FINDING HISTORICAL CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Prepared by Karen Kimber, Social Sciences and Humanities Team Leader
Paul Laurence Dunbar University, Wright State University
| Title | Dates of publication | Available Online | In Dunbar Library |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Journal | 1789-present | House Journal and Senate Journal - The Library of Congress provides full text covering 1789-1875, with links to related full-text publications | N/A |
| Senate Journal | 1789-present |
| Title | Dates of publication | Available Online | In Dunbar Library |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annals of Congress (formal title: The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States) | 1789-1824
(1st-18th Congress) |
Annals of Congress (Library of Congress) | N/A |
| Register of Debates | 1824-1837
(18th Cong., 2nd session – 25th Cong. 1st session) |
Register of Debates (Library of Congress) | N/A |
| Congressional Globe | 1833-1873
(23rd-42nd Cong.) |
Congressional Globe (Library of Congress) | N/A |
| Congressional Record (permanent ed.) | 1873-present
(43rd Cong.-present) |
1873-1875 (43rd Cong.) in Congressional Record (Library of Congress) | 1873-1976 (43rd-94th Cong.) Microfilm J11.R5 |
| Title | Contents | Dates covered | Available Online | In Dunbar Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American State Papers | Legislative and executive documents of Congress | 1789-1875 | American State Papers (from the Library of Congress)
Included in the Serial Set database provided by the State Library of Ohio below |
N/A (but indexing included in CIS U.S. Serial Set Index below) |
| U.S. Serial Set | House and Senate Reports and Documents | 1817-present |
The Library of Congress provides selected publications from 1833-1917
LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, with full text 1789-1969 is available to any Ohio resident through the State Library of Ohio |
CIS U.S. Serial Set Index
Ref Z1223.Z9 C65 1975 Individual publications may be available under their own titles |
| 25 September 2008
http://www.wright.edu/~karen.kimber/congresshistorical.html |
Karen Kimber (karen.kimber@wright.edu)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library - (937) 775-3034 Wright State University Libraries |