毎週、以下のような巻から履修者の専門分野や関心に沿った文書を選んで読む。
1.Documents on British Policy Overseas (1944-) series
Series I (11 volumes), Series II (4 volumes), Series III (12 volumes)
2.British Documents on the End of Empire (1925-) series
Series A (General Volumes): volume 1 (1925-45), volume 2 (1945-51), volume 3 (1951-57), volume 4 (1957-64), volume 5 (1964-71)
Series B (Country Volumes): volume 1 (Ghana), volume 2 (Sri Lanka), volume 3 (Malaya), volume 4 (Egypt and the defence of the Middle East), volume 5 (Sudan), volume 6 (The West Indies), volume 7 (Nigeria), volume 8 (Malaysia), volume 9 (Central Africa), volume 10 (Fuji), volume 11 (Malta)