Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
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Overview
The Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC) includes: indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional hearings from 1824-present.
To Access the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
You can use the following search forms to access the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection:
- Basic
- Advanced
- Search by Number
You can use the following search criteria to find Congressional hearings:
- Bill number, public law number, or Statutes at Large citation
- Committee name
- Date
- Geographical index term
- Keyword
- LexisNexis accession number
- Subject index term
- SuDoc number
- Title
- Witness name
- Witness affiliation
Advanced Search Form: Search Segments
The Advanced Search form of the Congressional Publications allows you to search on specific segments of a document. The following is a list of the search segments that apply to the Congressional Hearings Digital Collection.
- All Fields Except Full Text
Contains all bibliographical search segments noted on this page, but excludes the full text body of the publication.
- All Fields Including Full Text
Contains all bibliographical information and the full text body of the publication from the first word on the title page to the last signatory on the final page.
- Congressional Source (Committee)
The committee that held the hearing. A complete list of the committees and agencies can be found by using the "Index Terms" lookup links located beneath each search box.
- Subject
Controlled vocabulary subject indexing. A complete listing of the vocabulary can be accessed using the "Index Terms" lookup links located beneath each search box.
- Title
The title as it exists on the actual publication, and titles of materials inserted into the document.
- Witness
Names of witnesses who testified.
- Witness Affiliation
Affiliations of witnesses who testified.
FAQs About Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
1. Why don’t I see my search term in bold type in Expanded View, Full View, or FOCUS search results? If you used the "All Fields Including Full Text" option in the drop-down list, it is possible that your search terms appear in the full text of the document but are not mentioned in the metadata. If that is the case, your search terms will not appear in bold in the Expanded View, Full View, and FOCUS options.
2. Why do I sometimes see two version of the same document in my search results, one under "Hearings" and one under "Hearings -- Digital Collection"? LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection is still in the process of being loaded. In order to allow current customers to access the version of the hearing on the basic subscription (without the searchable PDF attached), we decided to load the digital collection completely before changing the search logic to make the digital version override the basic subscription version. So while the collection is being loaded, users might see two versions of the hearing.
Troubleshooting PDFs
If a blank screen results after clicking a PDF link, check your version of Adobe Reader. A free reader compatible with your specific operating system is available at www.adobe.com.
Durable URLs for Congressional Hearings Digital Collection PDFs
Included in each Congressional Hearings Digital Collection metadata record is a unique durable URL for that record. You can use this durable URL to create pathfinders and bibliographies, or to bookmark certain metadata records to which you would like to return. Only the digital collections (LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital collection, LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, and Congressional Hearings Digital Collection) have durable URLs.
Current Coverage/Status
Data is being added to the LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection on an ongoing basis. The retrospective collections will be completed by 2008. Data is added to the prospective service on a monthly basis.