The collection includes research reports, curriculum guides, papers from professional meetings, government documents, pamphlets,and related material that is indexed in the printed Resources in Education. Originally published as a private venture by William Cobbett and designed to form a continuation of The Parliamentary History from 1066 to 1803. Thomas Curson Hansard was a printer who took over the projects in 1812 when Cobbett sold his interests. From 1829 Hansard printed on the title page of the Debates Hansard's Parliamentary Debates.
Access is through a microfiche index for each volume.
The collection is located in the Microform area. Included in the collection are pamphlets, periodicals, documents, biographies and autobiographies, fictional works, poetry, collections of various kinds, materials of foreign origin relating to America, and many rare books not generally available. Access to the LAC is provided through a printed, four-volume guide to LAC materials located next to the microfiche in the Microform Area. All of the works of major writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton are included along with sufficient materials for textual study.