EUI members now have upgraded access to the new online version of CNTS. The Cross-National Time-Series database provides internationally-comparative economic and political variables, including government expenditure, population, territorial size, per capita GDP, trade, infrastructure, conflict events, elections, legislative process and international status indicators. Data for 200 countries is provided from 1815 onwards. The 2014 release contains ‘Links’ files – bridging to media sources for major international events. Full details.

The Library now provides access to Oxford Handbooks Online in the EUI’s four primary disciplines: Economics, History, Law and Political Science. The Handbooks are edited collections on “current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate.” New Handbooks in the four clusters will be available to EUI members as they are published. For the complete list of titles and full text access, open this Catalogue record. A list of Handbooks by discipline is at this link.