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You can log in to almost all of the databases listed below from outside the library using your library barcode number. If you don't have a library card, you may register for one online. Please make sure that you are accessing our site via this URL:
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Those databases specified with "No Remote Access" must be used from a computer inside the library. Remote Access specified with "(CLP Card)" are only accessible with a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh library card.

CQ Researcher   Library Access   Remote Access
(CLP Card)
Provides in-depth, non-biased, full text reports on political and social issues & controversies.

 

Lexis Nexis Congressional Papers & United States Serial Set   Library Access   NO Remote Access
There are four databases you can search, all using the same search page or interface. Use advanced search to limit it to only one database.

  • Congressional
    This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials.

  • Congressional Hearings, 1824 - 1979
    Both published and unpublished Hearings contain the full transcripts of proceedings, including all oral statements, committee questions, and discussion. They also contain texts of related reports, statistical analyses, correspondence, exhibits, and articles presented by witnesses or inserted into the record by committee members and staff.

  • United States Serial Set
    Considered one of the most important sources for the study of American history, politics and society, this collection of government publications begins in 1789 with the American State Papers and details Congressional business through 1969. It includes reports and documents either produced or ordered by Congress, as well as presidential communications and treaty materials.

  • United States Serial Set Maps
    The more than 56,000 maps found in the collection, some of which represent the first geological, soil and population maps of many states and territories, are of paramount importance to historians, other social scientists, students and scholars.
 

MarciveWeb DOCS   Library Access   NO Remote Access
Catalog of U. S. Government publications from 1976 to the present.

 

Public Documents Masterfile   Main Library Access ONLY   NO Remote Access
A comprehensive electronic guide to Over 4 million federal, state, local and international public documents; spanning over 200 years of publication. Coverage incorporates US documents from 1789 to the present. New data is identified and added regularly.