LibGuides: United States Congressional Publications: Getting Started

The mission of the Government Documents Unit is to serve the government information needs of the UTSA community and citizens of the 20th U.S. Congressional District by collecting and organizing government information and providing free public access, instruction, and quality reference assistance in the use of these materials.

Congressional Databases: Searching and Finding Congressional Publications

The key indexes to search for U.S. Congressional publications are:

Ø ProQuest Congressional

Ø Congress.gov (formerly THOMAS)

Ø govinfo (replaced FDsys)

Ø MetaLib

Ø Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Government Publishing Office)

Ø LLMC Digital

ProQuest Congressional
Ø Bill tracking and full text of bills
Ø Federal regulations & Federal Register
Ø Member affiliations, demographic, financial, and voting records
Ø Committee Prints (1830-present)
Ø Hearings (1824-present)
Ø House & Senate Documents and Reports (1817-present)
Ø Legislative Histories (1969-present)
Ø Serial Set & Serial Set Maps (1789-present)
Ø Congressional Record (Daily and Permanent Bound Versions)
Ø Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

Govinfo
> From U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)
> Free electronic access to a wealth of Federal publications including regulations, laws, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, administrative decisions, Core Documents of U.S. Democracy, and judicial, legislative, and executive documents.
> Dates of coverage vary. Updated continuously. Replaces FDsys.

Congress.gov
Official website for U.S. federal legislative information. Includes bills and resolutions, committee reports, Congressional Record, Presidential nominations, treaties, summary and status of legislation, congressional member profiles, roll call votes, appropriations, maps, and other related documents. Coverage varies with earliest citations back to 1973. Replaced THOMAS.gov.
MetaLib
Find U.S. government reports, articles, data and citations by simultaneously searching across multiple subject based databases, catalogs, and digital repositories. Search all or create your own sets of searchable databases from such sources as EPA, ERIC, GAO, Data.gov, govinfo, FdSys, NCJRS, National Archives and Library of Congress.

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
The finding tool for federal publications with descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available online.

LLMC Digital
Extensive collection of historical legislative, executive, and judicial publications on the federal, state, and territorial levels as well as foreign legal materials. All documents are available full text in PDF. Date range: 14th-21st centuries. Title List (.xls).