Tips on Locating Congressional Materials
This tab will help cite checkers to locate congressional publications, such as House and Senate Reports, Hearings, and Legislative History materials. Proquest Congressional is an essential resource for Congressional Materials.
State Materials
- LegiscanNational full text legislative search engine of bills from state legislatures. Must register, but registration is free.
Locating Congressional Documents
- Proquest Congressional PublicationsThis database contains the full-text of Congressional reports, hearings, and documents in page image PDF format going all the way back to the formation of the country. This should be your first stop for locating Congressional materials. It also contains the full-text of Acts of Congress and other legislative history information.
- govinfoThe official source for government information. This site contains PDF page image versions of Congressional bills, Congressional documents, the Congressional Record, the CFR, the Federal Register, the United States Code, and more. Coverage is limited on many materials from the 1990s to the present. Browse by Category or select the A-Z list.
- HeinOnline Session Laws (Statutes at Large)Contains the session laws of all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as well as governmental session laws from the United States, Australia, Canada, and the Bahamas. Full text available.