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U.S. Congressional Documents

Training Guides U.S. Congressional Documents Quick Reference Guide Training Videos U.S. Congressional Documents in HeinOnline (30 min.) Searching the...

How do I Search for a specific date, page number, and term in the Congressional Record?

When searching for a specific date using the Section Date field, you must enter the date in the following format:...

How do I refine a search in the U.S. Congressional Documents?

A Congress Member’s name, a word or phrase, or even a rollcall vote could get several hits in the database...

How do I build a search with multiple terms in the U.S. Congressional Documents?

You can build a search with multiple terms in the U.S. Congressional Documents database. Follow the examples below: Example Search: ...

How do I use the Congressional Record Daily to Bound Locator tool?

The Congressional Record Daily to Bound Locator can be found on the main page to the U.S. Congressional Documents database....

Search by keyword in the U.S. Congressional Documents

If you would like to search by keyword in the U.S. Congressional Documents database, you can use the Advanced Search...

Search for a Member of Congress by Name in U.S. Congressional Documents

When searching for a member of Congress by name in the U.S. Congressional Documents database, you would use Mr. or...

Search for a Bill Number in the U.S. Congressional Documents

If you are searching for a bill number in the U.S. Congressional Documents database, you can use the Advanced Search...

Search by Rollcall Vote in U.S. Congressional Documents

Enter “Rollcall Vote No. ###” into the search box; always include punctuation in the “No.”. Search in a “text” field....

Webinars

Upcoming Webinars: There are no webinars scheduled at this time. Archived Webinars: Getting to Know the Session Laws Library &...

I have a Congressional Record citation. Is there a way to use that citation to find what I need?

Many collections in HeinOnline offer a Citation Navigator feature; Also, HeinOnline uses Bluebook citation format. For example, if you need...

U.S. Congressional Documents

The U.S. Congressional Documents database in HeinOnline is incredibly robust. It contains full coverage of the Congressional Record bound edition...

U.S. Congressional Documents

This tutorial explains the incredible amount of content available within the U.S. Congressional Documents and how to navigate the database.

Using Citations in the U.S. Congressional Documents Database

This tutorial explains how to quickly retrieve a document by its citation and how to use citation tools in the...

History of Bills and Resolutions

This tutorial specifically explores browsing and searching across the History of Bills and Resolutions in the U.S. Congressional Documents database.

Congressional Record Daily to Bound Locator

This tutorial explores a unique tool in HeinOnline: the Congressional Record Daily to Bound Locator. It also discusses the difference...

Search for a Member of Congress by Name

This video explains how to find a member of Congress by name in the U.S. Congressional Documents database.

Search by Bill Number

This video explains how to search the U.S. Congressional Documents database for a specific bill.

Search by Rollcall Vote

Interested to know how your representative voted on an issue? This video explains how to search the U.S. Congressional Documents...

Refining and Building Search Queries

This video uses the U.S. Congressional Documents database to explain how to build a specific search query and how to...

Congressional Hearings Quick Finder

HeinOnline contains thousands of Congressional hearings. This video explains how to use the Congressional Hearings Quick Finder to locate specific...

GPO’s Authenticated PDFs of Archival Federal Registers & Congressional Record Available via HeinOnline

The Federal Register is a primary source for United States federal government agencies’ proposed rules, final rules, changes to existing...

How Do I Search for a Congressional Hearing?

You can search for a congressional hearing using Quick Finder tool located within the Congressional Hearings section of the U.S. Congressional Documents database. This...

AALL 2017 Presentations

These presentations were given at AALL 2017 in Austin, Texas: Congressional Documents updated! New Research Tool for HeinOnline. Searching 101 for HeinOnline users....