Proquest congressional serial set

Use proquest congressional publications advanced search feature, linked below. Search the proquest congressional collections the doi library now has access to two digitized collections offered by proquest. Proquest congressional publications complements the house and senate reports and documents that are available in the u. Proquest congressional help mapviewer serial set maps. Proquest databases, ebooks and technology for research. This primary source collection offers students an unparalleled opportunity to understand the present by comparing todays events and opinions with trends and patterns throughout our nations history.

Senate journals, senate documents, house journals, and house documents. The map viewer page is available for serial set maps only. Congressional serial set proquest 17892003 this link opens in a new window reports, documents, and journals of the u. Proquest congressional is a subscription database available at many law firms and law schools that includes congressional documents dating back to 1817. Congressional serial set, including the american state papers, contains the reports and documents published by congress. Serial set 17891969 proquest congressional publications. Serial set volume found under publication search category if your institution has purchased access to the u. Serial set, and reports created by the congressional. Proquest congressional help university of arkansas libraries. Some of these are outline maps, others are quite detailed. When a white bartender was killed and a police officer was wounded by gunshot, townspeople accused the members of the 25th infantry regiment of killing the officer.

Government publications compiled under the directive of. Reading the national archives prologue magazine article using the congressional serial set for genealogical research can be an excellent way to prepare for a trip to a library to use the serial set. The first number is the volume in the serial set that the. Congressional serial set is now available in a digital version. Congressional publications proquest congressional publications. Serial set bc community only ongoing digitization project providing access to the serial set. Proquest congressional federal legislative history. Committee reports 2004present hearings 2004present committee prints 2011present crs reports 2011present serial set 17891969 congressional record 1985present statutes at large 1789present united states code usc code of federal regulations cfr. Library resources for administrative history national. Map areasubject the geographical area presented in a serial set map. Us congressional serial set house and senate reports on legislation and documents submitted to congress by the executive branch. House and senate reportsand documents indexing and searchable pdfs. During much of the 19th century, especially in the precivil war era, the serial set included materials originating not only from the u.

American indian and alaskan native documents in the congressional serial set. This unique collection begins with volume 1 in the first session of the 15th congress 1817 and continues to this day. Congressional serial set government sources by subject. T he united states congressional serial set, commonly referred to as the serial set, began publication with the 15th congress, 1st session 1817. Content coverage chart congressional help proquest. Unfortunately, not all these categories appear consistently in the set. This collection includes the american state papers, dating from 1789 to 1838, and the congressional serial set proper, from 1817 to 1994. Congressional publications, legislative histories, bills and laws. Documents before 1817 may be found in the american state papers. Proquest congressional publications provides pdf images and fulltext searching of publications of congress including hearings, the u.

There are several modules that include the serial set in proquest congressional. Proquest congressional publications search results iucat. Proquest congressional research digital collection. Finding aid for congressional hearings published and unpublished, committee prints, and committee reports and documents from 18241969. The serial set contains the house and senate documents and the house and senate reports. Proquest and readex both offer a completely searchable full. Serial set digital collection house and senate committee reports, journals, and documents. Congressional reports are also included in the serial set, the collected documents produced by congress. At one time nearly all government publications were issued as congressional documents in the serial set and bear a congressional number reflecting the congress and a unique number for the document itself e. These are also increasingly available online through the u. The serial set was never well indexed until a full text database was made available. Congressional record the congressional record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the united states congress.

There has rarely been a published series of its depth and breadth. Procedure and guidelines for impeachment trials in the united states senate revised edition prepared pursuant to senate resolution 439, s. For customers who have the serial set digital collection but who do not have the the high resolutions maps module, users see the copy of the map as it was scanned from the microfiche and it will be in the serial set volume. Library resources for administrative history titlename index date index house and senate reports are the designated class of publications by which congressional committees formally report and make recommendations to the senate or house as a whole concerning their findings and deliberations regarding specific pieces of legislation, or their investigative or oversight activities. House and senate documents and reports published by the united states congress, as well as presidential. Serial set digital collection, you can retrieve congressional publications by entering the serial set volume number into the appropriate box on the search by number form. Serial set bound volumes can be obtained from government documents. Proquest congressional bc community only provides comprehensive indexing of congressional publications as a whole not just the serial set from from 1789present. Serial set digital collection allows access to color and high resolution versions of the maps indexed in the u. Serial set through 2010, including the american state papers american state papers. Senate and house of representatives, constituting a rich source of primary material on all aspects of american history. The early serial set is called the american state papers, published by gales and seaton in the mid1800s to replace materials destroyed in fires during the war of 1812.

The united states congressional serial set is a bound compilation of house. Proquest powers research in academic, corporate, government, public and school libraries around the world with unique content, including rich academic databases, and technologies that connect people with information, simply and precisely. Proquest executive orders and presidential proclamations. Congressional serial set, a digital edition produced by the readex division of newsbank, is available through the public internet terminals at the connecticut state library. Search by number congressional help libguides at proquest. Serial set materials are consistently organized into formal house and senate publication series volumes starting with the 15th congress 18171819. Congressional documents compiling a federal legislative. Congressional serial setamerican state papers indiana. To search for congressional documents, you can perform a basic search and limit your search to. Us congressional serial set, 18171980 rutgers university libraries. There has rarely been a published series of its depth and breadth of coverage, and none in this country as longlived. For example, after accessing the database use the sample search formula h rp 234 89.

Use this guide for information on how to search in the congressional interface, and for links to information on the digital collections. To request a bound volume, you will need the serial set volume number, which can be found in the proquest congressional record. The proquest congressional publications database also chronologically overlaps the u. Serial set digital collection in proquest congressional serial set content is noted as house and senate documentsreports in the advanced search content selection box. Congressional publications rutgers university libraries. Its called the serial set because it was published in serial fashion. About the serial set maps serial set maps proquest. It contains comprehensive and often detailed information on an extremely wide range of subjects.

Serial set congressional help libguides at proquest. Government publications compiled under directive of the congress. Congressional serial set is also available as a completely digitized collection, from 1789 to 1994. For serial set, the author segment might include the member of the committee that submitted a congressional report or document or other authors, such as the president of the united states. Us serial set digital collection proquest libguides. Proquest cis serial set congressional indexes historical module. The uw libraries copy of the bound serial set ceased in 1996, post 1996 documents and reports can be found on cis microfiche m5016. Serial set includes the committee reports, journals, manuals, and administrative reports of both chambers in addition to a variety of directories, orations, and special publications such as illustrated descriptions of the capitol. How to search the serial set on proquest congressional. Proquest congressional is the only site anywhere that offers a comprehensive collection of congressional documents from 1789 to the present. First published in the 15th congress 1817, this is an especially rich source for 19th century american history because it incorporated the exploratory surveys, maps, civil war pensioners, lighthouses, census and. Use one of the options below to see if you have access. Serial set congressional publications libraries at. Advanced search congressional help libguides at proquest.

Proquest congressional uses a federated search searches across all collections, but if you need to search the serial set directly, use the advanced search. Serial set 17891969 microfiche collection was the first collection anywhere to provide fulltext access to the complete serial set in a nonprint format. The american state papers is an essential complement to the u. Congress but also key executive department publications that were published only or primarily in the u. American indian and alaskan native documents in the. Congressional serial set, congressional documents 1817present november 3, 2017 november 3, 2017 brian huffman joining us for our first third thursday talks is andrea sevetson, a proquest congressional trainer, who also edited the book, the serial set, its makeup and content 20. Senate library, with fillins from a number of other sources as needed including the national archives library, it includes every known serial set publication.

Serial set digital collection multiple serial set modules house and senate reports full text. Serial set digital collection formerly congressional information service cis can be used to obtain a serial set volume number for a specific, known congressional report published before 1970. Help a help link is available in the upper right corner of every screen. Executive branch and miscellaneous items proquest provides a thorough explanation of the non congressional materials in the serial set. With the highresolution maps module, more than 50 percent of these are scanned at high resolution enabling users to see and download the smallest details on the map.