Our publications currently include three series - Starting Point, How To, and Profile - plus the 94-page European information: a guide to official sources. All these are available free of charge to EIA Members, as pdf files, via our Members' area. Copies of the pdf versions are now available for non-members to purchase.
At the foot of this page are some free downloads taken from our Focus newsletter, the last issue of which was published in December 2008
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Special offer
Until the end of 2009, buy any four guides in our Starting Point, How To or Profile series and receive another one free!
Sample pages
See the first page from two of our guides: Starting Point 2: Environment and How To 2: How to find a Directive
European information: a guide to official sources
Intended as a practical guide for anyone who needs to find official information, whether printed or online, about the European institutions and their activities. Available as a pdf file, with live links to the websites mentioned.
Price: £10.00 Add to Cart
Members: FREE Downloads
Starting Point
Intended to give people seeking information ideas for where to find background information, policy and legislation, Starting Points are two sides of A4, available as pdf files with live links to the websites and pages mentioned.
| Title | Price | Buy | Members Download |
| Starting Point 1 - Equal opportunities | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 2 - Environment | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 3 - Regional policy | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 4 - Consumer affairs | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 5 - Agriculture | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 6 - Employment | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 7 - Freedom, security, justice | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 8 - Internal market | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 9 - Climate change | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 10 - Health | 2.50 | Buy Now | FREE Downloads |
| Starting Point 11 - Information Society | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
How To
Packed with hints and tips for finding and using sources of EU information, the pdf files in the How To series include live links to the sources covered.
| Title | Price | Buy | Members Download |
| How To 1 - How to use the Official Journal | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 2 - How to find a Directive | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 3 - How to trace COM documents | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 4 - How to trace EU statistics | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 5 - How to trace EC case law | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 6 - How to trace national implementing measures | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 7 - How to find out about EU contracts & tenders | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 8 - Find out about the ERDF and ESF in the UK | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 9 - How to find out about EU funding | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 10 - How to keep up-to-date with the EU | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 11 - How to access and use the institutions registers | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| How To 12 - How to research the EU: a guide for students | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
Profile
Guides to the main EU instititions and bodies, giving details for each of what it is, what it does and how it works, plus an overview of its website - with live links.
| Title | Price | Buy | Members Download |
| Profile 1 - Council of the European Union | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Profile 2 - European Parliament | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Profile 3 - European Commission | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
| Profile 4 - European Court of Justice | 2.50 | Add to Cart | FREE Downloads |
'Finding out about' - free downloads
Our Focus newsletter, which was published until the end of 2008, carried a long-running series of brief introductory articles, under the title 'Finding out about ...'
Extracts from 2006 and 2007 issues of Focus are now available free of charge in pdf format on the following topics:
Please note that we no longer publish any printed publications.