PS 324: European Politics

Find Government & IGO Publications using Google

One way is to use Google Advanced Search

• Enter your topic's keywords and then, in the Search by Site or Domain box, enter the domain extension for the country or IGO
  • Here is a list of country domain extensions.
  • If there is one, you can also use the government domain abbreviation to narrow your results to official government publications.
    • E.g., you can use: '.gouv.fr' for France, or '.regjeringen.no' for Norway.  Germany, on the other hand, doesn't appear to use a government domain--each ministry has its own, followed by the country extension '.de'. Some ministries in Italy use .gov (for "governo", e.g., www.interno.gov.it), but others don't (e.g., www.giustizia.it/).
  • Although some governments publish a lot of information in English, most documents will be in the language(s) of that country and thus must be searched for in that language.
• Domain extensions for a few relevant inter-governmental organizations:
  • European Union = .europa.eu
  • NATO = .nato.int
  • OECD = .oecd.org
  • United Nations = .un.org