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The Full text page displays the full text details of a HCPP document. Page images of the actual full text document are displayed on the page and a Reading View option allows you to view these images in closer detail (see further explanation below). You can also search for a word or phrase within the document being viewed.

The Full text page can be accessed from the List of Results, Full record and Marked List pages.

What information does the Full text contain?

The full text page contains the following information:

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What can I do on a Full text page?

Back
Depending on which page you accessed the full text from, this link returns you to the Full record, List of Results or Marked List page.


Modify Search
Use the Modify search link to return to the search page with your original search terms intact so you can edit them and re-execute your search.
Note: this only applies if you have accessed the Full text by carrying out a search.


Use the New Search link to open a fresh search page and carry out a new search. Search terms from your current search will not be retained.
Note: this only applies if you have accessed the Full text by carrying out a search.


Add to Marked List
Check the Add to Marked List box to automatically add your document to your Marked List for the current session.

To remove the document from your Marked List click the Add to Marked List box to remove the checkmark.


Download
The Download link takes you to a page where you can export the records directly to a citation management database or download them in a variety of formats to your computer.


Save in My Archive
Store the current record in the Saved Records area of My Archive and come back to it at a later date by clicking the Save in My Archive link.


Previous/Next page
These links take you to the previous or next page image within the full text document.


Reading View
This link will take you to a simplified version of the full text page. On the Reading View page, it will be possible to view the page images in a larger format. To return to the main Full text page, simply click on the Back to main Full Text link.


Durable URL for this page
You can obtain the durable URL for the page image you are viewing by clicking the Durable URL link in the green bar above the page image itself. A panel will open displaying the URL; you can copy and paste it into your documents and email, or paste it into a new browser address bar to add it to your bookmarks.

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Searching within the document

If you wish to search within the document you are viewing you can use the Search within this document feature at the bottom of the Full text page.

  1. Enter your search term(s) into the Search within this document box

  2. Click the Search button

The page numbers at the top of the page will be updated to indicate which pages contain the new search terms, and the first page in the document that contains the search term will be displayed with the term highlighted.

A message giving the total number of occurrences of the search term and the term searched for will display below the page numbers.

If you which yo return to the page images and hit highlighting of your original search click the Reset to original search terms link.

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Printing or downloading the document

The following print and download options are available at the bottom of the page:


Print current page from PDF
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Download a high resolution image
Allows you to save the page being viewed at its original size and in the same file format as the original scanned image to a specified location. You can then manipulate the page using an image viewer program.


Download document as PDF
Opens the Download Document page from where you can choose whether to download the entire document or a range of pages as a PDF file. From the PDF file you can zoom in or out or print the page using Adobe Acrobat's viewing and printing features.

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How to cite Parliamentary Papers

The form suggested here follows the scheme proposed by Hansard, in his first General Alphabetical Index, 1801-1826.

Title and description / session / paper number / volume number.page number

e.g. Return of Number of Persons who have emigrated from G.B. and Ireland to Colonies and U.S.A., 1825-32; 1833 (696) XXVI.279

For a reference to a statement on a particular page of a paper, the title and description should be followed by the printed page number of the paper itself:

e.g. Papers on Union of British Columbia with Dominion of Canada. p.2; 1868-69 (390) XLIII.341

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Missing images

When paging through a full text document you may occasionally come across a message which states 'image in preparation'. A small number of images require reconstruction following fragmentation during the original scanning process. New, complete scans of these images are being made. These will be loaded as soon as possible.

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