Access is available to all Canadian legal databases. The Library collects a high portion of scholarly works and a selection of practitioner works that are national in scope. Mainly academic periodicals are collected with some subject ones in general, practitioner periodicals are not bought. Most Federal government documents are not collected since they are in the Government Documents Library. Most state specific material is not collected.
Access is available to major U.S. legal databases.
Primary materials are collected in depth currently and retrospectively, including regulations. The Reports collection through the 19th Century is nearly comprehensive. In the 20th Century the collection lacks some subject series. The Library collects most secondary materials which are scholarly in nature and a substantial selection of major practitioner works. All academic periodicals are collected as are some subject ones.