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LexisNexis® Congressional
Digital Collections
Congress as a source of humor….
“Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.” -- Mark Twain
“With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law,
and every time they make a law it's a joke.”-- Will Rogers
If "CON" is the opposite of "PRO,” what is the opposite
of PROGRESS? -- Anonymous
Research value
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Congress studies everything that has to do with life in
America, today and in the past – from computer chips to
buggy whips
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From a research and curriculum perspective -- Agriculture
to Zoology
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From a functional perspective -- indexing and abstracting
helps both the novice and experienced researcher user
find all relevant and related material
Today’s agenda
• Discuss our vision
• Discuss the content
• Our value add
• Experiment some
•Q&A
Our vision
To give researchers the
power to quickly and easily
retrieve a variety of
full-text, complementary,
Congressional information
sources through one
interface
using a single search
What does the vision provide users?
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Collections are housed within LexisNexis Congressional to
allow search and retrieval with other complementary sources
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Search collections, individual document types, or all available
material
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Controlled vocabulary indexing
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Original documents are viewable as PDF images
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Search full-text (OCR-generated ASCII text) and indexed
fields
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
Congressional Serial Set
1789 to date
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
CRS Reports
1916 to date
Congressional Serial Set
1789 to date
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
CRS Reports
1916 to date
Congressional Serial Set
1789 to date
Committee Prints
1830 to date
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
Hearings
1824 to date
CRS Reports
1916 to date
Congressional Serial Set
1789 to date
Committee Prints
1830 to date
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
All Congressional Publications
Under One Roof
Hearings
1824 to date
CRS Reports
1916 to date
Congressional Serial Set
1789 to date
Congressional Record
1789 to 1997
Committee Prints
1830 to date
Legislative Histories
1969 to date
“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes
Indexing is the “wire in the wall”
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Full text
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Abstract full text
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Author
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Document number
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Issuing agency or committee
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Controlled subject
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Witness name and affiliation
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SuDoc number
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Title
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Bill number
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Public Law
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Statutes at Large citations
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