Using

to manage yourliterature search in

LexisNexis Congressional

Sally HainesSocial Work Library

University of Michigan

LexisNexis Congressional

• LexisNexis Congressional is a web-based indexing and abstracting service for Congressional committee publications, including hearings (full text since 1988), committee prints, reports, documents, and public laws.

Time-span: 1789- (Indexing); 1988- (Full-text)

1. Click on Legislative Histories, Bills & Laws,

Keyword Search.

3. Click on the radio button Statutes at

Large

2. Type in your

keywords or use the Popular Name search option

4. Pull down Restrict by date menu. Change Previous two years to All

available dates.

Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history

Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history

5. Check the most recent law and click

on the link

Finding the full text of a law in LexisNexis Congressional and its legislative history

6. Keeping Children and Families Act is an amendment to the Child Abuse Prevention

and Treatment Act

7. Click on pdf files to read full-text

8. Related Congressional publications are listed from the

current law in force 108 P.L. 36; 117 Stat. 800

99. Original legislation and

subsequent amendments are listed from the current law in force 108 P.L.

36; 117 Stat. 800

10. To find Congressional Publications return to the home page and click on Search

by Number

12. Search by publication numbers given in the Statutes

at Large Legislative History record

11. Select the publication

type from the drop down

menu

13. Click on

[Search]

14. Click on hot link on next screen to view Senate

Report 108:12

15. To view full-text click on hot link

17. Select Laws/Statutes

16. To add to RefWorks, pull down References and select

Add New Reference

18. Hand edit the fields

shown