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Collection and Services

McMaster University Libraries hold over 150 000 government publications in a variety of formats including paper, microform and electronic (ie. CD-ROMs, Internet). McMaster is a full depository of Canadian Federal and Ontario provincial publications and maintains a comprehensive collection of local municipal (Hamilton-Wentworth) government publications. Items from other countries are selectively chosen.

Collection

Our main areas of collection are:

  • Canada (federal, provincial, municipal)
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • United Nations and affiliated bodies (IMF,FAO, ILO, etc.)
  • International Organizations (EU)

The collection is largely comprised of the following material:

  • Parliamentary and Congressional materials (debates, committee proceedings and reports)
  • Statutory materials (bills, acts, regulations, cumulative revisions of acts and regulations)
  • Statistical publications (monographs and serials)
  • Census material
  • Royal Commissions and Task Force reports
  • Departmental Reports
  • Basic reference works

The majority of government maps are available in the Lloyd Reeds Map Collection on the 1st floor of Mills Library.

McMaster is a member of the Statistics Canada's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI). Licensed statistical data is available by contacting Library Data Service on the 2nd floor of Mills Library.

Services

Consultation Services

  • For general questions, contact 905.525.9140 ext. 22533
  • To book a one-on-one consultation, please contact the appropriate librarian depending on which type of government publications you are interested in:


    Canadian Olga Perkovic
    905.525.9140 ext. 26007
    perkovi@mcmaster.ca
    US & International Krista Godfrey
    905.525.9140 ext. 24719
    godfrey@mcmaster.ca
    United Kingdom Olga Perkovic
    905.525.9140 ext. 26007
    perkovi@mcmaster.ca

Instruction

To request a library instruction session on government publications, please use the Instruction Request Form or contact Karen Nicholson, Teaching & Learning Librarian, 905.525.9140, ext. 21414 or knichol@mcmaster.ca