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Help Evaluate Federal Legislative History Databases.

Kevin Garewal | April 24, 2008 - 08:02

Have you ever had to trace the legislative history of a federal law? Ever wonder if there was an easier way to do it? Well, there is a resource called the U.S. Serial Set that has been digitized by Lexis and Readex to help with the researching process. The Lexis Serial Set covers 1789-1969, while Readex covers 1819-1940 (they are currently updating their materials to the year 1980.) The Serial Set contains Committee Reports, House and Senate Documents and Journals and other publications.

The Lexis advanced search option allows you to search a number of resources at once including: Committee Prints (1830-current), CRS Reports (1916-2003), Hearings (1824- current), House and Senate Documents (1970-2003) & Committee Reports (1819-current), Legislative Histories (1969-current), Serial Set, and Serial Set Maps. Lexis markets each of these components individually for purchase.

The Readex databases includes: America’s Historical Newspapers, American State Papers 1789-1838, House and Senate Journals 1789-1817, Senate Executive Journals 1789-1866, US Serial Set, Serial Set Maps.

If you are interested in trying these materials just click on the links below. (However, there is no remote or wireless access for these materials at this time.)

The Law Library is currently evaluating both resources. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to contact me at kevin.garewal@law.csuohio.edu. If you would like to take a short survey, which would help us evaluate the sources please click here.

Readex Serial Set


Lexis Serial Set (click on advanced search at the top and select the search options you would like to try.)




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