Core Documents of Our Democracy: Basics on Historical Document Research

• Using this index stops you from having to search the Monthly Catalog year by year. 
• Once you’ve found the desired subject the year will be in parenthesis and the page number or citation number will follow. 
• Find topic in the index, then go to the particular Monthly Catalog for the exact tangible document information, and then use that information to search in Proquest. 
• Be prepared to use era appropriate terminology when searching the index.

Once you have identified the document you are looking for in the Monthly Catalog, go to the database ProQuest Congressional Hearings and choose the following options to find the document you're interested in:

• Under "Legislative & Executive Publications" select "Search by Number"
• Then under "Publication Search" choose "Publication Number"
• To get the exact document listed in the Monthly Catalog, select the appropriate:
  • Publication type (examples:  House Report (H.rpt.), Senate document (S.doc.), Senate Hearing (S.hrg.)
  • Congress
• Type in the publication number
• Click on "Search"

• The book is set-up in SuDoc order detailing what’s been published and the history of that document including possible changes in department or agency or if/when the document ceased publication

• Anything before July, 1976 is pre-online, so this document is very useful for research prior to that date.
• Only useful with exact titles.  This book will give you the SuDoc number for the specific title.

• Search a particular topic and it will provide you with SuDoc numbers significant to the topic.

• This document shows the progression of a law through congress including bills, hearings, etc…
• This document is ONLINE ONLY in our collection.