Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation

From the Library of Congress's American Memory collection, this site consists of browsable scans of published congressional records from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, (1774-1875). It includes the Statutes at Large (1789-1875), congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799), The House Journal (1789-1875), the Senate Journal (1789-1875), the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875), and Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89).

Subjects: Legislation, Politics, Government Documents, Legal Research and Bibliography, United States. Congress

Congress.gov provides access to federal legislation from the current Congress and back to the 1990s. It also includes the text of the Congressional Record, Congressional reports and information on Members of Congress and Committees. Also includes CRS Reports from 2018 forward.

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation, State and Local Government Law

"State Statutes: A Historical Archive includes superseded state statutes for all fifty states. Browse or search the statutes by state, publication title, date, and text. Coverage goes back until 1717. Note: this library does not contain current state statutes. The titles included for each state were verified against Pimsleur’s Checklist of Basic American Legal Publications."

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation

"HeinOnline has various modules, which are are fully-searchable. This database contains PDF documents for Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record, American State Papers, and Journals of the Continental Congress."

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation

"The U.S. Federal Legislative History Library is a collection of federal legislative histories on landmark Acts. Each piece of legislation available in the database includes the public law number, Statutes at Large citation, and any relevant books, articles, and Legislative Histories in its entry."

Subjects: Computer Law, Health Law and Policy, Legislation, Politics

"NationalJournal.com incorporates content and resources from all branches of National Journal Group Inc.: Congress Daily, The Hotline, American Health Line, Technology Daily. Also features Hotline Mobile, polling results, campaign and issue ads, the online Almanac of American politics, buzz columns, a calendar of Washington events, and top stories from the weekly National Journal." Access Note: Georgetown Law students, faculty, and staff may create a user account for customized features like alerts, saving articles, etc. Register at the National Journal account page using your Georgetown Law email. A representative will get back to you within 24 hours with your web user account details.

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation, Political Science and Government

Providing access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources, Nexis Uni has three primary collections: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information.

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation, Political Science and Government

ProQuest Congressional is a source for the full text of congressional and executive branch publications, including bills and laws, hearings, House and Senate Reports and Documents, the Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service Reports, legislative histories, annual reports, executive orders, the Congressional Serial Set, and more. Coverage dates vary.

Subjects: Legislation

This federal legislative history service makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full-text publications relevant to enacted U.S. public laws. Researchers can search between collections when more than one module is purchased. Part A (1929-2012) delivers 18,000 histories; Part B (1789-1960) offers 9,000 histories. Individual modules cover the years 2013-present.