As part of the £22 million JISC Digitisation Programme, the Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers is available free of charge in perpetuity to UK higher and further education institutions and research councils.
Institutions now have free online access to over 1,400 volumes and 0.5 million pages of documents from core 18th century official Parliamentary publications that include Parliamentary Papers, Bills, registers and Journals going back to 1688.
Content description
Produced by the University of Southampton, the 18th century parliamentary papers collection consists of parliamentary papers, bills, and journals covering the period 1688-1834. The collection contains material and associated metadata for the following:
Bills/Acts:
- Harper Collection of Private Bills 1695-1814
- Private Acts 1815-1834
- Private Acts 1702-1727 and Private Bills 1727-1814
- Local and Personal Acts 1797-1834
Debates:
- The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons 1660-1743
- The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords 1660-1742
- Parliamentary Register 1774-1780
- Parliamentary Register 1780-1796
- Parliamentary Register 1796-1802
- Parliamentary Register 1802-1805
Journals:
- Journals of the House of Lords 1688-1834
- Journals of the House of Commons 1688-1834
- General Index to the Journals of the House of Commons 1660-1837
- General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords 1660-1854
Papers:
- Reports from the Committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801
- House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century 1715-1800
- House of Lords Sessional Papers 1714-1805
Main subject areas
Multidisciplinary resource, but subject areas include:
- Architecture
- Area Studies (African, Indian, American, Canadian, Asian, Irish)
- Art History
- Economics
- Education
- Geography
- Health and Medicine
- History
- International Studies
- Law
- Literature
- Political Science
- Science and Technology
- Sociology
- Women's and Children's Studies
Academic level
Undergraduate, postgraduate, and research
Date range
1688-1834
Updates
This is a closed collection.
Publisher's selection policy
Not applicable
Other institutions subscribing
The 18th Century Parliamentary Papers Collection is a new resource.
Complementary resources
By subscribing to 18th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers and 20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, over 300 years of official parliamentary records can be cross-searched on a single platform.
Cost
There is no charge for this resource: the 18th century parliamentary papers collection is the product of a JISC-funded digitisation project to provide the education community with the opportunity to engage with a critical mass of previously difficult or impossible to access resources for the first time.
Access Fees
The partnership with ProQuest has ensured that there will be no access fees for access to the content until March 2011. In the event that JISC Collections introduces an access fee for access, the sub-licence agreement may be terminated by the sub-licensee at any time by giving not less than 60 days notice to JISC Collections of its intention to terminate on the next anniversary of the sub-licence agreement. Upon service of such a notice, termination will be effective on 31st December of the relevant year after service of the notice.
Subscribe to this agreement until 7 September 2012 and have access to the content via the publisher's platform.
The agreement complies with the terms of the JISC Model Licence. Institutions are allowed to deposit learning and teaching objects that incorporate parts of the Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers collection into JORUM.
For further details of the JISC Model Licence please refer to the Guide to the JISC Model Licence.
Functionality and standards compliance
Full text linking
Durable URL bookmarking.
Oneclick bookmarking allows direct access to frequently used pages with OpenURL links. All works in the18th century parliamentary papers collection, as well as all search and browse screens feature a durable URL function which opens a satellite window containing a durable URL link. These links can be pasted into emails, web pages, reading lists and e-learning systems to allow direct linking for other users from subscribing institutions.
Federated searching
The 18th century parliamentary papers collection will be Z39.50 compliant. Information on how customers can configure their Z39.50 software to search the collection will be available at the administrator resources page.
The collection is not currently a target for inbound OpenURL linking.
Metadata standards
Not applicable.
Search options
Keyword(s), paper title keyword(s), session, collection, document type, and year range. Journals and debates can be searched by exact date. The search screen also allows users to limit searches by paper type (House of Commons papers, command papers, bills, reports, accounts, House of Lords papers, private and local bills and acts, journals of the House of Commons, journals of the House of Lords, debates, histories, and proceedings). Results can be sorted chronologically by session date, alphabetically by title, or by relevance.
All fields support use of a truncation operator (*), Boolean AND/OR/NOT, and proximity operators Near and Followed By. (For example, treaty NEAR.5 Netherlands; health FBY.4 housing).
Post-search options
From a list of results, users can select records and add them to their marked list or add the search to their own password protected work area. From the marked list or my archive users can print, email and download records in a variety of formats, i.e. plain text, ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager and RefWorks.
Search History functionality facilitates re-execution and combination of search sets (AND, OR and NOT).
Document images can be downloaded in their entirety or in part in pdf format and document pages can be downloaded as high resolution images.
Usage statistics
Usage statistics are modelled as closely as possible on the requirements for web statistics produced by the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC). Though some changes were necessary because of the nature of the database, the publisher has kept to the spirit of the ICOLC requirements.
Customisable usage statistics reports are available to librarians and systems administrators at the administrator resources page.
Authentication
This resource is UK Access Management Federation Compliant. Access can also be via ATHENS, IP range; Username and Password; Referral URL
Personalisation of the online resource
Users can create a password protected work area where they can save searches and records by selecting records and adding them to their marked list or add them from the search history.
Librarians can customise the interface at an institutional level by adding library branding. This is available under customisation options at the administrator resources page.
Accessibility
A number of accessibility features have been implemented to make the site more accessible to people with visual, motor or cognitive disabilities. The site complies with WAI Priority 1 accessibility standards and some features also contribute towards compliance with Priority 2 and 3 guidelines. For full details, see http://parlipapers.chadwyck.co.uk/infoCentre/access.jsp
Library support information