This document provides guidance on researching Canadian legislation. It outlines key legal research databases and websites for finding bills, debates, and committee information from the federal and Ontario governments. These include LEGISInfo, parliamentary websites, and committee sections. Tips are provided on searching by keyword, bill number, or relevant time period to find information on the legislative process and history for specific bills. Sources for interest group input are also mentioned.

1. Sociology of Law Library and online resources SC2301 March 2012

2. Start at Resources by Subject on the Library website (under Find)

3. Choose the option to Browse all guides

5. News Databases can be found under Find Journal Articles tab.

6. Laws can be found under Find Statutes tab.

7. Documents from the Legislative branches of government are under websites section or home

16. Use the advanced search to add concepts by line and to specify where to search for your terms

18. If you are after dates and names of legislation, deselect options for full text, peer reviewed etc

19. You can refine your results by limiting by location (i.e. Canada)or by timeframe

26. LEGISInfo - select the specific session of parliament -search by bill number or a word from the title of the bill

28. Canadian Parliamentary Sources parl.gc.ca for debates and committee proceedings

29. The Search and browse finds information contained in the House of Commons Debates (Hansard) and Committee Evidence of the 1st Session of the 39th Parliament (2006) and onward.

30. To get into older indexes for Debates (Hansard) Select the parliamentary session and then scroll up for the index

31. Aha!

34. Committees information is organized by session.

40. Ontario Sources

42. Review and debates and committee transcripts for dates given in the status section