Support During the Libraries' Pandemic Closure
Covid-19 Remote Support:
Virtual Support
Look for chat, make an appointment (with a librarian or tech specialist), and ask a question; Pickup@penn, books by mail, digital delivery.
Phased Services
The physical collection is available by request, but no access to building or book stacks for individuals
BorrowDirect and EZBorrow services are slowly getting underway.
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Google doc with Class activity and search tipsFor class session September 29, 2020
Electronic and print resources
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World Bank E-Librarynearly 8,000 books, reports, journals, and working papers including:Development Outreach, World Bank Economic Review and World Bank Research Observer journal articles published since 1996. Browse by country or region, or search by key words such as euro or insolvency.
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Consolidated versions of the treaty on European Union and of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union: charter of fundamental rights of the European UnionVan Pelt Reference KJE4442.3 .E8734 2010
Includes: Treaty on European Union (1992); Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (1957); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000) -
Hein OnlineThis is a cornucopia of sources from constitutions, to treaties, to law journals and all historical and current.
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Turkey and the European Union: The Question of European IdentityConstruction of the idea of "Europe" throughout history and the attempts for unification.
Van Pelt DR479.E85 O64 2011 -
Subject: European Union AND historyA list of books in the catalog on the history of the European Union sorted by relevance. Also try search sorted by and sorted by date
Selected new books on the European Union
Click on "feed" to run a keyword search on Eurozone AND (currency OR crises)
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Why Not Default? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt by Call Number: Van Pelt. HJ8011 .R66 2019ISBN: 9780691180106Publication Date: 2019How is it that creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries and what are the dangers this poses to democracy? -
Against European Integration: the EU and Its Discontents by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. HC240 .B3944 2019ISBN: 9780367187880Publication Date: 2019This book gives a complex description and discussion of today's populist attacks against the European Union (EU) following the financial crisis of 2008 and the migration crisis which destabilized the traditional solidarity basis of the EU. -
The EU's Crisis Decade: Reflecting on EU Capitalism and Governance by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. JN30 .L86 2020ISBN: 9789811365645Publication Date: 2020This book aims provides an analysis of the past decade-from the euro crisis to the populist right parties' resurgence and Brexit. -
The Economics of Monetary Unions: Past Experiences and the Eurozone by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780367347864Publication Date: 2020In this book, a historical analysis of the precedents of the euro is examined within the context of the current issues affecting the Eurozone and the long-term effects of the institutional changes implemented since 2010. -
The EU after Brexit; Institutional and Policy Implications by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. HC240 .J333 2018ISBN: 9783319772783Publication Date: 2018This book explores the range of implications for the EU after Brexit, and whether it is likely to become stronger or weaker as a result. -
Beyond Brexit: Britain's Unprotected Constitution by Call Number: HC240.25.G7 B64 2019ISBN: 9781788316798Publication Date: 2019What will the United Kingdom leave behind? Discussion around Brexit has been mostly confined to its economic consequence. But what will happen to the constitution? Bogdanor explores the ever-changing relationship between Britain and the EU from the original concept of European unity to 21st century Euroscepticism. -
Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times by Call Number: Van Pelt Library JN30 .T78 2019ISBN: 9783319738567Publication Date: 2019This volume provides an interdisciplinary perspective on trust in the EU from the vantage point of political science, law and economics. -
The Crisis of the European Union: Challenges, Analyses, Solutions by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. JN15 .C744 2018ISBN: 9781138215641Publication Date: 2018This book addresses the major challenges confronting the EU. -
The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens the Future of Europe by Call Number: Van Pelt Library HG925 .S75 2016ISBN: 9780393254020Publication Date: 2016 -
Europe and the Euro: Integration, Crisis and Policies by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. HG3942 .M37 2017ISBN: 9783319457284Publication Date: 2017This book offers a fresh perspective on the recent Eurozone "double crisis" and its related economic policies.
Finding Newspapers
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Nexis UniCoverage of US and some international newspapers. Current event and business focus. Use the advanced search, natural language (can type in something like germany and greece and euro and debt crisis), select last two years. Results are HTML versions of the articles. Some foreign language newspapers available. Search major newspapers such as New York Times, The Times (London), Zeit-Online, Irish Independent.
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New York Times Historical 1851-2016For more recent NY Times articles use Factiva or Nexis Uni or go directly to nytimes.com
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FactivaMay be slow to load! A full-text online service that provides access to sources of national and international news, business, health and general information. News sources include newspapers, magazines, media transcripts, wire services, pictures and web sites. In addition, Dow Jones Factiva provides access to several financial databases. It covers over 32,000 sources in 28 languages from 200 countries. Search by keyword, limit publications to region, limit by date (you will be overwhelmed with results). At bottom of article, click on "related articles" to find similarly themed articles. TO PRIORITIZE FOREIGN PRESS, click on the gear symbol, choose settings, then preferences, and then "Default Factiva News Page."
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OECD iLibraryPublications and statistical information from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Search these titles using quotation marks: Search by country or theme. Information on employment, productivity, market/industry structure, company financial tables. Updated biennially.
Finding journal articles
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PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)Indexes articles, books, documents on policy and matters of governmental decision making. Indexes published material from most of the 20th and 21st century.
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Academic Search Premiercurrent magazines as well as scholarly journals. Limit search to the past few years. In many cases, includes PDF of article, or use PENNTEXT button to connect to library resources or interlibrary loan
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Business Source CompleteA good source for latest news, articles, economic opinion
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Historical AbstractsHistorical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).
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JSTORBroad selection of journals across the humanities, social sciences, and to a lesser extent sciences. Some foreign language publications. Journals covered from volume 1 forward. In many cases does not include most recent three to five years. Use Advanced search. To search words appearing near to each other but not as a phrase use this formula: "euro Greece"~15. This means, find the words euro and Greece when they appear within at least 15 words of each other. (Prevents finding word 1 on page one and word 2 in a foot note or 20 pages later).
Key terms for searching for books and articles
Subject Terms and Phrases:
- euro area
- eurozone
- money
- monetary policy
- european union countries
- financial crisis
- Economic Conditions
- economic and monetary union
- European Union -- Sources (adding sources to any subject search in the library catalog will bring up books that contain primary source material
- debts, external
- economic policy
- refugees
- identity politics
- nationalism AND "european union"
- germany AND "european union" AND "economic policy"
- european union--Greece (subject or keyword)
- "european union" AND greece AND germany
- Euro crisis
- "national characteristics" AND (european OR Germany OR Greece OR Turkey ...)
- Angela Merkel
- Erdogan
- Tsipris
- Brexit
- Theresa May
- Boris Johnson
- Switzerland AND election*
- >Turkey
- migrant
- Supranationalism
- Antitrust
- European integration
- Budget
- Brussels
- euro*
- Euro crisis
- European Commission
- Macron
BorrowDirect
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Subject Guide
Rebecca Stuhr
Contact:
Van Pelt Library 218 although currently working remotely, please email me
215-898-5999
E-book Databases
E-Book Databases -- connect to the catalog record to find the e-book platforms the Libraries' subscribes to. Below is a selection. Some of these platforms are comprehensive -- in that we have all of the books on the site, but others are not (Cambridge, Ebsco, Proquest, Taylor & Francis). For the most part, individual titles will be listed in Franklin :
Selected new books on the European Union
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Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780198797067Publication Date: 2020Examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. -
Das Euro-Desaster: Wie deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik die Eurozone in den Abgrund treibt by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. HG930.5 .B53 2018ISBN: 9783864892158Publication Date: 2018 -
Managing the Euro Crisis: National EU Policy Coordination in the Debtor Countries by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. KJE7085 .M36 2018ISBN: 9781138123793Publication Date: 2018This volume offers the first analysis of EU coordination by national executives in the light of the legal and political consequences of the crisis, using case studies of five severely affected Member States: Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Portugal. -
The Incomplete Currency: The Future of the Euro and Solutions for the Eurozone by Call Number: Lippincott Library HG925 .M534 2016ISBN: 9781119019091Publication Date: 2016A fact-based treatise on the Eurozone crisis, with analysis of possible solutions -
The Pursuit of Stability of the Euro Area As a Whole: The Reform of the European Economic Union and Perspectives of Fiscal Integration by Call Number: Van Pelt Library HC241 .L56 2020 PRINTISBN: 9783030280444Publication Date: 2020This book analyses the ongoing reform of the European economic union in the light of the new objective of 'stability of the euro area as a whole' in Article 136(3) TFEU. -
A Dictionary of the European Union by ISBN: 9781857436839Publication Date: 2013electronic edition of the 2013 print edition. Log in with Penn Key and password if you are off campus. -
Financial Markets (Dis)Integration in a Post-Brexit EU: Towards a More Resilient Financial System in Europe by Call Number: Van Pelt Library. HC241 .P47 2020 PRINTISBN: 9783030360511Publication Date: 2020The European Union as a Financial Union as the UK leaves.
Library of Congress Classification (Call Numbers)
Library of Congress Classification areas:
Each classification area divides geographically, and by sub-discipline.
J=Political Science; H=General Social Sciences and Economics; D=History
- HC-Economic theory
- HJ-Public Finance
- JN – Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
- DA – Great Britain
- DAW – Central Europe
- DB – Austria – Liechtenstein – Hungary – Czechoslovakia
- DC – France – Andorra – Monaco
- DD – Germany
- DF – Greece
- DG – Italy – Malta
- DH – Low Countries – Benelux Countries
- DJ – Netherlands (Holland)
- DJK – Eastern Europe (General)
- DK – Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics – Poland
- DL – Northern Europe. ScandinaviaDP – Spain – Portugal