Quick Guide to US Congressional Publications - GREF

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QUICK GUIDE to U.S. Congressional Publications

PUBLICATION TYPES:
1. BILLS
2. DEBATES & SPEECHES
3. REPORTS & DOCUMENTS (SERIAL SET)
4. HEARINGS
5. COMMITTEE PRINTS
6. Congressional Research Tutorials (opens in a new page)

1. BILLS
Holdings	Indexes
101st (1989)- LexisNexis Congressional (1993- ) GPO Access 101st (1989)- all versions Thomas [1-24, 37-55, 97-106] LAW [1 (1789) -73 (1933)] Microfilm –Direct Loan [73 (1934) -96 (1980)] Microfiche –Direct Loan [97- (1981- )] Sen FICHE 1700 GREF [97- (1981- )] House FICHE 1699 GREF [75 (1937/38)-91 (1970)] Sen J50.J1 (NRLF) [75 (1937/38)-91 (1970)] House J50.K1 (NRLF)	OskiCat Access: NONE (1989 - ) LexisNexis Congressional (1973- ) Thomas (1993-) GPO Access (1873- ) Congressional Record Index J11.R5 [97 (1935) - ] House Calendars (1935- J47.A3) [83rd Congress(1953/54)- ] Congressional Index - KF49 .C6 Law Library
[numbers in brackets refer to session of congress]

2. DEBATES & SPEECHES
Holdings	Indexes
(1873- ) LexisNexis Congressional (digitization in process) (1789- ) Hein Online [101st (1989)-Present] Thomas (1994- ) GPO Access Mar 3, 1789 - May 27, 1824: J11.A5 MAIN 1824- 1837: J11.D5 MAIN 1834- 1873: J11.G5 MAIN 1873- : J11.R5 MAIN (Unbound in GREF)	OskiCat Access: NONE 1873- last vol. each year is index (1970- ) LexisNexis Congressional (1983- ) GPO Access Note: Early years may have set indexes
[numbers in brackets refer to session of congress]

3. REPORTS & DOCUMENTS (a.k.a. SERIAL SET)
Holdings	Indexes
(1789-1980) Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set (digitization in process) (1789-1969) LexisNexis Congressional Rpts: [101:2, (1990- )] LexisNexis Congressional Docs: : [104, 1995- )]LexisNexis Congressional. [104, (1995)-] GPO Access[1 (1789) – 91:1(1969)] FICHE 3136 GREF [91:2(1970)-104 (1996)]: J66 MAIN (prior years at NRLF) 103rd Congress (1993- ): Sen Document FICHE 24117 News/Micro Sen Treaty Doc FICHE 24118 News/Micro Sen Report FICHE 24119 News/Micro Sen Exec Rep FICHE 24120 News/Micro Sen Exec Docs (pre-1970 not in Serial Set) Direct Loan Sen Exec Rep (pre-1970 not in Serial Set) Direct Loan House Doc FICHE 24121 News/Micro House Rep FICHE 24122 News/Micro	OskiCat Access: NONE (1789 – 1969) LexisNexis Congressional (1789 –1969) CIS Serial Set Index J69.Z7C62.C52 GREF Indexes (1970 - ) CIS Indexes J69.Z7C62.C5 GREF Indexes (1789-1980) Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set (digitization in process) (1970- ) LexisNexis Congressional
[numbers in brackets refer to session of congress]

4. HEARINGS
Holdings	Indexes
1824- LexisNexis Congressional (Published and Unpublished Hearings) MAIN stacks -1969 CIS Groups 1-3 FICHE 1861 GREF (Published Hearings) Unpublished Hearings – UCSD, Hastings, & Stanford by Direct Loan [105th (1997) -] GPO Access most committees House & Senate committee pages have most prepared testimony - some as far back as 1995	OskiCat Access: BY TITLE (1824-) LexisNexis Congressional

5. COMMITTEE PRINTS
Holdings	Indexes
1830- LexisNexis Congressional MAIN stacks 1975 - 1975-2004 FICHE 913 GREF 1917-1969 FICHE 1164 News/Micro (all parts) (1996- ) GPO Access [15%]	OskiCats: BY TITLE (incomplete) (1789-) LexisNexis Congressional

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