Research Guides: Government Publications: Congressional Documents

Document Type:	Content:	Date Range and Source:
Committee Reports	Contains the substantive analysis of a particular bill being considered by a committee.	1817-1980 / Readex 1995-Present / Congress.gov 1817-Present / Proquest Congressional (indexing only)
Congressional Hearings	Contains witness testimony of hearings before a committee.	1824-Present / Proquest Congressional
Bill Text	The actual text of a proposed and/or enacted bill.	1789-Present / Proquest Congressional 1995-Present / Congress.gov
CRS Reports	Reports created by the Congressional Research Service.	2004-2010 / Proquest Congressional

ProQuest Congressional
Provides detailed indexing from 1789 forwards for publications of Congress: documents, reports, hearings, unpublished hearing transcripts, laws and regulations, plus legislative histories and information on members of Congress. LexisNexis Congressional includes full text only for more recent congressional documents.

Readex
The Readex/Newsbank U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980) has full text Congressional committee reports and documents originally published in the Serial Set from the 15th through the 96th Congresses, 1817-1980.
Congress.gov
Contains committee reports from 1995-present.
HeinOnline - Congressional Serial Set
The United States Congressional Serial Set, commonly referred to as the Serial Set, began publication with the 15th Congress, 1st Session (1817). Documents before 1817 may be found in the American State Papers.