About the Serial Set
Online sources ~ Print holdings
"The Serial Set is comprised of the numbered Senate and House Documents and Senate and House Reports, bound by Session of Congress. The contents of the Serial Set have varied throughout the publication’s history, and at times have included House and Senate Journals, and the reports of executive departments and agencies.
Each volume is assigned a Serial Number, beginning with the 1st Session of the 15th Congress in 1817. Reports and Documents for each chamber begin with Number 1 at the beginning of the Congress, and are numbered consecutively through all sessions of that Congress." (Government Printing Office)
Serial Set : Online Sources
- ProQuest Congressional PublicationsIncludes bills, resolutions, reports, hearings and the Congressional Record ("verbatim" account of the proceedings and debates on floor of the House and Senate).
1789 - . (Includes precursor, American State Papers)
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- U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Readex)1817 - 1980 (15th - 96th Cong.)
Search tip: Start by selecting the "Congress" tab, and then select the Year/Session of Congress. - Congressional Serial SetThe United States Congressional Serial Set collection was digitized by the Law Library of Congress, and is made publicly available through a partnership between the U.S. Government Publishing Office and the Law Library of Congress. The joint digitization project is a multi-year effort. Additional volumes of the Serial Set will be added to this collection as they are available.
- Library of Congress: American Memory1833 - 1917 (23rd - 64th Cong.)
U.S. Serial Set
Selected Documents and Reports
Serial Set : Print holdings
1817 - 1979
1980 - 2013
Olin Lower Level, Government Documents section.
Please note: Our printed Serial Set holdings are not complete. See United States Serial Set in John M. Olin Library, OLIN REF Z1223 A16 C74+ (2 vols.) for a shelf inventory list compiled in 1991.