1. International Documents RoundUp: The New and Old Worlds of the British Parliamentary Papers.
- Author
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Church, James
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LIBRARY science , *INTERNATIONAL librarianship , *DATABASES , *PUBLIC records , *GOVERNMENT report writing , *GOVERNMENT information , *ARCHIVES , *LEGISLATIVE libraries , *ELECTRONIC information resources - Abstract
The article focuses on the most controversial issues in international documents librarianship that has been the rollout of the Proquest 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database. The author says that the database offers dramatically improved means of searching and accessing British Parliamentary information. The database is a significant tool for accessing a collection that has always been difficult to research in print and is often cited as being the richest and most important collection of printed government records in any country. Parliamentary papers, medieval papers through the eighteenth century, nineteenth century and print and digital in the twentieth century are discussed.
- Published
- 2006