U.S. Congressional Documents Search Syntax

The following table displays the search fields that are available when searching in the U.S. Congressional Documents Library. The syntax is the text you would use when building a search. The example illustrates how the syntax is used in a search query.

Field Name	Syntax	Example
Volume Title	voltitle	voltitle:”Congressional Record”
Volume Date	date	date:2000
Section Title	title	title:”Public Acts of the Thiry-Seventh Congress”
Section Description	description	description:”journal of the committee of the states”
Full Text	text	text:”President Kennedy”