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Research output and information coaching at the House of Commons Library
Catrin Owens
Library subject experts
Teams of researchers covering a range of subjects • Home Affairs• International Affairs and Defence• Science and Environment• Social Policy• Statisticians:
• Economic Policy and Statistics• Social and General Statistics
Research output
Reactive:• answering specific enquiries
Proactive:• research papers
• government bills• selected other bills• topics of major interest
• standard notes
Library Intranet pages
Research papers• available on Parliamentary Intranet
and www.parliament.uk Standard notes
• available on Parliamentary Intranet only
Collections of links and resources used by Library subject specialists
Research homepages
Subjects covered by that team Staff contact details Research output
• research papers• standard notes
Subject index
A to Z list of subject headings• broad overall categories listed on
Library homepage• lead to pages offering a choice of
more specific subject headings
• can also view full index with broad headings and more specific headings integrated
Subject pages
Contact details for relevant Library specialists
Links to full text of research papers and standard notes
Links to selected websites and electronic documents
Cross references to other Library pages
Current awareness
Topical issues page What’s new bulletin Parliament and constitution
daily bulletin
Services and resources
Databases• in-house and commercial products• statistical databases
CD-ROMs Electronic documents Specialist websites Information about the Library
E-Library
Electronic reading room• bank of PCs• training area• facilities for laptops• some hard copy stock
• research papers• Library leaflets• training documentation
PCs for readers
Access to:• Parliamentary Intranet
• electronic resources
• Internet• wordprocessing software• spreadsheet software• email
Information coaching
Formal courses Library tours Demonstrations / drop-in
sessions On the spot assistance Documentation
• helpsheets• leaflets
Training courses
Library Intranet pages POLIS Intranet database Media sources Parliamentary sources on the
Internet Searching the Parliamentary
Intranet Searching the world wide web
Demonstrations
New services• LexisNexis
Encouraging use of existing services• BBC Monitoring
External organisations wanting to promote services• working4anMP.co.uk
On the spot assistance
Guidance on sources Advice on search techniques /
terms / strategies Problem solving
Future developments
Computer-based training• constituency staff
Parliamentary Information Management Services• Parliamentary portal / gateway into all
services• adding / standardising metadata• archiving• availability