For a more comprehensive list, consult the Government Information guide.
Debates: Record of what was said in parliament
Parliamentary Journals: Record of what was done in parliament
Sessional Papers: Documents submitted to parliament
CanLII: Consolidated legislation with annual statutes dating back to 1995.
What is Grey Literature?
Google Advanced Search
You can use a Google advanced search to look for working papers, internal documents, and white papers particularly from international organizations.
Search for "working papers" and specify the URL of the website you want to search (ex: un.org).
Library Databases
AND: Combines two concepts, both will be represented in the results.
Lowers the numbers of results
Ex: Canada AND policy
OR: Joins two concepts or synonyms
Increases the number of results
Ex: policy OR governance
NOT: Removes the results that include the word that follows it
Lowers the numbers of results
Ex: North America NOT United States
* truncation or wildcard: Place at the end of the root of a word and all the words with a different ending will be represented in the results
Use instead of plurals / can also replace a letter
Increases the number of results
Ex: Wom*n = will show results with woman and women. Canad* will show Canada, Canadian, canadien, canadienne, etc…
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