Research and Course Guides: PO SC 4360: Law, Courts & Politics: Legislative Process

Online Congressional Sources

Guide to Congress (CQ Press)
Constitution of the United States
Official version from the National Archives. View images of the original document or read the transcript.
Congressional Legislation Search
Formerly "Thomas" from the Library of Congress. Now part of Congress.gov. Track legislation, view sessions live, read the Congressional Record & committee reports, etc., back to the 101st Congress, 1989-90. CR app available for download.
HeinOnline: U.S. Statutes at Large
Full texts of laws as passed by Congress & signed by the Presidents
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
19th Century Congressional texts, 1774-1875
United States Government Manual
Official handbook of the Federal Government.Printed copies 1986 to 2007 available at AE 2.108/2: (Federal Documents, 3rd floor).

HeinOnline: U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
Materials generated in the course of creating legislation, such as committee reports, analysis by legislative counsel, committee hearings, floor debates, & histories of actions taken.

Or Search the Library Catalog for books on important acts:

Use an asterisk * to find varied word endings:
- histor* finds history, histories, historian(s), historical, etc.

Use quotation marks to keep phrases together:
- "civil rights" "legislative histor*"

To find E-Books & online documents, add "electronic resource" to your search:
- "Title IX" "electronic resource"

Congressional Quarterly Almanac
[1945 – present]
Reference JK1 .C749 - 4th floor

Congressional Record
[Grant forward, 1873 – ]
Fed Docs X 1.1: congress - 3rd floor

United States Statutes at Large
KF50 .U5 - 1st floor

South Carolina Constitution
Search the full text or view by article.
South Carolina Legislation
Bills, Acts & their histories for sessions of the Legislature back to 1975.
South Carolina Code of Laws
From the South Carolina Legislature's web site.
South Carolina Code of Regulations
Current as of the most recent completed session. View a list of the regulations by chapter, search the full text, or see the tables of contents for each chapter.
Municode Library
View codes of ordinances for localities in all 50 states. Additional products are available for purchase from the Municipal Code Corporation.
South Carolina Legislative Manual
Current edition online.Printed editions back to 1917 in Special Collections; 1918 forward in Cooper Library. Call number: JK4271 .S72 (current at Library Services Desk on 4th floor).

1945 to present. Reference JK1 .C749 (4th Floor)

1873 to present. Call number: X1.1: (3rd Floor)

1937 to present. Call number: KF50 .U5 (1st Floor)