European Sources Online

A Guide to ESO

What is European Sources Online?

European Sources Online (ESO) provides access to a broad

range of information about the European Union and wider

Europe.

Information about institutions, structures,

countries, regions, people, policies

and processes can be found by

using this online resource. Click on map to see list of EU members

ESO MenuHere’s what you can find out…….

What’s available

How to access ESO

Searching ESO

Results

Glossary

What’s available?

• Web directory

• News and analysis

• Newspaper search

• Weekly bulletin

• Information guides

• Topic guides

Web directory

The Web Directory is a handy guide to

European Union information on the internet. It

lists all the key websites to European

information and structures them by subject

areas, which makes it easy to navigate.

News and analysis

This page is dedicated to all the news type

information added to ESO. It contains 2

sections:

Newspaper search and Weekly bulletin.

Newspaper search

This search allows you to search

specifically for the newspaper content

licensed from ESO i.e. European Voice,

selected articles from the Financial Times

and the Economist.

Weekly bulletin

This is the area where all the latest information added

to ESO is posted. It is divided in the following sections:

In Focus, Topic Guides, Development in European

Information Issues, Book Reviews and Briefings.

From this page you can access the whole archive of

Development in European Information Issues as well

as Book Reviews.

Information guides

The Information Guides section is where

you can access Topic Guides, In Focus

articles as well as the Introduction to the

EU guide.

Topic guidesTopic Guides are structured, frequently updated

information guides to key European Union

institutions and policies. Each guide has a

narrative introduction, plus hyperlinks to further

sources of information within ESO and on

external websites. In Focus articles are similar

but cover specific events or initiatives.

How to access ESOESO can only be accessed via Athens.

Double click on the Athens for education icon. (This should be available on the student desktop whenever you log in to the College network.)

Click on the My Athens hyperlink. (on the left hand of the screen).

If you would like to see the Athens homepage, click here.

Screen shot of Athens homepage

How to access ESO (cont.)You will then be asked for a username and password. As access to Athens is restricted, Stow students use the following username and password on campus:

Username stwstudent02

Password learning05

Click on the Login button.

Scroll down the page and then click on the European Sources Online hyperlink, which will give you immediate access to the ESO resources.

Screen shot of Athens login

Searching ESO

There are 3 types of searches available:

 

Search ESO – basic search

Advanced Search – multiple keyword search

Expert User Page – alternative homepage

Search ESO

Search ESO

This is basic search for information by using either a keyword or a phrase.

Simply type in your keyword or topic and click on the Go icon to show results.

Advanced searchAdvanced Search

This is for a more refined search, as it uses multiple keywords.

You can search records using a combination of the following: author, ISBN number, title, series title, subject, keyword, source origin, source type and date.

Expert user page

Expert User Page

This page is an alternative home page which you can decide to be your default home page.

All the features are the same as the standard home page except for Search ESO, which allows you to refine your search to suit you.

ResultsSearch results (hits) are displayed in a list – the first 25 on one page. The hits are in reverse chronological order so that you always find the latest information added to the database.

The title of the hit is the hyperlink to the full text article.

The source, i.e. the publication where it appeared, is shown beside each hit for referencing purposes.

Results can also be viewed by category e.g. policy making, legislation, news source, background, statistics. Click here to see the categories.

Screen shot of categories

GlossaryAthens An authentication system which allows colleges to access a variety of electronic information resources using a single username and password.

My Athens Where the Stow College username and password need to be entered to allow access to online resources on campus.

Hyperlink A link (usually underlined) in a document to information within that document or another document.

Keyword The search term or topic you are looking for.

Homepage The main page of a Web site.

Reverse chronological order In publication date order, with the newest at the top.

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Greece Spain

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Ireland The Netherlands

United Kingdom