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LEGISinfo
Use for finding information on legislation currently before Parliament. This tool provides electronic access to a wide range of information about individual bills, such as: the text of the bill at various stages; government press releases and backgrounders (for government bills); legislative summaries; important speeches at second reading; votes; links to committee proceedings and coming into force data. Covers the 35th Parliament, 1st Session (1994) to the present.
Canadian Parliamentary Review
Includes legislative reports, editorials, feature articles and book reviews. Covers federal, provincial and territorial governments in Canada. Published by the Table Research Branch of the Parliament of Canada. Print issues in the Law Library.

Gale OneFile CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals) This link opens in a new window
A full text database of articles from Canadian and International journals, magazines and reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. Includes The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, Canadian News Facts, and reference materials, including the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. The interface is bilingual (English and French).
License Information: This is a Saskatchewan Multitype Library Database Licensing Project (MDLP) license. There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to walk-in users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Canadian Research Index (CRI) This link opens in a new window
Index to periodicals covering Canadian issues in multidisciplinary areas, including arts, business, health, sciences, humanities, social sciences, and current affairs. Includes federal, provincial, and municipal government documents.
License Information: This is a Saskatchewan Multi-type Database Licensing Project (MDLP) license. There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to walk-in users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Arctic & Antarctic Regions This link opens in a new window
A collection of international polar databases covering research from multiple disciplines on cold regions anywhere, from temperate regions with cold winters to the Himalayas of Tibet.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

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Index to Federal Royal Commissions
This index provides bibliographic access to materials associated with more than 200 federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation. There are approximately 7000 items in the index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents.
Print or microform copies of Royal Commissions are held in the McPherson Library. Check the library catalogue by title to locate.
Government of Canada Publications
The Government of Canada Publications website is the access point to locate publications authored by Government of Canada departments.
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These publications encompass both traditional printed documents and publications in alternative formats and electronic products. The database includes over 100,000 titles and includes newly published and previously published works, such as annual reports, commissions, regulatory information, policy paper and publications of Statistics Canada.

Use the Search or Advanced Search boxes to find the publications.

Library of Parliament Research Publications

Library of Parliament Research Publications
The Parliamentary Information and Research Service (PIRS) provides a consulting service for individual parliamentarians responding to questions that require research and analysis on legal, economic, scientific, or social science matters. Researchers obtain and analyze material, write letters, short notes and longer research papers at the request of Senators and Members of the House of Commons. In some cases, responses are provided to clients by telephone briefings or by meetings with individuals.