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- Nexis UniAn interdisciplinary, full-text database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
When searching for state legislation select "Statues & Legislation" from the "All Nexis-Uni" drop-down menu at the top. This will help to narrow your keyword searches.
Once your keyword search results are displayed select "Bill Tracking" under "Category" from the left-side menu. Bill tracking is pulled from State Net, a LexisNexis Company, and updated 6 days per week during peaks of legislative sessions, Monday through Saturday: else, 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. Updated within 48 hours of government posting.
- Congress.govProvides free access to a wide range of legislative information on the Congress, including the full text of the Congressional Record and bills for the 103rd to the present Congress, a directory of congressional committees and members of Congress, the weekly floor schedule for the House, and a schedule of daily committee hearings.
- National Conference of State LegislaturesNCSL (National Conference of State Legislators) has some bill tracking, including archived databases, available to the general public.
Library Databases
- Nexis UniAn interdisciplinary, full-text database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works. Formerly LexisNexis Academic.
- PAIS InternationalContains citations to public policy literature of economics, education, government, law, international business, political science, public administration, and other social sciences. It includes references to journal articles, books, government documents, reports and pamphlets in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
- ProQuest CongressionalIndexes information produced by or pertaining to the United States Congress from 1789 to the present. Provides full text for many titles, generally from the early 1990's to the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports, the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, and Federal Register. Includes full text of Congressional Research Service reports, 1916-present; full text of Congressional hearings, 1824-2003; full text of Committee Prints, 1830-2003; and full text of the Serial Set Collection with Maps, 1789-1969. For a complete description of contents, coverage, and update frequency, consult the online Help section.
- ProQuest Legislative Insight.ProQuest Legislative Insight is a Federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws.
- ProQuest Research LibraryProQuest Research Library, formerly known as Periodical Abstracts, is a comprehensive database available through the ProQuest online system. It indexes and abstracts general interest magazines and scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. It comprises two components: a core list of periodicals covering about 800 publications, and 15 subject-specific modules that supplement the core list. Modules cover arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international studies, law, military, multicultural studies, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Full text of many articles is provided.
- CQ Press LibraryCQ Press Library is the definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs. CQ's coverage includes the Congress Collection, CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher, CQ Weekly, Political handbook of the world, Politics in America, Supreme Court yearbook, and the Voting and elections collection.
- Hein Online: the modern link to legal historyProvides full text access to: Legal Classics (treatises), Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements, U.S. Congressional Documents, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, and World Trials collection.