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Locating U.S. Government Publications

Access federal government information including documents available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)

Bills, laws, committee hearings, etc.

GovInfo
Access to Congressional Bills, Congressional Documents, Congressional Hearings and Reports. Govinfo replaces FDsys.

ProQuest Congressional
Historic and current congressional information, including CRS reports, hearings, legislative histories, executive branch documents, and House & Senate documents. Searchable by keyword or legal citation.

US Congressional Documents -- HeinOnline
Complete set of Congressional Record: Annals of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates( 1825-1837), Congressional Globe (1833-1873), Congressional Record (1873-Present). Also includes rules, hearings, CBO documents, CRS reports.

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Bills, Statutes, Codified Law

HeinOnline
US Code, Statues at Large, and more. Best for browsing to a known citation (Proquest Congressional is best for keyword searching).
ProQuest Congressional
Historic and current congressional information, including CRS reports, hearings, legislative histories, executive branch documents, and House & Senate documents. Searchable by keyword or legal citation.

Reports and Hearings

ProQuest Congressional
Historic and current congressional information, including CRS reports, hearings, legislative histories, executive branch documents, and House & Senate documents. Searchable by keyword or legal citation.

Representatives & Staff

Yellow Books (The Leadership Library)
Search across 14 leadership directory yellow books, including Congressional yellow book & Federal yellow book

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Subjects: Government & Public Policy