Official publications

European Documentation Centre

The University of Kent is one of a number of European Documentation Centres set up by the European Commission to support study, teaching and research at university level.

The collection

The European Documentation Centre (EDC) is located in the Templeman Library on Level 3 West.

The EDC receives publications and documents from the European Union. They are housed as a separate collection within the Library. EDC publications can be found using the Library catalogue. All publications within the collection have 'European Documentation Centre' added to the classmark.

Alternatively you can access all EU publications from the EU Bookshop Digital Library

Information service

The University of Kent EDC provides an information service as part of the European Union system of public information relays. You can access the collection during the Library's opening hours. We accept enquiries by email, letter or telephone.

Contact us

  • Ben Watson: EDC Librarian
    Telephone: (01227 82) 3111
  • Angela Lopez-Real: EDC Assistant
    Telephone: (01227 82) 7866
  • Email: EDC@kent.ac.uk
  • By post: European Documentation Centre, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NU

Websites of European information

You can find links to web sites of European information on the Lawlinks website.

Kent users can also access European Sources Online, an online database which provides access to information on the institutions and activities of the European Union.

Still confused? Try the tutorial Internet for European Studies, or look at Legal Information Management 2009, Volume 9, No. 2, which was devoted to European Law.