CONGRESSIONAL UNIVERSE

This source contains the full text of the Congressional Record from 1985 to the present. The file is updated daily, so each day's Congressional Record is available online the same day as the printed version is released. [Congressional Universe is accessible from the law library's home page under ‘Online Subscriptions.' Once there, click on the subject heading ‘Publications,' then click on ‘Congressional Record' or ‘Congressional Record by page or date.']

THOMAS (Legislative Information on the Internet)

[http://thomas.loc.gov] (click on ‘Congressional Record Text,' or ‘Congressional Record Index'). This searchable database has the full text of the Congressional Record from the 101st Congress (1989)(the Index is only from the 103rd Congress, 2nd Session (1994)).

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Click on ‘Congressional Record' or ‘Congressional Record Index'. This source has the Congressional Record from 1994 forward. However, the Index is from 1983 forward.

LEXIS and WESTLAW

Law students and faculty with access to Lexis and Westlaw may search the Congressional Record through Lexis (Library: LEGIS / File: RECORD)(from 1985) and through Westlaw (Database: CR)(from 1985).



HISTORICAL MATERIAL


JOURNALS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

(September 5 to October 26, 1774 and May 10, 1775 to March 2, 1789).

FARRAND'S RECORDS OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787

ANNALS OF CONGRESS

(1789 - 1824)(1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress).

THE REGISTER OF DEBATES

(1824 - 1837)(18th Congress, 2nd session through the 25th Congress, 1st session).

THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE

(1833 - 1873)(23rd Congress, 1st Session through the 42nd Congress).