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United Kingdom: The Parliaments

This guide is to assist people researching the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessors. 

Reference Works to Identify 19th Century Parliamentary Materials

A breviate contains very useful information for identifying parliamentary papers.  While selective, each item contains a full bibliographical record for the item and a brief but rich abstract of the contents. Reference materials specific to the Irish University Press set are found on that page.

Parliamentary Papers in Bobst

In addition to the online database U.K.Parliamentary Papers, there is a rich set of documents in print and well indexed: The Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary papers

Parliament's Own Online Resources

The Parliament is expanding its online resources and including historial material as well.

Hansard in the Hathi Trust

The Hathi Trust contains digitized volumes of Parliamentary debates. The holdings are not complete nor listed in chronological order on each record. I have tried to note the ranges of dates available.