U.S. Congressional serial set
Contributors: Readex, Inc.; Burgess Memorial Library Collection.
Series: Archive of Americana
Publisher: Readex
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Chester, VT]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: United States. -- Congress -- Databases; United States -- Politics and government -- Databases
Genres: Databases.
Other titles: United States congressional serial set.; Congressional serial set.
Description: "The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitute a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages."
Notes: Title from home page (viewed Oct. 3, 2003).

Prior to the 97th Congress, the serial set had no official name; it was popularly known as the Congressional serial set.

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Numbering began with 15th Congress, as the publications of the earlier congresses were not assembled in book form.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Subjects: Armed forces and conflicts; Economics; Education; Environment, energy and natural resources; Food and agriculture; Geographic names; Government and politics; Groups of people, professions, etc.; Health; Infrastructure, transportation, etc.; International affairs; Legal system; Names of acts; Personal names; Publications and communication; Safety, accidents and disasters; Science and technology; Social issues; title: Publication category: Annual reports; Congressional journals; Congressional rules and procedural materials; Contested election materials; Hearings; Legislative report: private bills; Legislative report: public bills; Memorials and petitions; Motions and resolutions; Names lists; Presidential messages; Sessional volume indexes; Treaties and conventions.