
Using the Refine Your Search filters on the left side of the search results page, click on > next to a year under the Date Published category then click on > next to a month under the year you selected then click the box next to a day under the month you selected.

Search by Date Published- These examples will result in documents published on August 1, 2008.Įxample 1: Using the Basic Search box, type "publishdate:"Įxample 2: Perform a Basic Search or Advanced Search using any terms. Using the Refine Your Search filters on the left hand side of the search results page, check the box next to one of the collections issued by Congress under the Collection category then check the box next to 109th Congress (2007-2008) under the Congress Number categoryĮxample 3: Using the Advanced Search form, check the box next to one or more of the collections issued by Congress from the Refine by Collection column then select Congress Number in the drop-down box under Search In then type "109" in textbox Search for documents by Congress Number- These examples will result in documents from the 109th Congress.Įxample 1: Using the Basic Search box, type "congress:109"Įxample 2: Perform a Basic Search or Advanced Search using any terms. Then, using the Refine Your Search filters on the left side of the search results page, check the box next to Congressional Bills under the Collection categoryĮxample 3: Using the Basic Search box, type "collection:bills" Search for a Specific Collection- These examples will result in documents from the Congressional Bills collection.Įxample 1: Using the Advanced Search form, check the box next to Congressional Bills from the Refine by Collection column and click searchĮxample 2: Perform a basic search or advanced search using any terms. Search Using Keywords- These examples will result in documents with the keywords “head” and “start”.Įxample 1: Using the Basic Search Box, enter "head start" or "head" and "start"Įxample 2: Using the Advanced Search form, select Full-Text in the drop-down box under Search In and type "head start" in the textbox Additional sample searches specific to each collection can be found under What's Available.


Collection-specific filter values will be displayed after you click on one of the collections under the Collection category.Įxamples of searches across all or several collections are listed below. The sections under Refine Your Search correspond to the metadata available for the documents. Once you perform a search and results are displayed, you can narrow your search results using filters in the Refine Your Search panel on the left side of the page.
