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Eventually, these federal government documents will be uploaded on the Coltsville page on the National Park Service's website. At that point, files will be replaced with a link to their publications page.
= On-site at CT State Library
= Remote access with a CT State Library card
= Freely available resource
= Remote access for Connecticut public, K12, and academic libraries and their users.
Below is a list of selected databases that might be helpful. See our complete list of databases here:
Public policy issues from Congressional Research Service. Coverage: CRS reports, 1916 - ; Committee Prints, 1830 -. Updated continuously. National and international.
Comprehensive index and selected full-text source for Congressional publications. Coverage: 1819-
Each year covers activities of U.S. Congress with review and analysis of major legislation and policy for the congressional session. Arranged in thematic chapters; ability to browse by subject, decade, table of contents, policy tracker. Tables cover voting, interest group ratings and more.
A HeinOnline digitized collection of the bound and daily versions of the Congressional Record, and its predecessors. Coverage: 1789-.
The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is considered an essential publication for studying American history. Spanning more than two centuries with more than 17,000 bound volumes, the records in this series include House and Senate documents, House and Senate reports, and much more. The Serial Set began publication in 1817 with the 15th Congress, 1st session.
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options.
Comprehensive historical collection of legal and law-related material, including many North American legal journals. Coverage: From 1800s to present. Continually adding new content.
These are some suggestions. See also collection of Connecticut Newspapers in microfilm.
You can also filter the list of databases by selecting "newspaper" from the Subject menu.
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
Full-text of American newspapers, 1690-1922.
These are just some suggestions. See our full A-Z list (link above, at top of Database section) and researchIT CT (link below, may be accessed with a library card from participating public, school, or academic libraries, depending on the resource selected).
Digitized images of over 1,100 American magazines and journals that began publication between 1740 and 1900. Remote access with a library card issued by the Connecticut State Library.
Extensive backfile volumes of more than 2,500 full text, core scholarly journals in History, Political Science and other disciplines. The backfiles begin with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s.
Please search our catalog and archives finding aids for additional resources.
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