Government Documents Reference Collection: Library of Congress

Bicentennial edition. Reproduces the typography and calligraphy of the limited letterpress edition published by the Arion Press. Published 1987.

The latest in a series of publications celebrating the bicentennial of American independence, this annotated bibliography lists the Library of Congress holdings concerning America during the Revolutionary War. Listed are the Library's most important primary and secondary sources, including books, manuscripts, serials, maps, and atlases.

This volume contains the text of title 17 of the United States Code, including all
amendments enacted through December 9, 2010, in the second session of the
111th Congress. This publication includes the Copyright Act of 1976 and all subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act
of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, as amended.

Offers a consolidated place to search for government reports by popular name.

Each volume contains a table of repeals and amendments, and the one for 1789-1873 contains a list of laws by popular name. The numbering of these volumes is peculiar, due to the fact that volume I covering years 1873-1907 by G. W. Scott and M. G. Beaman was prepared first and was intended to be followed by a second volume including an index to statutes of temporary, local and personal character. The demand and need for an index to laws before 1873 changed the plan, and instead a general index covering the years 1789-1873 was prepared. As volume 1 had already been assigned to the first index made, it is customary to call this latter publication volume 0 in order that it precede volume I on the shelf. It actually bears no volume number. Useful for tracing early legislation.

The 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debate. In fulfilling decades of requests from Members of Congress for citation of quotations, the Library of Congress compiled the most frequently asked questions of the legislature for the edification of every citizen. Published 1989

General and permanent law contained in the Revised statutes of 1874 and volumes 18-46 of the Statutes at large. Revision of the Scott and Beaman Index analysis of the federal statutes by Walter H. McClenon and Wilfred C. Gilbert, of the Legislative reference service, Library of Congress, Herman H. B. Meyer, director.