The US Library of Congress' American Memory Collections, beginning a gigantic effort to make the history of the lawmaking bodies of the US easily accessible to the public, has released full text of documents and debates from the First and Second Congresses (1789-1793). At present, about 4,400 pages of documents are available. Sources include: Journal of the House of Representatives, Journal of the...

The Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. recently announced that they have placed online a series of unique informational documents and links of interest to law librarians and government researchers. Compiled by LLSDC's Legislative Research Special Interest Section, much of the material was previously available in print, but is gathered together online for the first time. Titles include...