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This section of the guide covers the published output (in both printed and electronic form) of Congressional committees and of Congress as a whole. Here are links to particular topics, followed by a general description of the Library's collection of Congressional material:
The Blume Library receives almost all Congressional publications which are available for Depository Library selection, including Hearings and Committee Prints from all major committees, publications of the Congressional Budget Office, and issuances of the whole Congress, such as the Congressional Record.
A Congressional document may deal with virtually any subject under the sun. Concerns of Congress include financial, social, legal, agricultural, diplomatic, scientific and administrative issues. This great variety is present in the Library's collection. The collection includes a few historically significant older titles, but the bulk of the material dates from the early 1960's, when the Library became a selective Depository. The amount of Congressional material received has increased dramatically since this time. Some little-used documents have been, and will be, discarded, but most publications are be kept permanently.
Publications originated by the Committees of Congress or by the whole Congress are given Superintendent of Documents classification numbers beginning with X or Y. Congressional documents received in paper by the Blume Library are shelved along the south wall of the second (Main) floor. Documents from some Congressional Committees, however, were received in microfiche from the 1970's until early 2000's. All documents in microfiche are filed by Superintendent of Documents classification number in cabinets on the west wall of the Library. (Click here for a list of committees for which we have publications.)
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