The title or subject of a Government report will not normally be sufficient information to locate the item within a library. You will usually need to obtain the full bibliographic reference for the Government documents you require.

You can use the following electronic tools to obtain the bibliographic references of government publications, follow the links below for further information about these particular databases:

After obtaining the full bibliographic reference, you then need to locate the publication through the library. Note: these publications are not held by Union Library. Ask the librarian for help if you are unsure.

It is possible to obtain the full text of some more recent Government documents on the web, this is examined in more detail on the following page.