The Parliamentary Library maintains a collection of publications on all areas of politics. One area of particular focus is specialised works on national policy, law, foreign policy and contemporary history. The library makes a special point of obtaining documents of every sort concerning the issues dealt with in parliament, literature about the federal assembly and other parliaments, and publications by members of parliament or senior officials.
The library also makes a special effort to collect works and documents of all types that are not available through bookshops but are published by the federal assembly, the administration, bodies of experts or other institutions. A large part of this collection is available to people who are looking for information in pdf-form on the library catalogue.
The Parliament Library deals with around 450 specialised periodicals that are scrutinised by its scientific staff. Selected articles are added to the library catalogue. Documents can be located on the library catalogue using a thesaurus.
Users have access to various electronic publications and databases, in particular the Documentation Service’s press database.