ProQuest Databases

U.S. Federal Legislative and Executive Materials

  • Bills and Laws (1776-Present)
  • House and Senate Reports and Documents (1817-Present)
  • House and Senate Hearings (1824-Present)
  • Congressional Record (1789-Present)
  • Presidential Materials (1789-Present)
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports (1916-Present)
Indian Claims Insight
  • Pre-1948: claims presented to Congress and/or brought before the Court of Claims
  • 1948-1978: Indian Claims Commission, including briefs, docket books, decisions, expert testimony, oral transcripts
  • Post-1978: Claims brought before the US Court of Claims (through 1982) and US Court of Federal Claims (through 2006); documents related to post-2006 settlement of claims; legislative histories and congressional publications directly related to Indian claims, including congressional publications indexed by docket numbers; important Supreme Court decisions; and maps
Legislative Insight
  • Compiled legislative histories for selected federal laws
  • History for each law includes related bills, reports, documents, hearings, CRS reports, committee prints, Presidential Signing Statements, and statutes
Regulatory Insight
  • Federal Regulatory Histories
  • Federal Guidance and Policy Documents
  • Historic Federal Regulations
Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States (1878-Present)
Statistical Insight
  • U.S. Federal statistical publications
  • State government and business statistical reports
  • International statistical publications from the UN, OECD, EU, and other organizations.
Supreme Court Insight
  • U.S. Supreme Court case documents (1933-Present), including dockets, briefs, joint appendices, and transcripts of oral arguments (1955-Present)
Trends and Policy
  • Timelines of Federal law and policy in the following areas:
    • Civil Rights
    • Criminal Justice
    • Environment
    • Healthcare
    • Immigration
U.K. Parliamentary Papers
  • Bills and Acts (1695-Present)
  • Public Petitions (1833-1918)
  • Command Papers (1802-Present)
  • House of Commons Papers (1715-Present)
  • House of Lords Papers (1714-1910)
  • Hansard (1803-2005)
  • Journals (1688-1834)
  • Debates (1774-1805)
  • Histories and Proceedings (1660-1743)