Useful databases for finding Congressional, Presidential, and other government sources
HeinOnline
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Use Hein Online to find Congressional and Presidential documents (historical and current).
Hein includes a lot of different types of resources - once you have search results, try narrowing down to just Congressional or Presidential sources (to exclude the law journals and legal cases).
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
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Use the Serial Set to search US Senate and House reports, documents, and journals from 1817-1994.This can be useful but also difficult to search - ask Simon for advice on selecting useful keywords and subjects.
ProQuest Congressional
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Use this to search for bills, committee reports, and committee hearings. Most useful for 1980s-present, although at Swarthmore full transcripts of (published) hearings are available from 1824-present.