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Senate Manual: Search Tips

Catalog of Available Documents | Sample Searches | Identification Code

Catalog of Available Documents

To view a current catalog of Senate Manual documents 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.

Sample Searches (3)

The following sample searches are provided as guides to searching the Senate Manual. For the sake of space, only the top three hits in each results list are included with each example below.

Table of Contents | Page Number | Subject

1. Search by Table of Contents

This search will provide you with the table of contents for the Senate Manual. You do not need to include the word "of" in your search, because it is a stop word and will be ignored by the system. However, using it will not alter your results. The table of contents is contained in the preliminary pages within the document titled "SENATE MANUAL" in your results list.

NOTE: The table of contents references section numbers in the Senate Manual, it does not reference page numbers.

Query: "table of contents"

Alternative: "table contents"

Results: [106th Congress Senate Manual] SENATE MANUAL

2. Search by Page Number

To search by a page number in the Senate Manual type the word "page" followed by a space and the page number you wish to find, surrounding the phrase in quotation marks. If the document you are looking for continues on another page, you will get all pages.

Query: "page 965"

Results: [106th Congress Senate Manual] INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO

3. Search by Subject

To search by a subject containing more than one word, surround the entire phrase in quotation marks. This example will retrieve any document containing the phrase "articles of confederation". The actual document "articles of confederation" appears first in your results list.

Query: "Articles of Confederation"

Results: [106th Congress Senate Manual] ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

[106th Congress Senate Manual] SENATE MANUAL

Identification Codes

Each record will display in the results list with the database code, followed by the initial words of the title. The identification code for the Senate Manual, 104th Congress is "Senate Manual” followed by a truncated title. The identification code for the Senate Manual, 106th Congress is "106th Congress Senate Manual" followed by a truncated title. For example:

[Senate Manual] Articles of the Confederation
[106th Congress Senate Manual] ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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