104th Congress

Jump to: Search by Keyword | Browse the Congressional Record by Date and Part |
| Search the Congressional Record Index | Congressional Record Search Aids |
| The INQUERY Information Retrieval System: Guides and Information for the Advanced User |

About the Congressional Record

To search by key word(s), type as many significant words as you wish in the space below. You can restrict your search by section of the Record (House, Senate, Extension of Remarks), by speaker (for debates/speeches), and/or by date range.

Press the RUN QUERY button to start the search.

Search Aids for the Congressional Record

• Searching by Key Words in the Congressional Record
• Interpreting Your Search Results
• INQUERY and Relevance-Ranking

BROWSE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD BY DATE AND PART
Page citations and bill references in the Daily Digest are hyperlinked to the full-text Congressional Record and text of legislation databases.

THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD INDEX
An alphabetical index of the Congressional Record by topic, with hyperlinked page citations and bill references.

The retrieval system used on this database is Inquery, developed by the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

• The Complete Guide to Searching THOMAS Under INQUERY
• Using INQUERY's Boolean, Proximity, and Relevance Operators
• Web Developer's Guide to Creating Direct Links to THOMAS Documents

Return to the THOMAS Home Page.