Congress

Congress in Context

Guide to Congress
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2008

Almanac of American Politics -- profiles of members, district and state profiles, etc.

Main Library	JK271.B343	1972-2008 (2010 at Research Help Desk)
online	2012	(also 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)

Congressional Quarterly Almanac

Main Reference	JK1.C663	2005-2010
Main Library	JK1.C663	1949-2004

Congress and the Nation

Main Reference	KF49.C65	2005 - 2008
Main Library	KF49.C65	1945-1994

Databases for Tracking Legislation and Congressional Publications

• ProQuest Congressional
  • includes the Congressional Record
• Thomas
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1981)

News

• CQ Weekly Congressional Quarterly's Magazine on Government, Commerce and Politics (1983 - present)
  • also in Main Periodicals 1965 - 2001
• National Journal the leading source of nonpartisan reporting on the current political environment and emerging policy trends (1977- present)
  • also in Main Periodicals 1969- present

Videos

• Metavid: The Open Video archive of the US Congress (11/09/2005-- )
• C-SPAN Video Library

Vote Tracking

• Roll Call Votes Database at GovTrack.us (1789- )
• Roll Call Votes - at Thomas (1989- )

Methods of Voting in the House and Senate - from the Guide to Congress

Schedules

• Congressional Schedules and Calendars
• Daily Digest of the Congressional Record

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

CRS Reports from the Public Intelligence Blog

OpenCRS.com

UNT Digital Library

State Dept

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)