Stationery Office material issued by the Departments of Health Social Security and Education is located at Coach Lane. Before 1997 the Stationery Office materials were not listed in the main catalogue. Since 1997, Departmental publications have been listed on the catalogue, and shelved by class number in with the main bookstock. Parliamentary Publications such as Command Papers, Acts and House of Commons Papers of relevance to health, social work and education are still located in the Official Publications Collection. Government statistical information is located nearby.
Many official publications are available on the Internet .
See Internet Resource Evaluation for more details. The Internet can provide news material, popular information, images, some research material and statistical data . It may be useful , but is unlikely to have as much relevant information as the printed and CD-ROM sources noted above, because there is no way of monitoring the quality of the web site contents. The best way to start looking for information on the Internet is to use the various subject collections that bring together resources, usually with some form of description. You can search or browse subject sections.