Lexis-Nexis Congressional Training

09.12.2007

Lexis-Nexis Databases & Links @ UNT

• LexisNexis Academic
• LexisNexis Congressional
• LexisNexis Statistical
• UNT Electronic Resources
• LexisNexis Academic Tutorials

Tutorials on this wiki...

• Lexis-Nexis Statistical Training
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional Training
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Training

Lexis-Nexis Congressional

• "related products" at lower right links to all UNT's other Lexis-Nexis products
• does not search in natural language at all

spiffy features

• can track a specific member of Congress (voting record) or a Committee
  • 1989 - present
• choose:
  • keyword search
  • get a document (if you already know a citation)
• political news / hot topics
• how to cite electronic publications (in help toolbox)
• search by number (of document)

basic search

• all Congressional publications (hearings, reports, etc.)
• hearings include links to some testimony

advanced search

• search within specific fields/full text
• limit to document type (hearings, etc.)
• limit by date/rage or by Congress

Congressional Record

• covers 1985 - present, full-text
• reports are entered the day afterward
• can focus search, to search within a specific day (date) for a topic

Federal Register

• 1980 - present, full-text

other sources... (searches full-text -- not linked to FT unless we purchase it)

• legislative histories
• bill tracking
• public laws
• US Code
• statutes at large
• floor votes