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Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994

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Digital reproduction of the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports bound by session of Congress. Includes committee reports on bills and other matters, executive communications and publications, treaty materials, journals, and some non-governmental publications.

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Government and Law, Law, History, United States History, Political Science
<p>In addition, through the 19th century the Serial Set also included publications of the executive departments relating to important public issues. The database offers full text searching capabilities as well as number searches along with full color images of maps, illustrations, and tables. Resource also features browsing by subject, publication category, committee or Congress. The database offers approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages in searchable full-text.</p>
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