Zimmerman's Research Guide

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a division of the Library of Congress that prepares reports for members and committees of the U.S. Congress.

Sources for free CRS Reports include:

• Open CRS, which makes a large number of CRS Reports available and searchable free of charge;
• The University of North Texas;
• The Federation of American Scientists
• Indiana University's Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports page;
• The LLSDC Sourcebook
• Congressional Docs, which is free at least as long as the Beta Test is still going on;
• The collection compiled by Stanford University's Social Sciences Research Group; and/or
• The office of the Senator or Representative who requested the report.

Subscription sources for CRS Reports include:

• Bloomberg Law, 2011-present (subscription only);
• The ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection, 1916-present (subscription required or call 800-638-8380 to order individual documents);
• CQ's CRS Reports database, which provides both CRS Reports and CRS Electronic Briefing Books (subscription only).

Sources for CRS reports that charge a fee include:

• Penny Hill Press (301-229-8229);
• Bloomberg BNA Research & Custom Services (formerly BNA Plus)(703-341-3287 or research@bna.com);
• The FTX-CRS database on Westlaw for selected tax-related reports, 1989-present.

For more information about CRS Reports, see the Open CRS Frequently Asked Questions and/or Stephen Young's Guide to CRS Reports on the Web (LLRX 2006).