Library Guides: Legal research guide: Reports and parliamentary documents

Finding reports

You may need to find government, parliamentary or law reform reports, or other types of 'grey literature'. Grey literature is used to describe documents not available through traditional channels of publishing and distribution. You may need to access:

annual reports
government reports
parliamentary reports
reports on independent bodies

Key resources

Capital Monitor
Capital Monitor is a searchable database and alerting service containing resources published by Parliament, Government and the Courts including press releases, statements, transcripts, reports, tabled papers, gazettes, tax, Hansards, Estimates Committees, export control orders, and publications issued by government departments and authorities.
Policy: analysis and policy observatory database
The Policy database (APO) is an open access knowledge hub delivering policy and practice research and resources.

Web searching

You can find a range of 'grey literature' on the web. For more information see:

Finding grey literature on the Internet