1	"RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY" RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY
2	GOVERNMENT & LAW DEPT. King Library, Basement LAWS CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO LAWS
3	PUBLIC LAWS P.L. 105-89 105^TH Congress (1997-1998) 89^th law passed
4	UNITED STATES CODE CONGRESSIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE NEWS Text of laws Arranged by year and public law no. Legislative history section at end of each year Includes selected committee reports Committee repts. summarize committee findings & recommendations GOV’T & LAW – Law Collection
5	CQ ALMANAC Arranged by year Summarizes major laws and related congressional action each year Use subject index at end to find your topic/law GOV REF or KING REF JK 1 .C66
6	CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Committee hearings Committee reports Floor debate and action
7	COMMITTEE HEARINGS Testimony from experts & groups that might be affected Questions and discussion Supporting evidence Gov’t & Law US Collection Y 4. call numbers
8	COMMITTEE REPORTS Summarize committee findings & recommendations Designated as House Reports or Senate Reports (H.Rept., S.Rept.) Numbered by Congressional session H. Rept. 105-76 S. Rept. 99-117
9	COMMITTEE REPORTS – Location Gov’t & Law US Collection – at front Older reports bound – called Congressional Serial Set Arranged by congress, session, report number Newer reports unbound Arranged by report number
10	FLOOR DEBATE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Issued daily when Congress in session Gov’t & Law US Collection X call numbers
11	LexisNexis CONGRESSIONAL MiamiLINK (http://www.lib.muohio.edu) Indexes & Databases, Government Online index to congressional publs. called CIS Index Use legislative history search to locate publs. on a law Full-text of public laws, 1988- Full-text of committee repts., 1990- Full-text of Congressional Record, 1985-
12	OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS to LexisNexis Congressional MUNet Or see http://www.lib.muohio.edu/howdoi/how_proxy.php
13	OTHER LIBRARY RESOURCES News articles LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis News) Journal articles Online journal indexes such as PAIS, Academic Search Premier, Social Sciences Index, etc. All available on MiamiLINK, Indexes & Databases See categories for Newspaper Indexes, Political Science, Family Studies & Social Work
14	GOV’T & LAW DEPT. HELP DESK HOURS M-TH 9 am – 5 pm; 7 pm – 10 pm Fri. 9 am – 5 pm Sat. 1 pm – 5 pm Sun. 1 pm – 5 pm; 7 pm – 10 pm