LexisNexis® Congressional Digital Collections

Congress as a source of humor…. “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.” -- Mark Twain “With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.”-- Will Rogers If "CON" is the opposite of "PRO,” what is the opposite of PROGRESS? -- Anonymous

Research value Congress studies everything that has to do with life in America, today and in the past – from computer chips to buggy whips From a research and curriculum perspective -- Agriculture to Zoology From a functional perspective -- indexing and abstracting helps both the novice and experienced researcher user find all relevant and related material

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Our vision To give researchers the power to quickly and easily retrieve a variety of full-text, complementary, Congressional information sources through one interface using a single search

What does the vision provide users? Collections are housed within LexisNexis Congressional to allow search and retrieval with other complementary sources Search collections, individual document types, or all available material Controlled vocabulary indexing Original documents are viewable as PDF images Search full-text (OCR-generated ASCII text) and indexed fields I would delete this slide - Andrea

“CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes All Congressional Publications Under One Roof “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof Congressional Serial Set 1789 to date Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof CRS Reports 1916 to date Congressional Serial Set 1789 to date Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof CRS Reports 1916 to date Committee Prints 1830 to date Congressional Serial Set 1789 to date Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof Hearings 1824 to date CRS Reports 1916 to date Committee Prints 1830 to date Congressional Serial Set 1789 to date Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

All Congressional Publications Under One Roof Hearings 1824 to date Congressional Record 1789 to 1997 CRS Reports 1916 to date Committee Prints 1830 to date Congressional Serial Set 1789 to date Legislative Histories 1969 to date “CIS INDEX” & Other Supplementary Historic Indexes

Indexing is the “wire in the wall” Full text Abstract full text Author Document number Issuing agency or committee Controlled subject Witness name and affiliation SuDoc number Title Bill number Public Law Statutes at Large citations

Built on a Solid Foundation Quality A&I and acquisitions/collection development with over 35 years of experience LexisNexis 24/7 user support for technical issues Durable URLs are available for all digital collections MARC records are available for all digital collections Both the PDF documents and the user interface are ADA 508 compliant. Extensive help text that explains content and searching In discussions with Summon, NELLCO, and OCLC