Mini Reviews Parliamentary Research Briefs Information and Assistance Canadian Databases, Documents and Publications Main Page Access Access to Library of Parliament publications can be achieved in a number of ways. The Research Branch of the Library of Parliament also publishes a number of items electronically. Some of these publications are electronically available on the internet and may be accessed for free but access to others, which are electronically available, is restricted by a depository arrangement. For the convenience of users, the Ward Chipman Library has linked items available by depository agreement to on-campus users, as well as items freely available to any internet user, regardless of affiliation or location. Top of Page Background Papers Background Papers are designed to provide fairly in depth information on relatively narrow topics of interest to Canadians.
Topics range from drugs to the Canadian electoral systems to sustainable development.
Papers are designated by BP, followed by an accession number plus a language indicator. Thus, BP-435E is assigned to Background Paper number 435, appearing in English. Recently, some Background Papers have carried the designation PRB, which had been reserved for the In Briefs . They are included here in both collections. As a selective depository, Ward Chipman Library provides access to Background Papers .