Books and
Articles
 MIRLYN
- Connect via MIRLYN-Web
- MCAT lists books within the University of
Michigan Library system.
- Which version to choose?
- MIRLYN-Web better for printing, downloading, subject searching, and direct connection to web-based products
- TN 3270 or Telnet
- Has call number searching
- Better for sophisticated keyword
searching [e.g. k=campaign adj finance adj reform is possible
in MIRLYN Classic; only campaign and finance and reform possible in MIRLYN-Web]
- MIRLYN-Classic Guide
- MIRLYN-Web Guide
- Searchable by author, title, subject, keyword
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS
- Controlled vocabulary
- Used for
- Foreign material
- When too many common keywords
- Find through
- LC Subject List (Library)
- Record retrieved through keyword searching
| |
- Library of Congress
Subject Headings: By Subject
- Campaign funds--United States
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Electioneering--United States
- Lobbying--United States
- Political action committees--United States
- Political participation--United States
- Presidents--United States--Election--1972
- Pressure groups--United States
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
- United States--Elections
- Voting--United States
- In MIRLYN Web Advanced Searching, you don't need to know exact order (e.g. voting and united states or united states and voting)
Boolean Logic
| Illustration | MIRLYN-Classic | MIRLYN-Web |
| PHRASE |
k=campaign adj finance |
campaign w finance |
| AND |
k=campaign adj finance and reform |
campaign w finance and reform |
| OR |
k=elections or voting |
elections or voting |
| COMPLEX SEARCHING |
k=campaign adj finance and (PAC or political adj action) |
reads incorrectly as
(campaign and finance and PAC) or political and action |
| TRUNCATION |
k=election? |
election? |
Comprehensive Sources
- JSTOR (UMich
Only)
- Full text of major 20th Century historical and economic periodicals
as well as the American Political Science
Review through 1995
- Most periodicals available from 1900-90
- Index approaches by keyword, author, title, periodical
- Printing and downloading requires
application/tifflist or Adobe
Acrobat
- Political
Information
- Mega web index to public policy concerns
- Indexes news, political parties, policy papers and interest group web
sites
- ProQuest
(UMich Only)
- Research Library indexes some 2300 journals in all fields since the 1980s and
provides the full text of many since the 1990s (marked by a full-page symbol)
- Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as the American Political Science Review and American Politics Quarterly
- Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
- Sample searches
"campaign finance reform"
campaign finance and reform
campaign finance and (reform or bills or legislation)
campaign finance and (reform or bill? Or legislation)
- Articles may be marked for downloading
- Text in HTML and image formats
- Replaces the Core Journals Project, which printed articles from MIRLYN on request
Individual Titles
- Congressional Quarterly
(UMich Only)
- Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
- Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
- Political party and election analysis
- Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
- Separate index for roll call votes
beginning 1995
- Prior to 1983, use Congressional Quarterly Almanac, (Doc.Cen. JK 1 .C756--Ref.)
- National
Journal (UMich
Only)
- National Journal focuses on the politics of the Executive Branch with
some reference to current legislation
- Full text since 1994 available through the University of Michigan's
campus license to Proquest
- Policy.com
- Daily periodical with current policy news, issue of the
week, and in-depth analysis of 20 current policy issues
- Virtual Congress features speeches
and votes on topics
- Includes a policy chat room
- Public Affairs
Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only)
- Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on
politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
- This will cover the post-Watergate campaign finance reform debate
- Government documents include United States, United Nations, League of
Nations, and State Governments
- There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and
foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)
- Social
Sciences Citation Index 1956- (UMich Only)
- Indexes current periodical articles by author, title/keyword,
journal, and author's affiliation
- Indexes cited authors by name, abbreviated title of book/journal and year
- Results provide cross references between the cited author, the
citating author, and related items
- Social Sciences Citation Index
Examples
- Connect to MIRLYN-Web
to identify library location and call number of book or article
- Academic
Universe/LEXIS [Full Text] (UMich Only)
- Full text of U.S. and foreign newspapers for past several years
- Access News/General News Topics or News/Transcripts
- SAMPLE SEARCH:
News/General News
More Options
mccain w/p feingold w/p campaign [in full text]
major newspapers
10/1/98 to 9/1/99
sort by relevance
- Academic Universe Search Guide
- ABC News [Full
Text]
- Requires JAVA script for viewing
- Visible without Java if graphics turned off
- AllPolitics
[Full Text]
- Daily Internet periodical sponsored by Time, CNN and Congressional Quarterly
- Includes news and public opinion polls on political issues
- Cable News Network
(CNN) [Full Text]
- News stories on current political issues, often with the full-text
of relevant documents
- Recent material and election coverage archived in subject groups
- Summaries or full text of recent CNN political programs
- Good Remote Alternative
- Christian Science Monitor
[Full Text]
- Daily newspaper with the full text of lead articles (U.S.,
international, cultural, crossword)
- Archive back to 1980 searchable by subject
- Editor
and Publisher On-Line Newspapers [Some Full Text]
- Links to over 1000 newspapers worldwide
- Arranged by continent and country; for the United States, subdivided
by state
- Annotations describe publication, provide links, and give pricing
information when applicable
- New York
Times [Full Text]
- Full text of today's New York Times and a searchable archive
- Initial registration required
- Registration currently free in the U.S. but organization reserves
the right to charge
- Also on Academic Universe
with indexing since 1969 and full text since 1980
- Complete edition in the Serials/Microform Room since 1851 (FILM
X979)
- Washington Post [Full
Text]
- Full text of current issue and searchable archive for two weeks only
- International section has news and web links to individual
countries
- National section has new and web links to individual states
- Searchable index creates maps for individual U.S. business
establishments
- Good Remote Alternative
- Also on Academic Universe
- Proposals and issues before the 105th and 106th Congresses
- Links to articles and opinion pieces
- Campaign Finance Sourcebook brings together history,
laws and court decisions; summary in HTML format and full version in
Adobe Acrobat format
- Text of analytical articles on campaign finance reform
- Hot links to think tank and state government sites
- Succint annotations
- Full text of several articles on both sides of the issue
- Includes bills and think tank opinions
- Among subjects are spending limits, PACs, disclosure, public
financing, state laws, and union activities
- Summary of the issues
- Links to bills before Congress
- Presidential candidate opinions
- Timeline of changes beginning 1971
- Last updated September 1998
- Citizen lobby group promoting campaign finance report
- Project Independence petition drive for
campaign reform
- Articles and campaign finances of Congress
Congressional Research Service
- Campaign reform was the issue of the week for March 15, 1999
- Summary of the issues: hard v. soft money, role of PACS and issue ads
- Proposed legislation for the 106th Congress
SEE ALSO Campaign Finance Reports
Lobby Group Influence
- Background Information [Web and
Library]
- Use to identify politics of legislation in the headlines
- Bills [Web]
- Which Members of Congress have introduced bills promoted by lobby
groups
- Campaign
Finances [Web and Library]
- Campaign contributions of lobby groups to Members of Congress
- Note whether Member is on a committee which has jurisdiction over a
subject of interest to the lobby group
- Congressional
Hearings [Library]
- Testimony of lobby groups
- Floor Votes
- Which Members of Congress have voted in the best interests of a
particular lobby group?
- Lobby
Group Ratings (UMich) [Web and Library]
- Annotated list of web sites and printed sources
- Lobby Group Web
Sites
- Opinions and sometimes testimony are included on lobby group web
sites
Printed Encyclopedias and Background
- Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party by George Thomas
Kurian, 1997 (Ref. Room JK 2312 .E551)
- Broad articles on the history and ideology of the party
- Democratic Party positions on campaign finance, drugs, big
government, health care, Social Security
- Party platforms, 1840-1992
- Biographies of winning and losing Presidential candidates
- Encyclopedia
of the Republican Party by George Thomas
Kurian, 1997 (Ref. Room JK 2352 .E561)
- Broad articles on the history and ideology of the party
- Broad articles on the history and ideology of the party
- Republican Party positions on campaign finance, drugs, big
government, health care, Social Security
- Party platforms, 1856-1992
- Biographies of winning and losing Presidential candidates
- Encyclopedia of Third Parties in the United States by
Earl Kruschke, 1991 (Ref. Room JK 2261 .K781 1991)
- Brief history of historic third parties in the United States,
including American Independent Party, Black Panthers, Populists and Socialist
- Does not include Reform or Green Parties
- Political Parties and Elections in the United States; An
Encyclopedia by L. Sandy Maisel, 1991 (Ref. Room JK 2261
.P6331)
- Two-volume work with scholarly analyses of political parties, issues,
and people throughout U.S. history
- Sample headings include: Caucuses, Elite Theory, Reconstruction,
Republican Party
- Campaign Finance and the Constitution includes constitutional theory
and continuing problems
- Articles supplemented by a bibliography for further research
- Appendices include Republican and Democratic National Committee
chairmen through 1991; women, blacks and Hispanics in Congress
Party Web Sites
Party Platforms and Agendas
- Democratic
- Green
Party USA
- Reform
Party
- Republican
- Current Agendas
- Contract with America
- Historic Sources
- National Party Platforms by Donald Bruce Johnson (UGL
Ref. and Grad Stacks: JK 2255 .J67) covers 1840-1980
in three volumes
- Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party by George Thomas
Kurian, 1997 (Ref. Room JK 2312 .E551) has platforms, 1840-1992
- Encyclopedia of the Republican Party by George Thomas
Kurian, 1997 (Ref. Room JK 2352 .E561)
includes platforms,
1856-1992
- Congressional
Quarterly (UMich Only)
- Full text usually printed after the convention
- Sample search: "republican platform" and
between 7-1-96 and 12-31-96
- House and Senate leadership web sites usually have
the current agendas
Comprehensive Sources |
Campaign Finance |
Elections |
Public Opinion
- Statistical Resources
on the Web
- Annotated links to over 20 categories of government and
non-government statistics
- Large sections on demographics, economics, and health
- Optional cumulative frames index
- Statistical Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes and abstracts all published federal government statistics
since 1974, business and state governments since 1980, and international
agencies since 1983
- Begin search with Statistical Sources
- Choose Subject Search or Comparative Data
(e.g. breakdowns by geography, economics, or demographics)
- Comparative Example: By Individual, Company or Institution and campaign contributions
- Results list indicates of web links to data (i.e. full text attachments) available
- If full text not available, search MIRLYN by title, come to the Documents Center with
the microfiche number (e.g. ASI 1998 4142-1), or search the Federal Web Directory
for the agency web site
- See Statistical Universe
Guide and the Statistical Universe Slide Show for
additional details
- Campaign
Money
- Searchable data base of campaign contributions for Presidential and
Congressional candidates beginning in 2000
- Access by candidate, political action committee, or 527
organization
- Information is cross-listed in several ways
- Center for Responsive
Politics
- Non-partisan research group monitoring campaign reform
- Congressional campaign finance filings
- Open Secrets
- Lobby group campaign contributions to Members of Congress arranged by
industry and separately by member
- Web version in Adobe Acrobat format corresponds to paper version in
Documents Center (JK 1991 .M261)
- Color of
Money
- Ranks and lists states, counties, and the largest cities by percent
of people of color
- Tables list the number and amount of political campaign
contributions, per capita contributions, and income
- Does not provide data on the candidates to whom money was
contributed
- FECInfo (Tony
Raymond)
- Presidential campaign contributions searchable by
name, state, or Political Action Committee since 1991 and Congressional
since 1993
- Hard and soft money
- Current campaign reports
- User-friendly interface
- Federal Election Commission
- List of all Senate, House candidates, and Presidential candidates
- Summary of their receipts and disbursements since 1992
- Federal PACs Directory (Doc. Cen. JK 1991 .C66 -
Ref.)
- Lists over 2400 Political Action Committees
- Brief paragraphs describe their ideology and special interests
- Provides total contributions by party, incumbent v. challenger,
winners and losers
- Michigan
Campaign Finance Reporting System (Secy. of State)
- Indexes receipts and expenditures for gubernatorial, ballot, State
and Congressional offices beginning 1998
- All files are indexed by candidate name, party, committee, date, and
amount
- Receipts indexed by donor and location; expenditures by type
- Open
Secrets
- Detailed campaign finances for 1988, 1990, and 1992 elections
- Doc.Cen. JK 1991 .M621
- Project Vote
Smart
- Extensive annotated links to other sources of
Presidential and Congressional campaign finance information
- Campaign finance data found under "Elected Officials"
could be a little old
- For material during the 1970's
- Almanac of American Politcs, 1974+ ( JK 1012 .A44
)
- Statistical
Universe
- Once you identify the title, search it in MIRLYN
- If not in MIRLYN, bring the microfiche number to the Documents
Center
- ABC News
- One of the few archived elections sites for the 1998 elections
- Detailed vote counts for candidates and percentages
- Arranged by Congressional chamber or state
- America
Votes (Richard Scammon)
- Votes for President and Governor by state and county beginning 1952
- Votes for Members of Congress by Congressional District beginning 1946
- Only available in paper copy: Reference Room JK 1967 .A1 A68
- Two-year time lag between the general elections and publication
date; latest is 1996
- Presidential votes, 1920-1992, also appear in America
at the Polls (Ref. Room JK 524 .G72)
- Clerk of the House
- Directories of the 104th Congress to present, biographies of speakers
since the first Congress
- List of Senate and House nominees for the 1996 elections
- Historical data includes national electoral college results since the
1st Congress, Presidential and Senatorial election results by state and
House by district since 1920
- Data on the political divisions in Congress since the 34th
Congress
- David
Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
- Maps and tables with Presidential votes since 1860
- Maps outline state electoral votes
- Tables show major and independent presidential and vice presidential
candidates, popular and electoral votes, and percentages for both
- County election data for 1912, 1968, and 1980-2000
- County map of 2000 Presidential election popular vote
- This is truly wonderful!
- Michigan
Election Results (MI State Dept.)
- Statewide general and primary election data by district beginning
with 1994
- Data by district and county when applicable
- National Election Studies
- Prepared by the Center for Political Studies
- Documentation on voting, public opinion, and political participation
studies
- Studies beginning 1994 are available via ftp for use with SAS or
SPSS
- Documentation in Word Perfect format
- Its Guide
to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior provides
summary data on social, economic, partisanship, and public
opinion, 1952 to present
- American National
Election Study(UC-Berkeley)
- American National Election Studies CD-ROM also available in the Documents Center
- Presidents of the United States
(IPL/Summers)
- Extensive web site with pages for each President, Washington to Clinton
- Includes election results
- State
Legislatures (NCSL)
- Partisan composition and number of women in state legislatures
- Data arranged by state
- Turnout
Files (Roll Call)
- National voter registration and turnout for the 1992-96 elections by
age, gender, ethnicity, education, and labor force status
- Articles on voter turnout issues in future elections
- U.S. Election Map
Bank
- Maps of Presidential election winners for
1988 and 1992 by state and county
- Maps of popular vote winners by state,
1960-92
- Extensive links for the 1996 Presidential
campaign
- The University
of Virginia has mapped popular vote totals by
state,
1948-92
- Voting
and Registration Data (Census Bureau)
- Sociodemographic characteristics of voters (age, race, sex,
employment, and education status) since 1964
- Does not include who people voted for
- AllPolitics
(Time/CNN)
- Excellent coverage of elections and public opinion polls
- Use search engine and type "poll"
- Separate archive for 1996 Election
Polls
- American
Public Opinion Index
- Most comprehensive source for public opinion polls
- Ref. Room HM 261 .A4631
- Corresponding microfiche in Serials/Microforms as MICRO-F X423
- Gallup Organization
- Summary results of most current public opinion polls
- Gallup Poll, 1935 to present, also available in the Graduate Library Reference Room
as HN 90.P9 .G18
- General
Social Survey (ICPSR, NORC, UC-Berkeley)
- Annual survey since 1972 of public opinion and lifestyle
- Covers poverty, religion, contraceptive use, opinion on foreign affairs
- ICPSR site provides background on survey as well as printed
publications resulting from the survey
- Primary data extraction available from ICPSR and UC-Berkeley
- Computer-Assisted
Survey (UC-Berkeley)
- Data may be manipulated on-line
- Quick start instructions for the initiate:
- Choose Demonstration Survey Data Archive
- Choose the survey you would like and the "browse"
option; start
- Choose "Alphabetical Variable List"
- Choose your variables and write down their corresponding code names
- Go back to the original screen and choose "run crosstabulations;" start
- Imagine the output as a spreadsheet and type in the desired vertical
and horizontal code names; also choose output as statistics or
percentages
- Example of General Social Survey
- Percentage of Protestants who
strongly agree with death penalty
- In "run crosstabulations," type in "deathpen" as vertical
and "relig" as horizontal; check off percentaging as vertical;
run the table
- Example of American National
Election Studies
- Joint Center for Political and Economic
Studies
- Non-profit organization providing public policy information on issues
affecting black Americans
- Summaries of selected papers include public opinion polls on such
topics as race relations, children, black participation in the Republican
Party
- Full text of annual report
- Kaiser Family
Foundation Surveys
- Surveys on American values, sex, health care issues, politics, and morals
- Full text since 1996
- Most in pdf format
- Louis Harris
Associates
- Public opinion results of last two months
- Primarily government and economic questions
- National Opinion
Research Center (U-Chicago)
- Home of the General Social Survey with links
to data at ICPSR
- Studies describes its economic, education,
social, and health statistics programs
- Studies and data on a variety of topics (guns, stress, abortion,
smoking) appear in the Library section of the
menu
- Pew Research
Center
- Text and statistics of U.S. public opinion polls on politics, public
policy, and the press
- Issues covered since 1995 include the Presidential elections, TV news
viewership, Medicare reforms, campaign financing, churches, and the death
of Princess Diana
- Data on the public's attention to major news stories beginning 1986
- Archive of files since 1985 available upon request
- Polling
Report
- Biweekly periodical with public opinion polls on
politics, business, and culture
- Examples include favorite actor of all time, the President's approval
rating
- Includes articles on public opinion trends by opinion analysts,
pollsters and academics
- Presidential
Job Performance (Roper Center)
- Public opinion polls on President Clinton's job
- Separate charts from Gallup, Yankelovich, ABC, NBC, and CBS rate the
President several times per year since 1993
- Gallup ratings include begin with 1938 and rate president's since
FDR
- Public
Agenda
- Nonpartisan, issue-oriented think tank
- Presents eighteen issues, including abortion, crime, gambling,
immigration, internet privacy, social security, and welfare
- For each issue provides background, links to lobby groups, a digest
of news stories, basic statistics, and a variety of state laws
- Numerous public opinion polls
- Public
Opinion Quarterly (UMich Only)
- Full text of scholarly journal analyzing public opinion worldwide
- Searchable by keyword, author, journal, date
- Part of JSTOR project
- Public Opinion
Quarterly Index is a free index, 1937+
- Full text also in Graduate Library as HM 261 .A1 P98 with a backup on
microfilm as FILM X375
- Pulse
(Epinet)
- Bimonthy web magazine focusing on one issue
- Provides context to the public opinion polls and links to in-depth
articles
- As of May 1999, one issue devoted to Social Security
- Roper
Center/Public Opinion
- Primarily information about the
Center
- Searchable catalogs of its public opinion polls, the Latin American
Survey Data Bank and the Japanese Survey Data Bank
- Roper polls can also be searched in Academic Universe
(UMich Only) in the Reference/Polls and
Surveys section
- Washington
Post
- Public opinion polls on public affairs since January 1997
- Subjects include Presidential popularity, sanctions toward Iraq,
violence in schools
- Descriptions supplemented by statistical tables
- Extensive keyword index to the text of individual web pages
- Extremely fast index to the text of individual web pages
- Provides a relevancy ranking
- Keyword index to federal government web sites with a .gov or .mil extension
- Advanced Searching permits Boolean combination of words with a .gov or .mil extension
- Sample: prescription drugs [Boolean phrase] and .mil or .gov [domain]
- Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites
Comprehensive Listings
- United
States Government Manual, 1995/96+ (National Archives)
- Directory of agencies and officials, primarily in the Executive Branch
- Describes agency activity and cites legislative authority
- Searchable by keyword and browsable since 1997/98
- The paper copy is located at the Documents Desk as JK 421 .A3
and in most U.S. libraries
- Federal Agency Web Sites (LSU)
- Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
- Includes search engine
- Federal
Information A-Z (Duke University)
- Alphabetical list of agencies, titles, and subjects available on the web
- Focus is on federal government but includes foreign and international
agencies
- Government by
Sterby
- Comprehensive links to all branches of the federal government
- Especially good for independent and quasi-governmental agencies
Indexes
- Google's Uncle Sam
- Keyword index to federal government web sites with a .gov or .mil extension
- HotBot
- Advanced Searching permits Boolean combination of words with a .gov or .mil extension
- Sample: prescription drugs [Boolean phrase] and .mil or .gov [domain]
Legislative Process
- Public Policy Matrix
- Outline of the policy change process from a legislative and executive perspective
- Includes influences on the decision
- Links to related materials available on the web at the University of Michigan
- Enactment of
a Law
- Senate description of the legislative process
- Includes information unique to the Senate, including ratification of
treaties and executive (closed) meetings
- How Our
Laws Are Made
- Extensive House of Representatives guide to the legislative
process with definitions and explanations of each step
- Summary
version
- Legislative Histories Tutorial
- Step-by-step guide to University of Michigan Library materials on legislation
Directories
and Biographies of Congress
- Almanac of American Politics [Library]
- Biennial biographical directory of Members of Congress
- Lengthy information about the politics of the Congressional District
- Brief campaign finances, lobby group ratings, and key roll call votes
- Documents Center JK 1012 .A44 with current in Graduate Library
Stacks
- Congress
Watch (ABC News)
- Political biographies of current Senators and Representatives
- This week's Congressional news
- Contacting
the Congress
- Most updated directory of Members of Congress
- Includes committee and subcommittee assignments
- House of Representatives
- Calendars and daily floor schedules
- Links to Member web sites
- Politics in America
- Identify Member of Congress by State, zip code, or name
- Profile section includes biographical, district,
and election information; lobby group ratings; key roll call votes
- Percent of votes with party and percent with President
- Documents Center as JK 1010.P76-Ref.
- Senate
- Directory of Members and Committees
Background Information
- CQ Weekly
Report (UMich Only)
- Non-partisan summary of legislation before Congress
- Identifies most important bills, lobbying, and politics
- Full text of CQ since 1983; separate search engines for articles and
roll call votes
- Separate section for CQ
Researcher which provides briefing
reports on public policy issues
- Corresponding paper copy of the Weekly Report in
Doc.Cen. JK 1.C12--Ref. with older issues in Grad Library Stacks
- Some articles also appear in All
Politics
- Congressional Quarterly Almanac [Library]
- Browse annual table of contents or index
- Usually published six months after end of previous year
- Doc.Cen. JK 1 .C756--Ref.
- Congress and the Nation [Library]
- Cumulative summary of the CQ Almanac, 1945-
- Doc.Cen. JK 1001 .C75
- National
Journal (UMich Only)
- Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major legislative issues
- Archived and searchable since 1977 via Congressional Universe
- Choose Inside Washington from the main menu
- JK 1. N28 with current issues in Documents Center--Docs.Ref.
- Policy.com
- Daily periodical with current policy news, issue of the
week, and in-depth analysis of 20 current policy issues
- Virtual Congress features speeches
and votes on topics
- Includes a policy chat room
Bill
Indexes/Texts/Status
- THOMAS
- Indexes Congressional bills since 1973 by subject, sponsor, committee, and
status of legislation
- Best public source for keyword indexing of bills
- Includes text of all bill versions
- In the 107th Congress, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform
Act (Shays/Meehan) is H.R. 2356; became Public Law 107-155 in
2002
- In the 106th Congress, the Bipartisan Campaign
Reform Act (Shays/Meehan) was H.R. 417
- Passed by House on September 14, 1999
- Bans soft money and dues of non-union members for supporting
candidates
- The corresponding Senate Bills (McCain/Feingold) are S.
26 and S.
1593
- In the 105th Congress, the Shays/Meehan bill was H.R. 2183 and the
McCain/Feingold bill was S.25
- Died due to Republican filibuster in Senate
- The 104th equivalent was S.
1219
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Indexes Congressional bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor and date
- Provides the full text and legislative status
Committee
Publications
- Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints
(research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
- Hearings and Committee Prints
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Search under Congressional Publications
- Indexes published hearings (1970+), committee prints (1993+), and reports (1989+) by
subject, keyword, committee, and date
- Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or
microfiche format
- Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988; linked from abstract and
separately searchable under Testimony
- Campaign Finance Reform
Hearing - 1995
- Full text of House Oversight Committee hearing on November 16,
1995
- Available from GPO Access via the University of California at
San Diego
- Choose hearing from menu and then search by keyword
- Phrases should be enclosed in parentheses and Boolean operators (AND,
OR) should be capitalized
- Table
of Contents lists individual segments of the hearing; the
overall Table of Contents is listed as Campaign Finance Reform
Legislation (9439 bytes)
- Democratic Fund-Raising Hearing
- Senator Fred Thompson held hearings in 1997 on fund-raising in the 1996 Presidential elections
- AllPolitics provides detailed summaries of the investigation and results
- Reports and Documents
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Search under Congressional Publications
- Indexes committee reports by subject, keyword, bill number, and date
- Provides the full text of reports since 1989
- Thomas
- Full text of committee reports (i.e. recommendations) since 1993
searchable by keyword, bill number, report number, and committee
- Reports segmented into easily viewable segments
- Links to the full text of the legislation in question and legislative
status
Floor
Debates
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
- Search under Congressional Publications
- Full text of Congressional Record since 1985
- Searchable by keyword, speaker, and date
- THOMAS
- Congressional bills and Congressional Record, 1993+
- Best public source for keyword indexing of bills and Congressional Record due to proximity
searching
- Best source for text of the Congressional Record
- Includes text of all bill versions
- Prior to 1993, available in the Graduate Library stacks with issues
beginning 1985 in the Documents Center as J 11.R
Related Political Information
- Policy Process Matrix
- Lists various types of influences on Congress (e.g. political party, committee chairman, campaign finances)
- Links to the best internet source
- Committee Information
- Jurisdiction and membership
- Committee calendars
- Press releases
- Determine who is committee chairperson and look at their campaign
finances
- Elections
- Web sites of Presidential candidates for 2000
- Articles from key web monitoring services
- Electioneering services
- Member
Information
- Directories and biographies
- Opinions
- Campaign finances and lobby group ratings
- Votes
- Look at campaign finances and then the bills sponsored
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