The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. They are among the richest and most detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries, and are fundamental to an understanding of current legislation, policy making and the political environment. HCPP online, with searchable full text, and detailed subject indexing, makes it possible to fully exploit the enormous potential of this resource for the first time.
The collection includes the nineteenth century House of Commons Sessional Papers. They include 79,527 papers, covering 4.2 million pages. The accompanying 5 volume index, Peter Cockton's 'Subject Catalogue of the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 1801-1900', was the first thematic listing of the complete set of parliamentary papers.
HCPP online brings these two resources together for the 19th century, unlocking 100 years of policy making, investigation, correspondence and reporting for researchers of all kinds. Also included is the twentieth century (104,902 papers, 5.2 million pages). Coverage goes right up to the latest parliamentary session.
HCPP now incorporates The Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers Collection from BOPCRIS. This collection features publications published officially by the House of Commons or the House of Lords from 1688 to 1834, including sessional papers and other material such as Journals and Private Acts. The material was brought together and digitized from the major collections of parliamentary papers at the University of Southampton, the British Library, and the University of Cambridge.
Search tips:
- To begin your search click on the word search in the bar near the top of the page. To list all records containing a particular word: Enter the words you wish to search for in the Keyword box and click the Search button. Note: Use the predefined operators such as and and or if you wish to perform a search for multiple keywords which are not usually found next to each other in the same phrase.
- If you want to search for a particular phrase, place quotation marks around all the words that make up the phrase. For example, "cotton weaving".
- HCPP allows you to use the * (asterisk) wildcard character to find variations on a word ending.
e.g. work* finds work, works, working, worker, workman, workmen - All searches are case-insensitive, so you don't have to know whether a word should be capitalized or not. For example, there is no difference between london, London or LonDon.
Where is it: Go to the UNLV Libraries' home page http://www.library.unlv.edu. Select the Articles and Databases tab, click on the A-Z List of Databases and then on the letter H and select House of Commons Parliamentary Papers.
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