Official publications encompass a wide variety of materials. They include parliamentary publications and publications from government departments and other public bodies and agencies. Official publications may include statistics, records, reports, legislation and even maps.
Official publications may originate from many different sources. These include the legislatures and governments of individual countries, as well as international organisations such as the European Union or the United Nations, the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, the Council of Europe, etc.
Official publications may cover social, economic, scientific and many other topics. Therefore, they may be of relevance to any academic discipline.
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This link opens in a new windowOECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and provides access to their books, journals and working papers, and statistics. Please note that Strathclyde does not have access to all content on the OECD iLibrary platform.
This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowPublic Information Online contains publications from the Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly, National Assembly for Wales, Scottish Government and also Non-Parliamentary material.
It provides access to Bills, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, House of Lords Papers, Hansard, Scottish Parliament Papers, the SP Official Report and Scottish Government Papers.
Dates of coverage: UK Parliament (2006/07 Session onwards); Scottish Parliament (Session 3 onwards). Hansard is available from 2008/09 onwards. Earlier content is being added.
Useful for: All disciplines - especially Education, Government & Public Policy, Law, Politics, Social Work & Social Policy.
This link opens in a new windowFull text of Scottish Government publications from 1997 onwards.
This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowUK Parliamentary Papers (formerly House of Commons Parliamentary Papers) contains Sessional Papers (e.g. House of Commons Papers, Command Papers and Public Bills) from 1715 to the 2009/10 parliamentary session. UKPP also provides access to supplementary parliamentary material back to 1688 including material from the House of Lords. Full-text of papers from session 2010-11 onwards is available via the Public Information Online service.
For more information about finding and using official publications, take a look at our official publications guide:
