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BOPCRIS: British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service

BOPCRIS aims to save researchers wasting valuable research time and effort finding relevant British Official Publications over the period 1688 - 1995 by providing a Web-based bibliographic database which enables them, from their own desktops, to:

  • search and browse for relevant documents without having to visit libraries to consult hard-copy reference tools, or needing to seek assistance from reference librarians
  • read abstracts, and view detailed, consistent subject indexing, of key documents so they can assess whether they need to see the full document or not
  • find out the nearest location of relevant documents if they decide they need them
  • read the digitised full-text version of a limited number of documents

Development

BOPCRIS (1833-1983) Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (1st August 1999 - 31st July 2002). Focuses on around 16,500 key documents, selected for inclusion in the internationally known hard-copy Ford Select Lists and Breviates.

BOPCRIS (1801-1832) Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme and the Hansard Trust (1st August 2000 - 31st July 2002). Focuses on around 1,400 documents selected for inclusion in Hansard's Catalogue and Breviate of Parliamentary Papers.

BOPCRIS (1984-1995) Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme (1st August 2000 - 31st July 2002). Focuses on 3,600 documents from this period based on selection criteria used by the Fords.

BOPCRIS (1688-1800) Funded by the British Library Co-operation and Partnership Programme (July 2000 - summer 2001). 1,800 references to key 18th century House of Commons Journals from the period 1688 - 1800, selected for inclusion in Grace Ford's Select List of Commons Journals, 1688 - 1800.

Bibliography

  • Ford, Grace (1951) Select List of Commons Journals, 1688 - 1800, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1951) A Breviate of Parliamentary Papers, 1917-1939, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1953) Hansard's Catalogue and Breviate of Parliamentary Papers, 1696-1834, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1953) Select List of Parliamentary Papers, 1833-1899, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1957) A Breviate of Parliamentary Papers, 1900-1916, The Foundation of the Welfare State, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1961) A Breviate of Parliamentary Papers, 1940-1954, War and reconstruction, Blackwell
  • Ford, Peter and Ford, Grace (1970) Select List of British Parliamentary Papers, 1955-1964, Irish University Press
  • Marshallsay, D. and Smith, J.H. (1973) Ford List of British Parliamentary Papers, 1965-1974, KTO Press
  • Marshallsay, D. and Richards, P.G. (1989) Ford List of British Parliamentary Papers, 1974-1983, Chadwick-Healey
Lead site: Ford Collection of British Official Publications, University of Southampton Library
Content Advisory partner: British Library (Co-operation and Partnership Programme)
Technology Support Partner: Institute of Learning and Research technology (ILRT)
Collection / Content research partners
British Library of Political and Economic Science
Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
Cambridge University Library
Edinburgh University Library
Ford Collection, University of Southampton Library
Glasgow University Library
University of Newcastle upon Tyne Library
Queen's University Belfast Library
University of Wales Aberystwyth Library
University of London Library, Senate House
University of Warwick Library
Digitisation partner: Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis, Queen's University Belfast

Taken from the BOPCRIS web site: http://www.bopcris.org.uk

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Content by: Shirley Keane of UKOLN.
Page last revised on: 22-Jul-2008
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