Research Guides: Master of Legal and Forensic Psychology: Federal Legislative History

U.S. Congressional Serial Set

U.S. Congressional Serial Set * (Readex)
"Database of texts from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives (Coverage includes 1817-1980)..."
ProQuest Congressional*
In ProQuest Congressional, Serial Set content is archived in the House and Senate Documents/Reports collection. To search Serial Set material, go to the Advanced Search Content selection box and choose House and Senate Documents/Reports, 1789-Present.

Congressional Record Sources

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.

Congress.gov
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"After each day that Congress is in session, the proceedings are printed in the Congressional Record (CR) and available the following morning. New daily issues, reporting business from the previous day if either the House or Senate or both met, are usually available by 10:00 am."
GovInfo - Congressional Record. 1994-Present
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
Govinfo: Congressional Record (Bound Edition) - Volume 23 (1892) - Most Current Bound Volume
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873 and is still published today. At the end of each session of Congress, all of the daily editions are collected, re-paginated, and re-indexed into a permanent, bound edition. ...
HeinOnline* - U.S. Congressional Documents Library. 1789-Present
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Full text pdf access to all debates of Congress. From 1789 to present. From the Annals of the Congress of the United States (1st Congress to 18th Congress, 1st Session (1789-1824) All Published) to the very latest issues of the daily Congressional Record.
ProQuest Congressional* - Congressional Record Bound Edition & Predecessors 1789-Present
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Choose the "Congressional Record Only" tab at the top of the page. Congressional record and its earlier titles (1789-1997). The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings, debates, and activities of Congress. Although the Record contains a substantially verbatim account of the proceedings and debate, it also contains extensive inserted materials, communications from the President and executive agencies, memorials, and petitions.

Session Laws | Federal

Constitution Society. U.S. Statutes at Large, 1789-
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"The Constitution Society is a private non-profit organization dedicated to research and public education on the principles of constitutional republican government. It publishes documentation, engages in litigation, and organizes local citizens groups to work for reform."
FDsys. U.S. Statutes at Large, 1951-
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The United States Statutes at Large, typically referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress.
HeinOnline* | U.S. Statutes at Large, 1789-
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This HeinOnline database contains all of the U.S. Statutes at Large from 1789 to ;atest official volume. The U.S. Statutes at Large (Statutes at Large) is the official source for the laws and resolutions passed by Congress.
Library of Congress, American Memory Project. U.S. Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
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The United States Statutes at Large, commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large, is the official source for the laws and resolutions passed by Congress. Publication began in 1845 by the private firm of Little, Brown and Company under authority granted by a joint resolution of Congress.
LLMC Digital * | U.S. Statutes at Large, 1776-
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Law Library Microform Consortium Digital (LLMC) - U.S. Federal Government Collection, Legislative.
ProQuest Legislative Insight *
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Legislative insight is a federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full-text publications relevant to enacted United States public laws.

Congressional Bills from 1789

ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions, 1789 – Present*
ProQuest Digital U.S. Bills and Resolutions provides searchable full text of all versions of all U.S. bills and resolutions from 1789 to the present. In order to search Bills only, select Advanced search option and then choose to search U.S. Bills and Resolutions.

Open Access Serial Set Project

GPO and Law Library of Congress will Digitize Nation's Most Treasured Publications (Published: October 22 2019)
"The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), in collaboration with the Law Library of Congress, has started a large multi-year effort to digitize and make accessible volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume, which was published in 1817."
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"The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, is a compilation of all numbered House and Senate reports and documents, including executive reports and treaty documents, issued for each session of Congress. As a chronicle of events of the U.S. Congress over the years, the Serial Set is one of the Nation’s most treasured publications."

ProQuest Congressional

ProQuest Congressional*
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ProQuest Congressional (1789 to Present Day) provides full text access to congressional publications from the dawn of the Republic to present.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set (Readex)

U.S. Congressional Serial Set * (Readex)
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"Database of texts from the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives (Coverage includes 1817-1980)..."

ProQuest Legislative Insight

ProQuest Legislative Insight *
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"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 History Vault

ProQuest History Vault *
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" ... Primary source materials from ProQuest's University Publications of America (UPA) Collection in digital format. ProQuest History Vault unlocks the wealth of archival materials with a single search. Researchers can access letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and much more from a single interface."

Hein Online

Hein Online | U.S. Congressional Documents*
Includes full text, pdf access to Debates of Congress from 1789 to the present.
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Annals of the Congress of the United States 1st Congress to 18th Congress, 1st Session (1789-1824) All Published MARC Record

Congressional GlobeVols. 1-46 pt. 3 (1833-1873) All Published

Congressional Record Vols. 1-154 pt. 15 (1873-2008) (43rd Congress, Special Session to 110th Congress, 2nd Session )

Congressional Record Daily Vols. 126-158 No. 13 (1980-2012) MARC Record

Journals of the Continental Congress Vols. 1-34 (1774-1789) All Published MARC Record

Register of Debates in CongressVols. 1-14 (1825-1837) All Published

LLMC Digital

Law Library Microform Consortium Digital (LLMC Digital)*
"LLMC, a non-profit cooperative of libraries, is dedicated to – and passionate about – its twin goals: 1) Preserving legal titles and government documents, and 2) Making this valuable content accessible and searchable."

Federal Legislation - Westlaw & Nexis Uni

Both Nexis Uni and Westlaw provide access to primary and secondary legal research materials that includes federal and state ANNOTATED CODES, case law, and regulatory materials, and full text law reviews and journals.