DP History Research Resources

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Searching for Archives in WorldCat

1. On the search page, check the box for Archival Materials to limit your search, then enter keywords related to your topic.
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1. Hansard is divided into three series: one reporting on debates in the House of Commons, one in the House of Lords, and one in the Public Bill Committees of the House of Commons. The abbreviations for each are HC Deb, HL Deb, and for debates in the Public Bill Committees of the House of Commons, it is the title of the Bill followed by Deb.

2. In Chicago Style, Hansard is only referenced in the footnotes and not in the bibliography.

3. Format - First note

     Number. Jurisdiction, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Chamber, Day Month Year of publication, page (full name of speaker and position, if applicable) (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL

Examples - First note

       6. Australian Capital Territory, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 4 August 2002, 15.

     14. Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 2 March 2011 (Austl.) http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/

     16. Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 25 June 2008, 5823 (Robert McClelland, Attorney-General)(Austl.).

       23. United Kingdom, Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 

Format - Subsequent notes

     Number. Jurisdiction, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Chamber, Year, page.

Examples - Subsequent notes

     12. ACT, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 2002, 15.

     19. Cth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 2011.

     21. Cth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 2008.