Introduction to the European information and documentation [ LEURO1401 ]

The course concerns the documentary sources produced by or relating to the European Union and to the activities of this one as well as to the sources allowing a better knowledge of the European society in general. After a general reminder, theoretical and methodological, on the documentary research and a short presentation of the on-line guides available on this subject, the course presents the main documentary sources on the EU affairs according to a specific typology of the sources including bibliographical tools, websites, legal texts, case law, literature, surveys, etc.

In the term of this introductory course, the student will have been made sensitive to the main sources of European information and documentation. Besides certain theoretical elements bound to the various documentary sources (type, access, contents), the student will have acquired above all a practical and methodological knowledge connected to the modalities of search and interrogation of the main knowledge bases on the accessible European materials. He will have also developed a critical mind allowing him to use in a most relevant possible way the result of his searches.

The course includes: - an oral presentation of the sources/sites - a more detailed online guide with a list of the sites and the methodological explanations - practical exercises allowing the student to discover the sources and the possible problems involved in their use.

Prerequisite: none. Evaluation: practical exercises. Support: methodological guide on line. References: to be determined by the professor in charge.