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Federal Legislation - General Guides

• Congress, Laws and Regulations [weblink] (Kathy Amen, St. Mary's University, 2003)
• Congressional Publications (D.Cheney,Penn.St.,1994)
• Congressional Sources and Indexes, 1970 - present [weblink] (Univ. of California--Berkeley, 1999)
• Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent [weblink] (Rick McKinney, LLSDC, 2006)
• Finding and Establishing Direct Links to THOMAS and GPO Access Documents [weblink] (Rick McKinney, LLSDC, 2006)
• Legislative Branch Internet Resources [weblink] (Library of Congress)
• How a Bill Becomes Law and Various Other Sources [weblink] (Cindi Wolff, Louisiana State University, 1999)
• Laws and Legislation Guide [weblink] (Amy West, University of Minnesota, 2006)
• Legislative Branch Internet Resources [weblink] (Library of Congress)
• Legislative Histories in the United States Congress [weblink](Grace York, Univ. of Michigan, 1997)
• Legislative History: An Overview (Jyoti Pandit, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1998)
• Legislative Process [weblink] (Jerry Breeze, Columbia University, 1999)
• Legislative Process: Annotated Bibliography (Jyoti Pandit, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1998)
• Legislative Source Book [weblink] (Rick McKinney, Law Librarians' Society of the District of Columbia, 2003)
• Library Legislative Handbook (J.Herrick/Tenn.Lib.Assoc, 1996)
• Path of Legislation [weblink] (Kathy Amen, St.Mary's U, 2003)
• Quick Links to House and Senate Committee Hearings and Other Publications [weblink] (Rick McKinney, LLSDC, 2006)
• Resources for Compiling a Legislative History (Federal Law) [weblink] (Sherry Engle, Ohio State University, 2000)
• Search Legislative History (Jyoti Pandit, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1998)
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set at the Northwestern University Library [weblink] (Beth Clausen, Northwestern University, 2000)
• U.S. Legislative Histories [weblink] (Barbie Selby, University of Virginia Law Library, 1999)

Federal Legislation - Specific Products

• Congressional Record
  • Congressional Record - Legislation [weblink] (Eunice B. Johnson, University of Minnesota, 2001)
• Congressional Universe
  • Congressional Universe Quick Guide [weblink] (Grace York, University of Michigan, 1997)
  • Congressional Universe Quick Guide [weblink] (Sherry DeDecker, Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara, 1999)
• Sessions of Congress with Corresponding Debate Record Volume Numbers [weblink] (Rick McKinney, LLSDC, 2006)
• See also GPO Access and THOMAS

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/legis.htm

GODORT Education Committee Review, March 2004