DOCUMENTS LOCATION GUIDE
LEGISLATION
& REGULATIONS
§
Use the LexisNexis Congressional Database
(http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/) as an index to Congressional
Publications.
§
All items are in Government Information-
Central Library - 4TH Floor, unless otherwise
noted.
§
For Library ONLINE items (available at Vanderbilt only),
begin at Articles & Database page (http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/heard/artdb.shtml).
Enter the title listed in the search box at bottom of page.
§
For Free ONLINE items (available to the
public) the URL is provided.
If you have any
questions, please contact the Government Information Staff:
Phone: (615)
322-2838 Email: amy.stewart@vanderbilt.edu; larry.romans@vanderbilt.edu
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FORMAT |
LOCATION |
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Library
ONLINE |
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Paper |
Library
Annex -- Call # -- J 33.A48 |
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Microprint |
Library
Annex -- Call # MiPrint 28 |
BILLS
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION |
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1981
to 1999 |
Microfiche |
Microfiche
cabinet -- Sudoc # Y 1.4/ |
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1989
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
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1993
to date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html) |
CODE
OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION
& CALL NUMBER |
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Current
year |
Paper |
Sudoc #
-- AE 2.106/3-- Earlier
editions held in Law Library |
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1981
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
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1994
to date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html) |
COMMITTEE
PRINTS
INDEXES to Committee Prints: Committee Prints
from 1830 to date and House Hearings from 1833 to date are indexed in LexisNexis Congressional Database.
Paper indexes include:
1) Index to Film 853 (located
in the Govt.Ref Alcove Z 1223.A2U5)
2) Monthly Catalog
(located in the Govt. Ref. Alcove Sudoc# GP
3.8: )
3) US Congressional Committee Prints Index
Thru 1969 (located in the Govt. Ref. Alcove Z 1223. Z7C66)
COMMITTEE
PRINTS (cont.)
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION
& CALL # |
TIPS |
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1948-1960 |
Microfilm |
6th
Floor Central Library Microfilm
853 (this is the call #) |
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1961-1972 |
Microprint
& Paper |
MiPrint 24
(this is the call #) |
§
Items are arranged by Monthly Catalog
entry #, not Sudoc #. §
Use the Cumulative Index rather than
index for individual years, as the item might not have been published in the
same year it was released. §
Check for title in ACORN catalog many
are available in paper from the Library Annex. |
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1973-1981 |
Microfiche |
Microfiche
144 (this is the call #) |
Items
arranged by CIS accession #, not by SuDoc #. |
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1982
to date |
Microfiche |
Microfiche
Sudoc # begins with Y 4. |
Check
for title in ACORN catalog some are available in paper. |
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1993
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
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1997
to date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html) |
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CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD (and predecessors)
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION & CALL NUMBER |
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1789
to present |
Library
ONLINE |
HeinOnline
database Go to U.S. Congressional Documents>Pick title according to
Congress/date needed |
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1789
to 1984 |
Paper Bound
edition* & index |
Sudoc #
-- X. Annex (1789-1873) and GOV-4th-FL (1873-1984) |
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1978
to 2000 |
Microfiche
Bound
edition |
Microfiche
cabinet Sudoc # -- X 1.1: |
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2000
to date |
Paper
Indexes |
Sudoc #
-- X 1.1/a : |
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1985
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
|
1994
to date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html) §
See side bar for links to databases for
the Index, Daily & Bound Congressional Record |
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1999
to date |
Paper
Daily |
Sudoc #
-- X 1.1/a: |
*
The
Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of
the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
At the end of each session of Congress, all of the daily editions are
collected, re-paginated, and re-indexed into a permanent, bound edition.
FEDERAL
REGISTER
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION
& CALL NUMBER |
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1936
- |
Library
ONLINE |
Heinonline
(no space) |
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1936-1949 |
Paper |
Library
Annex Sudoc #
-- AE 2.7: |
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1949-1969 |
Paper |
Library
Annex Sudoc #
-- 4.107: |
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1970-1982 |
Microfilm |
Mifilm
1694 (this is the call#) |
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1980
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
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1983-March
1985 |
Microfiche |
Sudoc #
-- GS 4.107: |
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April
1985 to date |
Microfiche |
Sudoc #
-- AE 2.106: |
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1994-to
date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html) |
HEARINGS
INDEXES to Hearings: Senate
Hearings from 1824 to date and House Hearings from 1833to date are indexed in LexisNexis Congressional Database.
Paper indexes include:
1)
Index of Congressional Committee Hearings (Y
1.3:H35/2/935 above microfiche cabinet)
2) Monthly Catalog
(located in the Govt. Ref. Alcove Sudoc# GP
3.8: )
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION
& CALL # |
TIPS |
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1839-1934 |
Microfiche |
MiFiche
126 & 126A (this is the call #) |
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1936-1960 |
Paper |
Library
Annex Dewey
Call # range 328.731 328.733 |
Check
the paper Card Catalog next to the Ref. Alcove. Hearings are arranged by committee, then by
session. Check
for title in ACORN catalog many are available in paper from the Library
Annex. |
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1961-1972 |
Microprint |
MiPrint 24
(this is the call #) |
Arranged
by Monthly Catalog entry #, not by Sudoc #. |
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1972-1980 |
Paper |
Library
Annex or GOV-4TH FL All
begin with Sudoc # Y 4. |
Check
for title in ACORN catalog. |
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1981
- |
Microfiche |
Sudoc #
begin with - Y 4. |
Check
for title in ACORN |
|
1995-current |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access Hearings |
Search
this site when Acorn record is brief & has no available online link |
HOUSE
REPORTS & DOCUMENTS -- Look under Serial Set
PUBLIC LAWS (for
recent Congresses; unbound)
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION & CALL NUMBER |
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1789
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
Heinonline
(no space) |
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1789
to date |
Paper
- bound (Statutes at Large*) |
GOV-4th
FL Legislation Collection Sudoc #s
- S 7.9:; GS 4.111:; AE 2.111 |
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1988
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional |
|
1995
to date |
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html) |
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Last
few years |
Paper
unbound (Slip Laws) |
GOV-4th
FL Legislation Collection Sudoc #
- AE 2.110: |
·
recent statutes are only available as slip
laws
SENATE
REPORTS & DOCUMENTS--Look under SERIAL SET
SERIAL
SET--Congressional reports & documents
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YEARS |
SERIAL
SET # |
CONGRESSES |
FORMAT |
LOCATION
& CALL # |
TIPS |
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1817-1980** |
#1- |
15th
60th |
Library
ONLINE |
Readex
Serial Set Database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=SERIAL) |
Full-text
availablity |
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1817-1915 |
#1
- #6894 |
15th
-58th 59th-63rd |
Microprint Microprint |
Microprint
29 (this is the Call #)- ANNEX End of GOVT-LC section. (This temporarily
supplements gap between Readex and fiche) |
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1887-1879; 1915-1969 |
#917
-1867; #6895
-12880 |
35th
45th; 64th-91st(sess.1) |
Microfiche |
Gray
microfiche cabinets Microfiche
317 (this is the Call #) |
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1925-1992 |
Various #6895
- #14147 |
69th
102nd |
Paper |
Library
Annex Do
Acorn title search for Serial Set. Also
check Law's record for holdings. |
Check
record holdings for SS # |
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1979-1981 |
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96th |
Paper |
Library
Annex Search
in Acorn by title or call number X
96-session no.:Doc type.doc.no |
Ex:
X 96-1:H.doc.251 |
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1981
to date |
Selected
reports & documents |
97th
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
LexisNexis
Congressional (http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/) |
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|
1995
to date |
|
|
Free
ONLINE |
GPO
Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset
/index.html) |
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** Upon completion the
database will span 1817-1980 The estimated completion date in 2008. Available years will change monthly until
that time.
INDEXES to Hearings: Online
Indexes include LexisNexis
Congressional & the Readex Serial
Set databases.
Paper indexes include:
1)
US Serial Set Index (Govt. Ref. Alcove Z 1223.Z9C65 North Wall)
2) CIS/Index (Govt. Ref. Alcove Z 1223.A66 North Wall)
3) Numerical Lists and Schedule of Volumes (Govt.
Ref. Alcove GP 3.7/2: -- South Wall)
SLIP
LAWS--Look under PUBLIC LAWS
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION & CALL NUMBER |
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2000
to date |
Paper |
Sudoc #-
Y 1.2/5: |
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1994
to date |
Online |
GPO
Access (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html) |
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Current |
Online |
LexisNexis
Congressional (http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/) |
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
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YEARS |
FORMAT |
LOCATION & CALL NUMBER |
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1965
to date |
Library
ONLINE |
Heinonline
(no space) |
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1965
June 1986 |
Paper |
Sudoc #
- GS 4.114: |
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July
1986 to date |
Paper |
AE
2.109: |
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1993
to date |
Online |
GPO Access
(http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html) |
Prepared
by Linda Williamson, Larry Romans, and Gretchen Dodge,
Updated
by Amy Stewart-Mailhiot, May 2006. Updated by Teri Bante, Sept. 2008.