Q. What is the Serial Set (House and Senate documents and reports) and where can I find it?

What is the Serial Set?

The Serial Set is comprised of House and Senate documents and reports, Senate executive reports, and Senate treaty documents.

Many details are available from the Government Printing Office publication U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History.

The U.S. Congressional Serial Set Finding List is a useful tool for lookups by agency name or SuDoc (Superintendent of Documents classification) number.

Where can I find it?

Online (Yale only)

• U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1789-present (ProQuest Congressional) Includes American State Papers
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 (Readex)
• American State Papers, 1789-1838, (Readex)

Online (public access) 1995-present

documents and reports
(U.S. Government Printing Office)