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Includes CQResearcher, an invaluable source of background information and research summaries and CQ Weekly Report reporting on Congressional activities and political developments.

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Free electronic access, funded by the Federal Depository Library Program, to federal legislative, executive, judicial, and regulatory full-text materials. Includes text of Congressional bills, reports and documents, catalog of government publications, Supreme Court opinions, General Accountability Office reports, Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, Statutes and U.S. Code.

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Full-text database of U.S. legal periodicals. Includes the Federal Register since 1936, treaties, Supreme Court opinions, and opinions of the Attorney General.

Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Libray.

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Detailed full-text indexing from 1789 forwards for publications of Congress: documents, reports, hearings, laws and regulations, plus legislative histories and information on members of Congress; full-text coverage varies.

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Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Library.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set [viaNewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN

The U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980, represents reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.

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