eurostate which is a databank containing details of all 18,000 dissertations on Europe
completed since 1987.
Free 100 indicators from Eurostat Yearbook 2000!
These indicators are only an excerpt from Eurostat Yearbook 2000, which contains more than 900 indicators. It is available to sale from the same site.
The following databases have been created and are
kept up to date by the institutions of the European Union.
Though Europa provides the common entry point; each database has its own search screen,
which can be reached by clicking on the relevant name below:
- ADAM : Système Administratif et Documentaire des Achats et Marchés (www.europa.eu.int/adam/start/welcome.htm)
- CELEX: Access to EU law (www.europa.eu.int/celex/celex-en.html)
- CLAB : Case law about unfair contractual terms (www.europa.eu.int/clab/index.htm)
- Court of Justice of the European Communities : Recent Case-Law (curia.eu.int/en/jurisp/index.htm)
- ECLAS: Library catalogue (www.europa.eu.int/eclas)
- EUDOR: On-line document delivery (www.eudor.com:8444/EUDOR/PROC/orientation?LANGUAGE=english)
- EURES : European Employment Services (www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg05/elm/eures/en/indexen.htm)
- IDEA : Who is who in the EU? ( www.europa.eu.int/idea/ideaen.html)
- LIFE-Environment: Information on selected projects under LIFE I and LIFE II (www.europa.eu.int/comm/life/envir/database.htm)
- QUEST : Database of questions and answers on the euro and European Economic and Monetary Union (www.europa.eu.int/euro/quest/normal/frame.htm?language_nb=2)
- RAPID : Press releases of the EU institutions (www.europa.eu.int/rapid/start/welcome.htm)
- WATER QUALITY : Quality of Bathing Water (www.europa.eu.int/water/water-bathing/index_en.html)
The United
Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an
international gateway for library users (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_bib).
International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the world business organization,
the only representative body that speaks with authority on behalf of enterprises from all
sectors of commerce in every part of the world. They promote an open international trade
and investment system and the market economy. Finally, the real key to information is the
library systems of the world.
Other Databases
Dialog (www.dialog.com) is a world-leading provider of online information services. Its brands include
the Dialog, DataStar and Profound ranges of Internet and intranet-based products and
services, providing instantaneous access to over nine terabytes, or more than six billion
pages, of essential information. The division serves over twenty thousand corporate
customers in 120 countries, all supported by Dialog's worldwide network of Knowledge
Centers. Professionals in business, science, engineering, finance and law turn to Dialog
every day to get the critical information they need to make the right decisions.
One of
the largest private databases in the world is Lexis-Nexis (www.lexis-nexis.com). Lexis-Nexis offers databases
from over 23,000 news, legal, business and government sources. Pricing plans for the
Lexis-Nexis services are customized to accommodate the research needs of each firm,
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Lexis-Nexis, P.O. Box 933, Dayton, Ohio, USA, 45401-0933.
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