The Restrict By section will allow focusing the search on an individual Congress or a range of dates withing the entire 220+ years covered in the database.
- Restricting by Date will allow seaching by a specific date or time period as offered in the drop down menu.
- The date ranges can be focused to a single date or a wide range of years.
- Some date ranges are provided and other options allow the search to be focused based on the researcher's needs.
- Restricting by Congress will allow searching by one specfic Congress.
- If the search needs to cover more than a single Congress (which covers a two year period) it will be necessary to use the Date restrction option and select a range of years.
