Government Documents

Melbourne University Library has a comprehensive collection of Australian and Victorian government publications, as well as selected holdings for other states and territories. One of the benefits of Melbourne's collection is that researchers may browse an almost complete collection of Commonwealth and Victorian parliamentary publications including debates and papers in one location.

The Library also has substantial holdings of British parliamentary debates and papers, United States Congressional publications and European Union Material

Use this guide to find government publications in the Library and on the web.

Australian

• Quick find web links - key Australian government websites and online publications
• Australia and Victorian government publications held in the Library and on the web
• Quick links: Australia and Victoria - Library holdings and online publications
• Catalogues and search engines for finding government publications
• Databases for government publications
• Australian public policy
• Historical government information - Archives of government records
• Glossary of Parliamentary words

International

• British Government Publications - held by the library
• European Union Publications - held by the library
• European Union Publications - electronic resources
• United States of America Congress - held by the library
• United States Congressional Material available on microform
• Useful links for international government

Key Australian government websites and online publications

Quick links: Australia and Victoria - Library holdings and online publications

Library catalogues and search engines for finding Australian government publications

University of Melbourne Library Catalogue

Libraries Australia - search for government publications held in Australian libraries. Select 'Australian' and 'Government' in the Limits below the search box. Search by title of a known publication or search by keywords on a topic.

GovPubs: the Australian Government Publications Guide - guide to selected government publications (such as acts, hansards, gazettes) located in Australia's National and State Libraries and available on the internet

publications.gov.au - key portal for finding Commonwealth government publications. Search for publications held in Australian libraries and content on government department and agency websites. Includes A-Z and subject listng of all government websites. Replaces the Commonwealth Government Bookshop database following the bookshop's closure. Some full-text.

Victorian Government Publications Index - search for Victorian state and local government publications received by the State Library since 1987

Gov bookshops/publications sites: ACT | NSW | NT | SA | TAS | VIC

Databases for Australian government publications

Capital Monitor - a searchable collection of government publications and information (such as speeches, bills, acts, gazettes, high court rulings). 'What's New' watches a broad range of public policy areas. Access via Supersearch

AustLII * Primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access.

ComLaw/FRLI Full-text legislation and legislative instruments. ScalePlus replacement.

Australian Public Policy

Government media releases

Capital Monitor - a searchable collection of government publications and information. 'What's New' watches a broad range of public policy areas. Access via Supersearch

Government Reports - see Paliamentary papers in Australia and Victorian government publications held in the Library and on the web

Parliamentary debates The second reading speech of a bill is the major debate of policy issues

Parliamentary Library Publications page

Informit Online journal articles and other publications about Australian public policy

Websites of political parties

Historical government information

National Archives of Australia - Commonwealth government records

Public Record Office Victoria - the archives of the State Government of Victoria (records from the beginnings of the colonial administration of Victoria in the mid-1830s to today)

Archives of Australia - links to National and State Archives

Historical Information on the Australian Parliament - Parliamentary Library site

Documenting a Democracy - key documents on the foundation of Australia

Our Democratic History - Parliament of Victoria

Records of the Australasian Federal Conventions of the 1890s

Australia's Prime Ministers

British Government publications held by the University of Melbourne Library

The Library has substantial holdings of British Government publications including House of Commons Debates, House of Lords Debates, Parliamentary Papers, and Command Papers. This material is on the library catalogue, and is mainly located in the Government Documents Collection and in Special Collections in the Baillieu Library.

Useful links for intenational government

International Affairs - Parliamentary Library of Australia site - detailed links to government information by country and region

Politics and Public Administration - Parliamentary Library of Australia site - parliaments, political parties, elections, government and public administration, politics resources (Australia and World)

State Library of Victoria - government publications from the United Nations, United Kingdom, United States and the European Community

National Library of Australia - click on Guides link for guides to the National Library's holdings of United Nations, British and United States government publications