This site indexes the personal papers of members of Congress, which are dispersed at repositories around the country. The index is arranged by the name of the holding institution or organization, or by members' personal names.
This D.C. Law Librarian's Society web site includes the schedule of volumes, 1970 to current, and "An Overview of the U.S.
Congressional Serial Set" by Rick McKenney.
This guide is designed to help locate government publications from the Legislative branch. It includes bills, hearings, reports, public laws, and Congressional proceedings.
From the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the Congress Project is designed to initiate dialogue between scholars who study Congress and policymakers who have experience with how Congress works.
Stephen Young, reference librarian at the Catholic University of America's Law Library prepared this fine guide to the Congressional Research services, its products, and information on how to access these important research reports.
This site, available on the House of Representatives web site, concentrates on the legislative processes in the House of Representatives. It is divided into broad categories.
Compiled by Gary Price at George Washington University, this site was created to provide links to the many CRS reports available on the web. It is organized into topics: environment, foreign relations, military/intelligence, science/space, and U.S. government. Does not include the most recent reports.
Developed by the Library of Congress, this site provides online access to congressional legislation and activities, including bills, committee reports, the Congressional Record, and more.
Under the Society of American Archivists, this group is an extremely valuable network for archivists, historians, congressional staff, and any others involved with congressional research or management of congressional papers. The Roundtable publishes a newsletter.
Official records of Congress are held at the National Archives, but most personal papers are dispersed to repositories across the country. This web site is a list of those repositories.
Part of the Library of Congress' A Century of Lawmaking project, the Annals cover the First Congress through the first session of the Eighteenth Congress, from 1789 to 1824.
Like the Senate, the House has kept a record of its proceedings since the first meeting. This site currently covers the years of the first sixteen Congresses, 1789-1821, but will eventually offer the entire House Journal, 1789-1873.
The journal begins with the opening session of the Senate, in accordance with Article I, section 5 of the Constitution. It currently covers the years of the first sixteen Congresses, 1789-1821, but will eventually offer the entire Senate Journal, 1789-1873.
Boston College, repository for Tip O'Neill's papers, has made over 100 photographs of the long term Speaker of the House available for viewing on the Web.
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 • Telephone: 1-86-NARA-NARA or 1-866-272-6272