FDsys: Free Federal Resources

With legal employers looking for cost-efficiency in their new employees, an official government website with free documents in PDF is one you'll want to bookmark and remember.  FDsys, the U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System, provides easy access to Congressional bills, hearings, and reports, the U.S. Code, the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, as well as Presidential documents and other materials.  Some of the materials on FDsys are not available on HeinOnline, and all of them are accessible to anyone with internet access. Be sure to note the date coverage for each of the resources, which varies.

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Congressional Hearings on HeinOnline

Congressional hearings have been available on HeinOnline’s in the U.S. Congressional Documents Library for over two years now.  The collection has expanded to over 27,000 hearings with hundreds more being added regularly.  There are a number of ways to search the hearings which include Congress session, chamber, committee and text.  An advanced search is also available which allows searching by topic, time frame and more.  To learn more about how to search hearings in HeinOnline, click here.

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