The Government Documents Collection contains primarily Canadian documents in all formats. The government documents collection serves the teaching and research needs of the faculty and students in all disciplines. Government publications are most heavily used by students in Canadian studies, history, environmental studies, biology, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, commerce, geography, fine arts and the French language. Emphasis is on Canada for federal publications, on the Atlantic Provinces for provincial, and on the local communities for municipal publications.
Emphasis is on current documents with important earlier material obtained when possible.
The collection is valuable for current and historical research. French for jurisdictions such as Quebec where no English translation exists. Most NB and federal publications are bilingual. Print and Internet resources primarily. Internet documents are not yet fully archived by the authoring governments.