Library of the European Documentation Center
The specialized library in Europe and the European Union of the Community of Madrid
Offers personal loan services, in-room consultation and information and reference
Introduction
The library of the European Documentation Center and Europe Direct of the Community of Madrid opens its doors from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 14 p.m. It offers a book loan and return service, as well as a service for in-person queries. In addition, it answers questions to all the days of the week in the mail cde@madrid.org.
documentary collections
A specialized library in the European Union
The library of the European Documentation Center, specialized in issues of the European Union and Europe in general, mainly has monographs and periodicals.
The library is part of Portal of Specialized Libraries.
It has books on the history and culture of Europe, on European integration, the functioning of its institutions, the founding treaties and community law, the policies over which the EU has powers, as well as essays on the idea of Europe, its current situation or its future.
It has a specific section for preparing for oppositions to EU institutions and a language section with learning books for English, French, German and Italian. It also has a narrative section and includes a collection of informative brochures from European institutions.
The documentary collection is continually updated. Currently, it has more than 12.000 specimens that constitute a reference collection of high value in its specialty.
The library has a section specialized in the preparation of oppositions to the EU institutions that includes:
- Workbooks to prepare abstract, numerical and verbal reasoning tests
- Books to prepare for the interview
- Books for the development of skills, etc.
There are no agendas per se. To learn about the functioning and policies of the EU, you can consult the fund's books and brochures.
To pass the entrance tests to the EU institutions you must have a high level of knowledge of a second European language, in particular English, French or German. For this reason, a language section has been created with learning books for English, French, German and Italian. In addition, we have books on the different EU policies, integration, environment, employment, etc. in other languages (mainly English). The library also has dictionaries of the different official languages of the EU.
Narrative is a good way to understand history. This section proposes the reading of a selection of literary works that deal with relevant events in European history and culture with the intention that the reader knows, through these novels, the process of building the European Union.
Bibliographic information service specializing in European themes
This service is offered in person at the Center, by phone or by email (europedirect@madrid.org y cde@madrid.org), in order to meet the information needs of users.
personal loan service
Personal and in-person, it allows you to withdraw materials outside the library. To use the service, it is a prerequisite to register as a user of the Center.
The user will identify himself with his ID and is not allowed to remove materials on behalf of another user.
Each user may borrow a maximum of three materials that are loanable.
Interlibrary and collective loan
You can use the service of interlibrary loan any library or documentation center dependent on public entities or organizations located in Spain that request it in accordance with the library's operating rules.
El collective loan It consists of leaving a set of bibliographic and audiovisual materials to public entities and associations or groups of a cultural or social nature (schools, institutes, hospitals, shelters, centers for seniors, youth, women, studies, etc.) of the region, legally constituted and non-profit, who request it in accordance with the operating rules of the library.
If you wish to use any of these services, please contact the European Documentation Center at the email cde@madrid.org 91 276 or by calling 12 14.
Location
Calle de Castelló, 123
28006-Madrid
Telephone: 91 276 12 14
E-mail: cde@madrid.org y
europe.direct@madrid.org
Opening hours to the public: Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 14 p.m.
Other services of European Documentation Center are:
- EU Information Alert Service
- European information databases
- Training sessions for educational centers
- informative publications
- Newsletter Madrid Europe Connected
- Information about employment, scholarships and aid
- Coordination of the network of Eurolibraries and the network of Centers of Interest on Training and Employment
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