110th Congress Starts – Stay Informed with CQ Weekly
Thursday, January 4, 2006 marks the first day of the 110th United
States Congress. We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to
an online resources that can help you stay up to date on happenings in
the U.S. Congress. CQ Weekly is available to current Widener Law
students, faculty and staff. Follow the link from the library’s database page
to gain access to this resources (if you are off campus you will be
prompted for your name and Widener barcode number.) Once on the CQ.com page
choose the link for CQ Weekly from the middle of the page.
CQ Weekly Online allows you to search for pending legislation by
keyword or bill number but it also provides in depth analysis of issues
before Congress. You’ll find background information on many
topics that should be of interest to every citizen as well as profiles
of members of Congress and other important policy makers. Please see a
Reference Librarian if you’d like help using this or any of the
databases available at
http://www.law.widener.edu/Law-Library/new/research/legal_databases.shtml