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United States congressional serial set.
- Format:
- Government document
- Journal/Periodical
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Periodicals.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- United States--Politics and government--Periodicals.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- periodicals.
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (volumes)
- Irregular
- Began with: No. 1, 1st session of the 15th Congress, 1817.
- Other Title:
- Congressional serial set
- Serial number set
- Congressional edition
- Congressional set
- Congressional series
- Congressional series of United States public documents
- Congressional document series
- Sheep set
- Sheep bound set
- Serial set
- U.S. Congressional serial set
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Government Printing Office
- Notes:
- Prior to the 97th Congress, the serial set had no official name; it was popularly known as the Congressional serial set.
- The set has also been known variously as: Congressional serial set, Serial number set, Congressional edition, Congressional set, Congressional series, Congressional series of United States public documents, Congressional document series, Sheep set, Sheep bound set (owing to its distinctive sheepskin binding), and Serial set.
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Numbering began with 15th Congress, as the publications of the earlier congresses were not assembled in book form.
- Some numbers published out of sequence.
- Microfiche version issued with title: CIS U.S. serial set, covering 1789-1969; as part of: CIS microfiche library, 1970-
- Includes a complete cumulation of: United States. Congress. House. Report; House document (United States. Congress. House); United States. Congress. Senate. Report; Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate); and: Treaty doc.
- Serial no. 8524, published in 1926; title from PDF cover (govinfo website, Sept. 30, 2021).
- Serial no. 13591, published in 1984 (govinfo website, Sept. 18, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: United States congressional serial set
- Microfiche version: United States. Congress. [Serial set]
- Updating website: U.S. congressional serial set
- OCLC:
- 858053541
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