Monday, February 4, 2013

ProQuest Congressional


Need to do legislative history research?  Westlaw and Lexis don't have what you need?

Regent University Law Library's ProQuestCongressional subscription includes the following modules: Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Congressional Hearings Digital Prospective Collection, Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection, Congressional Research Digital Collection, and Serial Set Digital Collection, 1789-current. All modules are seemlessly integrated into the Proquest Congressional Platform. 

The database is available via the Law Library's database page:  http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/library/students/databases/home.cfm Off-campus users will be prompted to enter Regent login information.

ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
The ProQuestCongressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC) provides comprehensive, full-text access to all published and unpublished Congressional hearings held from 1824-2003.

ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Prospective Collection
The ProQuest Congressional Hearings Digital Prospective Collection (CHDC) provides comprehensive, full-text access to published and unpublished Congressional hearings held from 2004 to present.
 
ProQuest Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
The ProQuest Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection includes the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-1837), the Congressional Globe (1833-1873), and the Congressional Record (1873-to date).

ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection
The ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC) provides full-text access to more than 26,000 Congressional committee prints published from 1830-2003 and more than 32,000 Congressional Research Service reports published from 1916-2003.
 
ProQuest US Serial Set Digital Collection: 1789-1969
The ProQuest Serial Set Digital Collection, 1789-1969 begins in 1789 with the American State Papers and details Congressional business through 1969. It includes reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials. Includes maps.
 
ProQuest US Serial Set Digital Collection: 1970-present
When complete, the ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, 1970-present will provide comprehensive, full-text access to over 50,000 Congressional documents and reports published in over 2,600 volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set from 1970-present. The Serial Set Digital Collection also provides full text access to all Senate Executive Documents and Reports, 1817-1979. Includes maps.