CQ’s OnCongress

OnCongress reinforces the status of Congressional Quarterly (CQ) as a primary source for information about US Congressional activities. The database counts members of Congress, federal agencies, interest groups, policy experts, media, and business leaders among its subscribers.

It is highly recommended that academic librarians take the free trial option. First‐hand experience in exploring the timely reporting of activities and accessing the documents online will reveal CQ’s intense efforts to cover Congressional happenings. OnCongress may have an advantage in academic libraries over federal document collections. First, access to materials in these collections often carries a significant time‐lag. The second advantage...