Legislative Resources
Federal Materials
From a Bill to a Law - read about the legislative process
Debate
- Annals of Congress, 1st Congress-18th Congress, 1st Session, 1789-1824
- Also available in microfilm and microcard, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- Sessional Indexes to the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), located in Legal Reference
- Register of Debates, 18th Congress, 2nd Session-25th Congress, 1st Session, 1824-1837
- Also available in microfilm and microcard, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- Sessional Indexes to the Register of Debates (1824-1837), located in Legal Reference
- Congressional Globe, 23rd Congress, 1st Session-42nd Congress, 1st Session, 1833-1873
- Also available in microfilm, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- Sessional Indexes to the Congressional Globe (1849-1873), located in Legal Reference
- Congressional Record
- via Thomas (1989 forward)
- via GPO Access (1994 forward)
- Also available through LexisNexis Congressional (1985 forward)
- Early Congresses, 43rd-44th Congresses, 1873-1875
- Congressional Record Bound Edition - located in Legal Reference - Vols. 1-142, Part 20 (1873-1996)
- 1873-1964 also available in microfilm, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- Sessional Indexes to the Congressional Record (1873-1964), located in Legal Reference
House Journal
- 1st-43rd Congresses, 1789-1875
- 83rd Congress, 2nd Session [1954], 85th Congress, 2nd Session [1958], 87th Congress, 2nd Session [1962] forward in Legal Reference - XJH:
Senate Journal
- 1st-43rd Congresses, 1789-1875
- 88th Congress [1963] forward in Legal Reference - XJS:
Bills & Resolutions
- Thomas (1989 forward)
- GPO Access (1993 forward)
- LexisNexis Congressional (1989 forward)
- Early House Bills & Resolutions (6th-42nd Congresses, 1799-1873)
- Early Senate Bills & Resolutions (16th-42nd Congresses, 1819-1873)
Committee Reports
- Thomas (1995 forward)
- GPO Access (1995 forward)
- LexisNexis Congressional (selected) Pathway: Congressional Publications/Advanced search tab
- Westlaw Campus Legislative History - U.S. Code (1948 forward)
- American State Papers (1789-1838) - also in Microfiche as part of the LexisNexis Serial Set Microfiche Collection
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set
- Early Serial Set via American Memory, 23rd-64th Congresses, 1833-1917
- LexisNexis Serial Set Microfiche Collection Nos. 1 through 12880
- U.S. Serial Set Collection - scattered prior to 1930 - GOVSTORAGE. Y 1.1/2: Serial
- U.S. Serial Set Index, covers 1789-1969, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- U.S. Serial Set Index, Index and Carto-Bibliography of Maps, covers 1817-1969, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk
- U.S. Code Congressional and Administrative News (USCCAAN), (89th Congress [1965] forward)
- Contains full text of Public Laws and associated Committee Reports
Congressional Hearings
- GPO Access (1995 forward)
- LexisNexis Congressional (selected) Pathway: Congressional Publications/Advanced search tab
- Search WestCat for Congressional Hearings at Malpass Library
- CIS Index - indexes the testimony and submissions within hearings and committee prints, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk (1970 forward)
Committee Prints
- GPO Access (1997 forward)
- LexisNexis Congressional (selected) Pathway: Congressional Publications/Advanced search tab
- Search WestCat for Committee Prints at Malpass Library
- CIS Index - indexes the testimony and submissions within hearings and committee prints, located near the 4th Floor Public Service Desk (1970 forward)
Conference Reports
- via GPO Access (2005 forward)
State Materials
Illinois
- Bills & Resolutions - current session only
- Previous Assemblies, 90th (1997) forward
- House & Senate Bills in Microfiche, 81st-88th General Assemblies, 1977-1994 - ILLINOIS. B- House & ILLINOIS. B- Senate
- House & Senate Bills in Microfiche, 85st-90th General Assemblies, 1987-1998 - ILLINOIS. 328.373 I29bh; ILLINOIS. 328.373 I29bh2 - ILLINOIS. 328.373 I29bs; ILLINOIS. 328.373 I29bs2
- Transcripts of the Illinois Senate and House - current Assembly and previous Assemblies (77th [1971] forward)
- Illinois House and Senate Debate in Microfiche, 77th-89th General Assemblies, 1969-1993 ILLINOIS. D- House ILLINOIS. D- Senate
- Journals of the Illinois House and Senate (91st [1999] forward)
- Journal of the Illinois House, located in Legal Reference (Vols. prior to 1901 in GovStorage)
- Journal of the Illinois Senate, located in Legal Reference (Vols. prior to 1901 in GovStorage)
- Legislative Synopsis and Digest, 1947 forward, located in Legal Reference
