There is some inevitable overlap of content in both. The user is initially guided to the Table of Contents to establish the scope of the database. In addition to treaties, legislation and case law, there are two additional files from Spicer's Centre for Europe and the DTI's Spearhead service, the former providing a useful interpretation of Eurospeak where necessary, with hypertext links from its summaries to the original legislation.
Some press releases, a helpful glossary and a thesaurus are among the background information.
The Contents list itself can be expanded but this feature could be overlooked without reference to the guide. The number of hits from each section will be displayed against the table of Contents and only then are the different sources obvious. Alternative ways of searching are by document title, legislation number or Official Journal reference, but there is a warning that processing the results can be quite time-consuming by the two latter methods if your PC is slow. Accessing the actual text involves selecting the required heading from the list displayed and being plunged randomly into a document. To view the first relevant hit it is necessary to click on the Next button.