UCD Library - Official Publications & the EDC

Official Publications and the EDC

Official Publications are documents and reports produced and published by official bodies, such as governments, national institutions and regional and international organisations.
The collection is held in the James Joyce Library.
To access an item from this collection, please note that a retrieval service is in operation during service hours – please submit your request for the item at the Information Desk on Level 2 and the item will be available at the next Collection time. Collection times are as follows: Monday to Friday - 9.30; 11.30; 14.30; 16.00.
These items cannot be removed from the Library.
Members of the public are entitled to visit the European Documentation Centre, and access the reports and documents in it - no UCD affiliation is required.

Scope of the Official Publications Collection

This collection contains materials from the following government and international organisations:

Ireland
United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland
European Union (EU)
United States
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
OECD
United Nations (UN)
UNESCO
World Bank

Irish Official Publications Available

Bills, Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory Instruments
Bunreacht na hEireann (Constitution of Ireland)
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Census of Ireland
Departmental publications
Griffith Valuation
NESC/NESF Reports
Palles Collection of Statutes, 1235-1922
Unreported Judgments

Some government documents, on agriculture, medicine and planning, are held in our other libraries.

All Official Publications are listed in the catalogue. To narrow your search to Official Publications, go to the Advanced Search option and select “Official Publications” from the Collections drop down menu.

The European Documentation Centre (EDC)

The European Documentation Centre (EDC) contains official publications and documents of the institutions of the European Union. This Centre supports study, teaching and research at university level, and is open to members of the public. Please ask at the Admission Desk of James Joyce Library for an access card.

This collection includes information on:

European law, including publications from the European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance
European policies and institutions, including publications from the European Parliament
European integration and expansion.

Many of the documents and publications in this collection DO NOT appear in the catalogue. Please ask at the Information Desk on Level 2 of the James Joyce Library for help.

Much EU documentation is now available freely online, please ask for more information about this if you need help.

What you can do next...

Please call at the Information Desk on Level 2 of the James Joyce Library in service hours and we can provide you with help if you need to use this collection for study or research.

To access an item from this collection, please submit your request for the item at the Information Desk on Level 2 and the item will be available at the next Collection time. Collection times are as follows: Monday to Friday - 9.30am; 11.30am; 2.30pm; 4.00pm.

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Official Publications & the European Documentation Centre (EDC)

Scope of the Official Publications Collection

Irish Official Publications Available

The European Documentation Centre (EDC)

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