Why can’t I find all the content described in the Help text?

The content of ProQuest^® Congressional varies according to the subscriptions/purchases of individual institutions. Individual entitlements consist of the following modules, accessed individually or in combination with one another:

• Basic Subscription
• Congressional Indexes - Historical Module
• Congressional Hearings Digital Collection (CHDC)
  • Retrospective Module A
  • Retrospective Module B
  • Prospective Module
• Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
• Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC)
  • Retrospective Module
  • Prospective Module
• Statutes at Large Module
• U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection

The basic subscription provides all users with access to the full text of selected publications. The basic subscription includes: abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, legislative histories, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.

The congressional indexes historical module includes indexes for published hearings, committee prints, and Serial Set content from 1789-1969, as well as indexes for all never-published hearings that have been released by the National Archives and indexed by CIS staff.

What's the source, coverage, and update schedule for the content?

Please see the Content Coverage Chart for information on each Congressional file's coverage, update schedule, and source.