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Congressional Committee Prints: Search TipsSample Searches | Catalog of Available Documents | Identification Codes Sample Searches (2)The following sample searches are provided as guides to searching the Congressional Committee Prints. For the sake of space, only the top three hits in each results list are included with each example below. This type of search returns documents that are related to specific word(s) that you enter as your search term(s). They may appear anywhere within the document.
Each document in the results list is accompanied by the chamber of Congress from which the committee print came and the size, which applies to the ASCII text file of that document. If another type of file, such as a PDF file, is available for the same document, it will typically be larger. In addition, the score is included, which is a relevancy indicator. Scores are out of 1000 points. Finally, the document will be offered in ASCII text, PDF, or both. 2. Search by Committee Print Number This type of search returns documents that are related to specific committee print number that you enter as your search term. Only the Senate has a numbering system for its committee prints. Senate committee prints are numbered based on the Congress and order in which the print was released (e.g. "S. Prt. 108-3"). When searching by senate committee print number, do not include the phrase "S. Prt." in your query.
Catalog of Available DocumentsTo view a current catalog of Congressional Committee Prints available via GPO Access, choose a Congress(es) and click on the "submit" button on the search page without having entered any query terms and then select the appropriate document from the results list. Identification CodesHouse and Senate committee prints are distinguished in the search results. Identification codes for Senate prints contain the phrase [Senate Committee Print] before the title of the document. Meanwhile, House prints will contain the phrase [House Committee Print] before the title of the document. |