Government Publications and Law
Reference Shelf: Congress & CRS
Page Contains:
Congress
- Guide to House and Senate Members
- Information on the members of the 110th US Congress
- United States House of Representatives
- Includes information about the legislative process and committees, etc.
- Office of the Clerk
- House membership profiles from 1st through 109th congresses and House roll call votes for the 101st congress to the present congress
- United States Senate
- Includes glossary, organizational chart, information about the legislative process and committees, etc.
- C-SPAN
- Private non-profit network featuring streaming audio and video of government proceedings and public affairs
Library Databases: Require on-site UCSC or OCA access
Public Databases
- THOMAS
- From the Library of Congress; Quick and easy search for U.S. legislation from 1989 to present
- Congressional Committee Materials
- Search for congressional documents by committee
- A Century of Lawmaking
- Historical congressional documents from 1774 to 1875
- Congressional Documents Online
- From Rutgers School of Law; hearings from the 1970s through 1998
Subject Guide: Congressional Resources
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
CRS provides specialized, in-depth research for members of Congress and congressional committees. CRS reports are not immediately available to the public and they must be accessed indirectly through other sources. None of these sites offer a full collection of CRS reports. Also refer to this CRS Guide from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Library Databases: Require on-site UCSC or OCA access
Public Databases
- Open CRS
- Collection of CRS reports arranged by date and topic; also provides links to other sites that archive CRS reports
- Congressional Research Service Reports
- From the Univ. of North Texas
- The Memory Hole
- Scroll down to "Mirrored CRS lists and reports at The Memory Hole"
- Agriculture
- From the National Agricultural Law Center
- Campaign Finance and Lobbying
- From CQ Moneyline; select "Campaign Finance CRS Reports" in the Quick Reference menu
- Environmental Topics CRS Reports
- From the National Council for Science and the Environment
- First Amendment Center
- Collection of CRS reports on First Amendment topics
- Foreign Policy and International Relations
- From the US Embassy in Italy
- Foreign Policy and International Relations
- From the Information Warfare Site
- Foreign Policy and International Relations
- From the US Department of State
- Health Law and Policy
- From the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland School of Law
- Homeland Security and Terrorism
- From the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland School of Law
- Homeland Security and Intelligence
- From the Federation of American Scientists
- Homeland Security and the Military
- From Air War College
- Homeland Security and International Relations
- From GlobalSecurity.org
- Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
- From ILR at Cornell University
- Intellectual Property
- From the Franklin Pierce Law Center; CRS reports on intellectual property, cyberlaw, and e-commerce
Public Databases: CRS Reports by Topic
Updated August 27, 2008
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