Welcome to the Scottish Independence Library
Answering Questions
about
Independence
Popular Questions
What is the Indy Library?
The Indy Library is a digital library started by volunteers, including librarians, IT professionals and academics.
We are not aligned with any political party.
We pool our skills and knowledge to share scholarly, reliable, accurate information from verified sources, to help you decide the merits of Scotland regaining its independence.
Be empowered with knowledge. Make an informed choice.
We use the C.A.R.S. information quality standards
The C.A.R.S. Checklist is one way to evaluate information sources.
It asks you to look for Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support
before deciding to use or trust an information source.
Information Sources
We provide references to information from trusted sources.
The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland and has a range of responsibilities that include: the economy, education, health, justice, rural affairs, housing, environment, equal opportunities, consumer advocacy and advice, transport and taxation.
Business for Scotland
Business for Scotland is a campaigning business network and think tank. We are a passionate about unlocking Scotland’s potential by promoting policies that will create sustainable business and economic growth. We are dedicated supporters of Scottish independence as a means to deliver our goals, setting Scotland on a more inclusive, greener, confident, more equal and economically successful path.
Hansard
The official report of all Parliamentary debates. Find Members, their contributions, debates, petitions and divisions from published Hansard reports dating back over 200 years. Daily debates from Hansard are published on this website the next working day.
Fraser of Allander Institute
The Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) is an economics research institute based at the Strathclyde Business School. It is part of the Department of Economics.
For nearly 45 years, FAI has been monitoring and commentating on the Scottish economy.
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is a reference library with world-class collections. It is also Scotland's largest library and one of the major research libraries in Europe.
COMMON WEAL
Common Weal is a people-powered think and do tank in Scotland. It develops policy on and campaign for social and economic equality, for wellbeing and the environment, for quality of life, for peace and justice.
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Volunteer Operated
Our organisation is volunteer-owned and operated. We have pooled our knowledge and experience of librarianship, academic scholarship, data collection and IT communication.
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Digital resources accessible to all
It is important that everyone has access to expert information in different formats such as scholarly articles, plain-language text, audio and video to make informed decisions.
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Learned Expert Analysis
That's what sets us apart. We are independent of mainstream media, political parties and are politically non-aligned.