Government Documents for You

The Congressional Bibliographies' primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees. The Congressional Bibliographies focus on a select few of the types of publications issued by Congress as a part of the legislative process - hearings, prints, and publications. Its greatest emphasis is on Senate hearings.

Much of the work of Congress occurs in committees where members receive information from witnesses in hearings. Congress is interested in a wide range of topics, from foreign policy to finance, from agriculture to public health and sports. The transcripts of committee hearings are of great value in researching the issues facing our nation and the world. The Congressional Bibliographies identifies hearings held, hearings published, and hearings unpublished; and facilitates researchers' access to this important body of literature.

The Congressional Bibliographies project pursues its two goals with four different products.

* Authoritative lists of printed Senate Hearings, Prints and Publications
* Statistics and lists of Senate Unprinted Hearings
* Chronological lists of meetings held by House and Senate committees
* Searchable database of House and Senate committee meetings

Available on the Internet: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/

Post on GovDoc-L from: John A. McGeachy, Social Sciences Reference Librarian, Research & Information Services Department, North Carolina State University