Legislative Research in Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh

Documents Generated in the Legislative Process: Congressional Documents in Hillman Library
Presidential Documents and Federal Laws in Hillman Library: Congressional Universe

Documents generated in the legislative process

Action	Document
Bill introduced	Bill Introduction reported in Congressional Record
Referred to Committee	Reported in Congressional Record
Committee Hearing	Hearing
Study by committee	Committee print
Report by committee	House/Senate report Republished in Serial set
Debate, amendments, vote	Reported in Congressional Record
President's statement when signing/vetoing	Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Republished in Public Papers of the Presidents
Public Law	Slip law Republished in U.S. Statutes at Large Codified in U.S. Code

Congressional Documents (1970- ) in Hillman Library

Document	Coverage: Years (Congresses)	Publisher, Format	Location
Bills	1989- (101- )	CIS HTML	Cong. Universe
	1993- (103- )	GPO microfiche [1]	Microforms
	1969-1994 (91-103)	CIS microfiche [2]	Microforms
Congressional Record	1985-present (99- )	CIS HTML	Cong. Universe
	1914-1948 (63-80), 1975- (94- ); Indexes: 1896- (55- )	GPO paper	Gov't Pubs
	1977-1996 (95-104)	GPO microfiche	Microforms
	1873 -1897 (43-54), 1913-1914 (63), 1954-1967 (83-90), 1983-1994 (98-103)	Princeton & UMI microfilm	Microforms
	1895-1914 (54-63), 1949-1974 (81-93)	IHS microfiche	Microforms
Hearings	(Testimony) 1988- (101- )	CIS HTML	Cong. Universe
	Esp. 1987-	GPO microfiche [1]	Microforms
	Esp. pre-1987	GPO paper [1]	Gov't Pubs
	1961-1975 (87-93)	Readex (hearings & comm. prints) microprint [3]	Microforms
Committee Prints	1953-1980 (83-96)	Readex (nondepos.) microprint [3]	Gov't Pubs
Committee Prints	1961-1975 (87-93)	Readex (hearings & comm. prints) microprint [3]	Microforms
House/Senate Reports/Documents	1990- (101- )	CIS HTML	Cong. Universe
	1985- (99- )	GPO paper [1]	Gov't Pubs
	1983- (98- )	GPO microfiche [1]	Microforms
Serial set	1967- (90- )	GPO paper [1]	Gov't Pubs

[1] Access by SuDocs number. [2] Access by bill number. [3] Access by Monthly Catalog number.

Presidential Documents and Federal Laws (1970- ) in Hillman Library

Document	Coverage: Years (Congresses)	Publisher, Format	Location
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents	1991-	GPO paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents	1965-1990	GPO paper [1]	Gov't Pubs
Public Papers of the Presidents	1993-	GPO paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11
Public Papers of the Presidents	1929-1933, 1945-1993	GPO paper [1]	Gov't Pubs
Slip laws (Public laws)	1988- (100- )	CIS HTML	Cong. Universe
	1998- (105 - )	GPO paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11
	1969-1994 (91-103)	CIS microfiche [2]	Microforms
U.S. Statutes at Large	1789- (1- )	CIS HTML, PDF	Cong. Universe
	1992-1997 (102-105)	GPO paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11
	1979-1991 (96-102)	GPO paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11
	1885-1978 (49-95)	LLMC microfiche [2]	Microforms
U.S. Code	Current	CIS HTML, PDF	Cong. Universe
	Current	GPO Paper [1]	Ref. Carrel #11

[1] Access by SuDocs number. [2] Access by public law number.

Other Full-text Documents on Congressional Universe

Document Type	Coverage: Years (Congresses)
CIS Legislative Histories (with CIS microfiche & SuDoc numbers.)	1970-present (91- )
Bill Tracking Reports(detailed history)	1989-present (101- )
CIS Indexing and Abstracts (with CIS microfiche & SuDoc numbers.)	1970- present (91- )

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