Congressional Serial Set  Tags: government_information united_states  

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The United States Congressional Serial Set is comprised of the numbered Senate and House documents and reports from 1817 to present, which are bound by session of Congress. Reports and documents from 1789-1816 can be found in the American State Papers.

UCSB subscribes to the full text Serial Set from 1817-1980, and American State Papers 1789-1838, through the Archive of Americana. They are indexed 1789+, and full text 1990+, through LexisNexis Congressional.

Reports and documents from 1995 are freely available online in GPO Access and Thomas.

The print and fiche Serial Set must be retrieved by volume number: click on a title LexisNexis Congressional to find this.

[Note: For years 1970-1978, these numbers do not appear in LexisNexis Congressional: consult the Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes of the Reports and Documents of the…Congress: Government Information Center Reference GP 3.7/2:]

• The first 14 Congresses (1789-1816) were not part of the official Serial Set; these documents can be found in American State Papers
  • American State Papers [via Library of Congress] (free access)
  • Archive of Americana (UCSB login required)
  • Print: Wyles Collection (Special Collections Library): J33 U5
  • Microfiche: Government Information Center: Y1.1/2:

• Congresses 15-95 (1817-1980)
  • Archive of Americana (UCSB login required) coverage until 1980
  • Microfiche: Government Information Center: Y1.1/2:
    • Some volumes in print in Government Information Center: Y1.1/2: search holdings in Pegasus (search title: congressional serial set)

• Congresses 96 - present (1979+ )
  • Microfiche: Government Information Center
  • Search PEGASUS by title to find call number of individual documents and reports:
    • 96th Congress: X96…
    • 97th Congress to present: Y1.1/3: Senate documents
    • Y1.1/4: Senate treaty documents
    • Y1.1/5: Senate reports
    • Y1.1/6: Senate executive reports
    • Y1.1/7: House documents
    • Y1.1/8: House reports

• Many House and Senate Reports, 1990+, and Documents, 1995+, are full text in:
  • LexisNexis Congressional (UCSB login)
  • GPO Access (free access)
  • Thomas (free access)