About Congressional Documents
Online sources ~ Print & Microform holdings
"The Congressional Documents collection consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents. House and Senate documents contain various kinds of materials ordered to be printed by both chambers of Congress. Documents can include reports of executive departments and agencies, as well as committee prints, that were ordered to be printed as documents. Senate Treaty Documents contain the text of a treaty as it is submitted to the U. S. Senate for ratification by the President of the United States." (GPO: About Congressional Documents)
Committee Documents : 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 -- . (document numbering begins in 1817)
See also: Serial Set.
In Proquest Congressional, select the Advanced Search,
Unselect all, and select only House and Senate Documents,
Search by topic word or document number,
Restrict by date or Session of Congress.
- 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. - Library of Congress: American State PapersIncludes some very early reports/documents (not numbered).
- Library of Congress: American Memory1833 - 1917 (23rd - 64th Cong.)
U.S. Serial Set
Selected Documents and Reports - Congress.govUse the drop-down menu to find ...
Treaty Documents from 1949,
Executive Communications from 1979.
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information, presented by the Library of Congress using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service. - govinfo1975 (94th Cong.) -- current.
Authenticated government documents from the Government Printing Office.
Committee Documents : Print & microform holdings
1789 - 1817 (1st - 14th Cong.)
1817 - 1979
United States Serial Set. Shelved in Rare/Annex
1980 - 2013
United States Serial Set. Shelved in Olin Library, Lower Level Government Documents section.