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Congressional Publications at Alderman and Law Libraries 

Overview of Congressional Publications available in all formats at UVA Library.
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Congressional Publications at U.Va. Libraries

Together Law School Library and Alderman Library contain the vast majority of all Congressional publications.  Use this guide to find these materials either online, in print, or in microfiche.

 
 

Publication

Law School

Alderman & Online
(Sometimes the online will be full text access, sometimes only indexing. 
VIRGO provides full text of many current Congressional publications.)

Bills - Y1.4/1-Y1.4/9

See UVA LibGuide on Bills & Laws and description of the legislative process, bill glossary, and key to legislative citations.

See also guide to Regulations Research






Microprint: 1957-1964
Microfiche: 1965 to present



Microfilm: 1789-1817
Microfiche    3 East, Alderman
1979 to present 

Print-  Y1.4/1-Y1.4/9, 3 Old

Index only
(useful for historical bills)
See Congressional Record, History of Bills and Resolutions section for desired session -- arranged by bill number for debates, summaries, floor action, etc.
Electronic
Lexis/Nexis Congressional
Bills & Resolutions - 1989-present
THOMAS – bill tracking, 1989-present
House Bills & Resolutions - 1799-1873
Senate Bills & Resolutions - 1819-1873

Legislative Histories
Definition: Legislative Histories 

Microfiche
61st - 97th Cong. - selective

Paper
Cataloged separately in VIRGO – selective

Paper
Cataloged separately in VIRGO - selective
Electronic
Lexis/Nexis Congressional -1969/1970-present
See also Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents from
LLSDC 

House & Senate Reports & Documents  (called the Serial Set when bound.) About Documents and Reports.




Microfiche
69th -91st Cong.
(v.8522 (1926)-v.12880 (1969))
(Serial Set microfiche)
91st: 2d sess (1970) to present
(LN/CIS microfiche)

Paper
Serial Set - Y 1.1/2:
1940s-1960s - selectively
1965-present

Microfiche  3 East, Alderman
1818-1925 (v.1-8521) - fiche of Serial Set (LN/CIS fiche)
1978-present: microfiche, Y 1.1/3-Y 1.1/8

Print
Serial Set - Y 1.1/2:
1818-1925 (v.1-8521, w/ gaps) - Ivy Stacks
1926-1960 (v.8523-12304) - Alderman Room 317
1960-current (v.12305-) - on back and East side walls, under Y 1.1/2 (Alderman 3 Old)
Electronic
LexisNexis Congressional
THOMAS 104th Congress (1995/96 to present).

Senate Executive Documents & Reports

(These are treaty related or related to nominations for federal positions).



Some included in Serial Set after 1979

Some included in Serial Set after 1979
Microfiche
1817-1969

Electronic (Index only)
LexisNexis Congressional
(L/N includes the
CIS Index to US Senate executive documents & reports : covering documents and reports not printed in the US Serial Set, 1817-1969, which UVA has in print in Ivy Stacks)  


American State Papers  - 1789-1816
(predecessor to the Serial Set)

Paper
 Z 3.1: - Documents Stacks

Microfiche  3East, Alderman
 Located at Serial Set fiche
Paper
Z - far left corner, Alderman 3 Old
Electronic
LexisNexis Congressional
Library of Congress

Congressional Hearings (Published Hearings)

Microfiche:
1947 - 1998 - LN/CIS fiche

Paper
1970 to present - Y 4

Microfiche   3 East, Alderman
1833-1946 - LN fiche
1978 to present - Y 4

Paper
1930 to present - Y 4
comprehensively since 1950 or so

Electronic
VIRGO Catalog
Hearings (in pdf) from about 1995-present are searchable and linked in VIRGO.
Lexis/Nexis Congressional
(From - present)
House and Senate Committee web sites -recent testimony and hearings.
Law Library of Congress
Census (from 1908), Immigration (from 1923) and Freedom of Information (from 1975).

Unpublished House & Senate Hearings

 

Microfiche:   3East, Alderman
House - 1833-1936
Senate - 1823-1976

Electronic
LexisNexis Congressional

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Major Studies & Reports

Microfiche & Film:
1916 to present

Electronic
LexisNexis Congressional
(2004-present)
See Barbie Selby's CRS guide for access to earlier dates.

Committee Prints
See useful information from GPO Access and Lexis/Nexis

Microfiche:
1948-1969 - CIS Committee Prints fiche
1970 - 2002 - CIS fiche

Paper:
Selective  - Y 4

Microfiche  3East, Alderman
1911-1969
less comprehensive than Law's set

Paper:
Selective - Y 4
Electronic
Lexis/Nexis Congressional 
GPO Access  (from 1997-present)

Journal of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

Microfiche
LJ .C5 -

Paper
LC 4.5:
Electronic
Library of Congress

Congressional Debates
Annals of Congress
(1789-1824)
Register of Debates
(1924-1837)
Congressional Globe
(1833-1873)
Congressional Record
(1873-present)
(
About the Congressional Record from Thomas)

Microfiche
1789 to present

Paper
1971 - present
LJ - LAW-FLOOR2 Documents Stacks

Microfiche & Microfilm
1789-1838 - Annals of Congress & Register of Debates  (3East, Alderman). 
Paper
1789 to present - X
Alderman 3 New

Electronic
Lexis/Nexis Congressional (1873-1997)
Thomas
Indexing (1994-present); Text (1989-present)
GPO Access
Indexing (1983-present);Text (1994-present) 
Library of Congress:
Annals; Register...; Congressional Globe

Publication

Law Library

Alderman Library

House Journal
 - the official record of the proceedings of the House. About Congressional Journals..... 

Paper
LJ - LAW-FLOOR2 Documents Stacks

Microfiche
1789-1847 - Z
(3East, Alderman). 
Paper
1789-1952 - Serial Set (see above)
1953-1991 - XJH

Electronic
Lexis/Nexis Congressional
GPO Access search back to 1991
Library of Congress (1789-1875)

Senate Journal of Executive Proceedings

Paper
1789-1829, 1980-1996
LJ S - LAW-FLOOR2 Docs. Stacks



 

 
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