Congressional Quarterly Electronic Library

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Description Online, full-text of the CQ Researcher and the CQ Weekly. Includes issue reports on topics in the news, plus legislative information. Please logout when finished searching.
Format Full-text
Coverage CQResearcher: 1991-present; CQWeekly: 1983-present
Availability Immediate
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Special Features Individuals can create a personal account that will allow them to save documents for up to 24 months. User resources include "How to Cite", up-to-date cumulative index (searchable PDF) for CQ Researcher, and annual indexes for CQ Weekly. Results include special icon for document type, as well as title, date, and number of times search term occurred in the document. Returns 1000 results maximum. Down arrow over "Date" column on results sorts from most recent to oldest. Results can be emailed.
Additional Search Tips Supports Boolean AND, OR, and NOT. Also w/# for terms within # words of each other. Use quotation marks for phrase searching. Can specify search limited to title only, or to all text. Can search either of the 2 main collections separately. Can also search on specific broad topics such as economic issues, legal issues, Constitution, as covered in the CQ Researcher.
On Campus Access No restrictions
Off Campus Access Off-campus access restricted to WTAMU faculty, staff and students.
Funding Cornette Library
Vendor Congressional Quarterly, Inc.