WHAT IS THE EDC?

• The European Documentation Centre (EDC) of the University of Ferrara is an interdepartemental centre that is part of the information network of the EU and is regulated by a convention between the University and the European Commission.
• The EDC network has been established since 1963 in Member States and in third countries with the aim of disseminating information about the Community in universities and research institutes. There are now 70 Centres, 50 of which are in Italy.

• The history of the EDC from 1952 to the end of the Seventies

PURPOSE

• To collaborate with the university in promoting teaching and research in the field of European integration
• To make accessible to the public, including non-university members, information on the European Union and its policies
• To participate in the debate on the European Union, establishing contacts with other members of the European information network

Responsible for the EDC: Dott.ssa Sophia Salmaso

Tel. 0532 455960 - e-mail: sophia.salmaso@unife.it

The catalogue of the libraries of the University, the Municipality and the Province of Ferrara. It contains all the publications in the EDC and can be searched by author and/or title, or a free search can be done by selecting only the document type (book, audiovisual, etc.), or a particular library. If you are a member of the Libraries Union of Ferrara and have a username and password, you can login and check the status of current loans, reserve publications, request inter-library loans or suggest the purchase of a document.

• CATALOGUE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE (SERVIZIO BIBLIOTECARIO NAZIONALE - SBN)

The catalogue of all Italian libraries which are members of the National Library Service. If the publication you require is not in the catalogue of the Libraries Union of Ferrara, you can search for it here to see which Italian library has it.

• FIND-ER - CATALOGUE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

FIND-ER is the online catalogue of the Central Library of the European Commission and contains both the library's paper and its electronic collections. Most resources are available online: the full text of articles, eBooks, databases, etc. Find-er has a wider coverage than the previous ECLAS database. Search menu in English, French and German

• CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIVE NATIONAL ARCHIVE OF PERIODICALS (ARCHIVIO COLLETTIVO NAZIONALE DEI PERIODICI - ACNP)

The archive covers all disciplines and contains the bibliographical descriptions of all journals held by the libraries of the University of Ferrara, including the EDC, and by the other Italian libraries belonging to the ACNP. It allows you to check which library holds a journal and find out how to request the articles you are interested in. To complete the documentation, an archive of extracts has been compiled which can be accessed directly via the Article Collection.

• ELECTRONIC PERIODICALS OF THE EU - maintained by the Italian EDC Network

A free access, full-text catalogue of Community electronic periodicals. A search can be made, apart from by title, institution or author, also by subject (all Community policies are covered, from agriculture to transport) and, in some cases, by type (statistics, for example, can be searched separately).

LIBRARY SERVICES

• Consultation service and loan of the principal publications of the European Union, as well as monographs and Community-related periodicals by other publishers
• Consultation service, free or guided, of online or CD-ROM Community data banks
• Reference service and targeted document search, including long-distance
• Inter-library loan service and document delivery
• Service for the free supply of publications and materials produced by the EU (maps, brochures, posters, DVDs, CD-ROMs, etc.) for users and for schools of every level

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

WHO CAN USE THE LIBRARY'S SERVICES?

• Although primarily for use by the university, the EDC is open to everyone

TRAINEESHIPS IN COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND EUROPEAN AGENCIES

• A brief guide to traineeships
• European Union Agencies

• Trainships for graduates
• Trainships for students
• Trainships for linguists

WORK OPPORTUNITIES

• EPSO - the European Personnel Selection Office
• EPSO - Temporary job opportunities

• EURES - the European job mobility portal

EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

• The European portal for young people

GUIDE FOR EXTERNAL STUDENTS

• Guide for external University of Ferrara students (by Informagiovani)

ACTIVITIES OF THE EDC

• Educational and training activities: organisation of meetings, conferences and seminars on Community issues and training courses on EU databases
• Research activities: the publication of a series of monographic studies "Journals of the EDC" aimed at a deeper analysis of the EU policies
• Dissemination activities: organising events aimed at the general public (such as the annual Europe Day, on 9 May), in collaboration with Eurodesk and Antenna Europe Direct of the City of Ferrara, with which there is a memorandum of understanding for the performance of common activities
• Information campaigns: meetings and consultations on traineeships with Community Institutions and European agencies, and on work and mobility opportunities offered by the EU to its citizens

LIST OF THE INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE EDC from 2000 onwards

PUBLICATIONS OF THE FERRARA EDC

The EDC has its own publishing line which, since the Sixties, has published a series of research studies on topics related to European policies and to the history of European integration. The latest publications have examined topics such as EU environmental law, the rights of prisoners and European prisons, renewable energy and sustainable energy planning. The line has also published the proceedings of conferences organised by the CDE, such as the one entitled "Feed the planet? The role of Europe in world economic and food development".

• See here the complete list of EDC publications