U.S. Congressional Committee Prints, mid 1800s +
Microform Publications
Location:
Mid-1800's-1969 - Microfiche Cabinet 26, Drawer 5-6
1970-1982 - Microfiche Cabinet 29, Drawer 1 - Cabinet 30, Drawer 8
1983+ - Microfiche Cabinet 60, Drawer 9 - Cabinet 64, Drawer 9
Scope: "Monographic studies on topics of public concern; investigative reports often prepared to supplement information developed during the hearings process; section-by-section analyses of bills and comparative prints of bills; confidential staff reports and printed memoranda; directories, bibliographies, and other reference materials; reports on committee activities, drafts of legislative reports and other publications used by committees in their day-to-day work; hearings excerpts, digests, and, in some cases, full hearings texts issued as prints in unrevised or revised form." (CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index)
Mid-1800's-1969
There are two indexes for finding information
in the U.S. Congressional Committee Prints,mid-1800's-1969. They are:
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index (Reference KF 40 .C572 1980) has an index to: subjects, titles, Congress and committees, bill numbers, and Superintendent of Documents Classification Numbers. It covers from the mid-1800's through 1969.
1. Search for the title/name/subject that you want. Write down the numbers you find.
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Example from CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index Admission of the state of Alaska into the Union (86/1/57) H4916 |
"86" is the Congress, "1" is the Congressional session, "57" is the year, "H4916" is the CIS Accession Number.
2. Go to Microfiche Cabinet 26, Drawer 5-6. Look for the House, Senate or Joint Committee Prints ( in this case House). Look for the CIS Accession Number.
CD-ROM Congressional Masterfile 1: 1830-1969 (a computerized index located across from the Reference Desk). You can search by keyword in this index. This index covers from 1830-1969 for Committee Prints but you can change the search range (years) if you want to do so.
1. Search for the keyword(s) for your topic.
2. You will get a reference that looks like this:
| CIS NO: H3804 (Committee Print) TITLE: Condition of the fur seal heard of Alaska DATE: Aug. 31, 1913 COLLATION: 139 p. CONGRESS-SESSION: 63-1 SESSION YEAR(S): 1913 SUDOC: Y4.Ex7/2:F96/2 CONGRESS: 63 COMMITTEE: House Committee on Expenditures in Commerce DESCRIPTORS: Fur Industry; Alaska; Wildlife; Pribilof Island |
3. Go to Microfiche Cabinet 26, Drawer 5-6. Look for the House, Senate or Joint Committee Prints ( in this case House). Look for the CIS Accession Number.
1970-1982
The best index to find committee prints from 1970-1982 is the
LexisNexis
Congressional Index. It covers committee prints from 1970+.
There are two other indexes, the CIS Annual/CIS Legislative Histories
1970-1998 (Reference KF 49 C62) and the Congressional Masterfile 2 CD-ROM
1970-1997 (across from the Reference Desk).
LexisNexis
Congressional Index gives the exact same information as the other two
indexes and covers more years.
1. Use LexisNexis Congressional Index to look up your topic.
2. It will give you the CIS Number for the hearing.
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CIS Number Example 78 H702-1 |
The "78" is the year. "H" is for house. "70" the committee, office or special category; "2" = committee print; "1" sequential number of the publication. (See CIS Accession Number for details)
3. Go to Microfiche Cabinets 29, Drawer 1-Cabinet 30, Drawer 8 to find the hearing that you want.
The best index to find committee prints from 1983+ is the LexisNexis Congressional Index. It covers committee prints from 1970+. It also has some hearings full text.
1. Use LexisNexis Congressional Index to look up your topic.
2. It will give you the SuDoc Number for the hearing.
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SuDoc Number example Y4.Sci2: 95/19 |
Y4.Sci2 is the SuDoc stem number. Y4 always stands for a Congressional information. 95/19 is the book number. (See Superintendent of Documents Classification System for details)
3. Go to Microfiche Cabinet 60, Drawer 9 - Cabinet 64, Drawer 8 to find the committee print that you want.
CIS U.S. Congressional Committee Prints Index (Reference KF 40 .C572 1980)
CD-ROM Congressional Masterfile 1: 1830-1969 (a computerized index located across from the Reference Desk)
CIS Annual 1970-1998 (Reference KF 49 C62)
Congressional Masterfile 2 CD-ROM 1970-1997 (across from the Reference Desk)
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Subject Categories:
| United States. Congress -- Committees. | |
| United States -- Politics and government. |
Time Period: 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century
Subject keywords: Congressional Papers
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