Hi Everyone -
I just wanted to send an e-mail to invite you and your staffs to the
Department of the Interior Library on Thursday, May 26th from 10:00 am to
Noon for a training session entitled "Federal Legislative History Research
Using Library Resources," part of our series of free training sessions at
the DOI Library.
In order to find the legislative intent of a bill or public law,
researchers need to compile reports, testimony, debate, and other materials
related to that piece of legislation to find keys as to what Congress hoped
to accomplish by passing the bill. The final compilation of all these
materials provides the researcher with a "legislative history" of the bill
or law in question and hopefully will answer the question of what Congress
intended with this legislation.
Attendees to this session will learn how to use print and electronic
resources available in the DOI Library to conduct legislative history
research. Included will be a look at how to put together a legislative
history using Library resources such as the Congressional Information
Service indexes, U.S. Congressional Serial Set (print and online editions),
Congressional Record, HeinOnline, and the LexisNexis Congressional Hearings
and Research Digital Collections. This program will be conducted by
Reference Librarian Jennifer Klang.
All that are interested are invited. The DOI Library is located in the
Stewart L. Udall Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street, NW, Room
1151 in Washington. Space is limited so please contact the Library by
phone at (202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] to let us know you
will be coming. For more information about future DOI Library Training
Sessions, we encourage you to visit our Training Sessions website at
http://library.doi.gov/programs/training/index.html .
We hope to see you here on May 26th!
George Franchois
Director
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library
1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151
Washington, DC 20240
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Phone: (202) 208-3796
Fax: (202) 208-6773
URL: http://library.doi.gov
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