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Guides to Parlimentary Publications
A Guide to British Government Publications by Frank Rodgers
Call Number: Olin Library Reference, Z 2009 .R69 G9 1980
Publication Date: 1980
The primary background source for all British government documents.
A Bibliography of Parliamentary Debates of Great Britain
House of Commons Library Document No. 2. London: H. M. S. O., 1956.
A excellent brief guide to "the spoken proceedings of Parliament." [Foreword] Worth consulting for evaluation of parallel sources.
Debates and proceedings of the British Parliaments a guide to printed sources by David Lewis Jones
House of Commons Library Document No. 16. London: H. M. S. O., 1986.
A more detailed guide than the Bibliography above.
Background Sources: Guides to Parliament
Dod's parliamentary companion
Call Number: Olin Library stacks, JN 500 .D64; Latest year shelved in Olin Library Reference
Hailsham, England: Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Ltd. Annual.
An annual register of members of Parliament, Commons and Lords, including biographies, election data, reviews of the prior session's legislative activity, staff lists, ministerial responsibilities and other information. Olin has most years back to 1854.
See catalog record for library holdings.
2nd edition. London: Politico, 2002.
A detailed guide to how the British Parliament actually works in recent times. Parliamentary Papers are explained in Chapter Seven.
The Almanac of British Politics by Byron Criddle; Robert Waller
Rough equivalent of the Almanac of American Politics: detailed descriptions of each constituency or seat in Parliament as of the 2001 elections. Earlier editions shelved in the Olin stacks.
