Library

In line with our “Open Science” policy, our aim is to ensure that the public has unrestricted access to a vast body of literature. CEDIS thus contributes, with national funds from FCT, I.P., to the Library of NOVA School of Law, a public library that provides books, journals, databases and other online resources. Our library serves not only our researchers but also all citizens, and is widely used by students, legal professionals, researchers and organisations outside our institution.

Visit the Library Homepage of the NOVA School of Law Library Search the Catalogue Browse the Library’s online catalogue

40,000 Monograph titles

255 Periodicals

153 Foreign publications

Documentary collection

CEDIS has contributed to building the Library’s document collection, with a growing commitment to digital formats. While focused primarily on Law, the collection also includes works on Philosophy, Political Thought, Sociology, Economics, History and other fields. Legal and general reference works (dictionaries and encyclopaedias) are also available for on-site consultation.

Digital databases

CEDIS has also contributed to making digital databases available. Several of these require subscriptions, most of them funded by CEDIS with FCT funds.

Cambridge Core Cambridge Core is a sophisticated, high-performance online platform that provides readers with the main academic output of Cambridge University Press. Here you can find books, articles and other publications online, as well as content published by member publishers such as Edinburgh University Press, Facet Publishing and the University of Adelaide Press, among others. Kluwer Law Online A database providing access to specialised academic journals on international legal matters across different areas of practice, written by experts worldwide and published by Wolters Kluwer. It includes IEL Labour Law and the Encyclopedia of International Labour Law, offering practical information on national and international legal frameworks across 25 areas of practice, and a collection of reference works supporting the exploration of the international legal landscape in areas such as Corporate and Commercial Law, Litigation, Labour Law and Transport Law.

These platforms offer

The complete collection of academic journals
A growing selection of articles
Navigable tables of contents
Bibliographic information in HTML format
Full-text documents in PDF format (to view and print PDF files, install the free Adobe Reader)
Advanced navigation and search functionality within and between titles
Online availability 3 to 4 weeks before print publication