University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections

(Main library)

Queen Mother Library

Meston Walk

Aberdeen

AB24 3UE

(Official Publications Library)

Taylor Library & European Documentation Centre

Dunbar Street

Aberdeen

AB24 3UB

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/taylor/

Name:  Alison Steed

Position: Principal Information Assistant (EDC)

Email address: a.steed@abdn.ac.uk or lawlib@abdn.ac.uk

The Library holds extensive collections of UK and Scottish Parliamentary Publications.

This includes House of Commons Papers and Bills, Command Papers, House of Lords Papers and Bills, House of Commons Parliamentary and Committee Debates, House of Lords Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons and House of Lords Journals and the Acts of Parliament.

Scottish titles include Scottish Parliamentary Papers, The Official Report of the Scottish Parliament and all Parliamentary Committees, Bills and accompanying papers, Scottish Acts and the Scottish Executive/Government Papers.

There are holdings of reports, policy documents and official statistics including Census documents from the UK and Scottish Governments.

Aberdeen University is a European Documentation Centre and receives copies of official publications from the European Union.

The collection includes publications from a wide range of international organisations including the United Nations, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, The Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights.

Please note, however, the library now has subscriptions to receive material electronically and no longer receives hard copies of some of the material listed above. External users are strongly advised to telephone first to ensure that we have the material they want to see.

This is the largest collection of Official Publications in the North of Scotland and one of the largest collections of EU information in Scotland

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Access by other users:

There are no restrictions on anyone wishing to use the collections.

Our holdings can be checked via our online catalogue at http://aulib.abdn.ac.uk/F

Additional information relating to access is available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/access.shtml

There is an information service to staff, students and the general public. Short enquiries are not usually subject to a charge.  Enquiries requiring expensive research may be subject to a charge. Photocopying of documents is a charged service.

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