CANADIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Location
Seeley G. Mudd Library
Government Documents and Information Center
38 Mansfield Street
Collection
Yale University became a selective depository for Canadian Federal government information
in 1961. It is one of approximately 50 depository libraries for Canadian information in
the United States. During the past 35 years Yale has built strong collections documenting
Canadian parliamentary and executive agency activities. The government information
collection complements and supplements the secondary literature collection, most of which
is housed in Sterling Memorial Library.
Size
Serials: 500
Microfiche: 5000
Compact discs: 125
Types of Materials
Parliamentary debates and reports, royal commission reports, serials, atlases,
statistical data, annual reports
Time Span Covered
1968-present, most materials are housed in the Center, pre-1968 materials are located
in either Sterling Memorial Library or Mudd Library (Storage); many current materials
are only available online.
Subject Strengths
economic and demographic data
international relations
social survey data
Special Collections
Statistics Canada data (print and electronic)
Royal Commission Reports
Parliamentary debates and committee minutes of proceedings (print and electronic)
Reference Collections
Canadian Research Index
E-Stat for Education (Statistics Canada)
Access
Serials and selected monographic series are on ORBIS. Canadian Government
Publications Catalogue (print) and
Canadian Research Index
Units With Related Materials in the Yale Library System
Serials and monographs received prior to 1968 were catalogued, classified and housed
in Mudd and Sterling Memorial Library. Canadian provincial documents are collected
selectively and housed in Sterling Memorial Library (provincial documents are included
on the Canadian Research Index).
Links
Government Documents & Information Center home page
GDC's Canadian Government Page
Yale Library's International Affairs Home Page
