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                                                          InFORMATIOn SERVICES




         Online services
         The Library provides a wide range of services on the     Bill Gateways
                                                                  webapplications.
         intranet:
                                                                  parliament.uk/
                                                                  billgateways
            Bill Gateways, a ‘one-stop shop’ for useful information on
                                                                  Public Bill Office
           most Government bills, the top seven Private Members’   x6758
           bills, draft bills and private bills. This includes relevant
           Library research papers and contacts (for advice on bill
           proceedings and the legislative process you should contact
           the Public Bill Office);
            statistical resources, including constituency data;
                                                                  Factiva
            current awareness services;
                                                                  hcl1.hclibrary.
            a toolkit for caseworkers;                            parliament.uk/
                                                                  external/online/
            access to a range of publications including newspapers,   factiva.asp
           periodicals and other high quality information services;

            an online catalogue of books and other holdings; and
            a database and search engine, Parliamentary Information   PIMS
                                                                  pims.
           Management Services (PIMS), to enable you to find      parliament.uk
           parliamentary publications, debates, votes, and other
           information relevant to the work of the two Houses.
         Training and support
         The Library also offers a range of training. This can help you   Library Training
                                                                  Delivery Team
         with finding and managing information, including using the
                                                                  x2937
         internet more effectively, and making full use of the Library’s
                                                                  librarytraining@
         online services. Details of training courses are available via   parliament.uk
         the Training Delivery Team.                              hcl1.hclibrary.
                                                                  parliament.uk/
         To book an introduction to the Library and its resources,   training/training.
                                                                  asp
         please call the Library enquiry point.

         The Library’s subject specialists lead talks on topics of   Subject specialist
                                                                  talks
         parliamentary interest. These are offered most weeks when
                                                                  hcl1.hclibrary.
         the House is sitting – details are available by email, the   parliament.uk/
                                                                  whatsnew/talks.
         Commons Quarterly newsletter and the What’s On posters
                                                                  asp
         on display throughout the Estate.
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