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Guide to Political Science research at Boston College Libraries

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

There are some topics that garner more questions than others, the librarian has added them here. 

New Jersey Criminal Justice

Please keep in mind there is often a delay for state data that can be several years. This is verified information from the NJSL - State Library Information Center (2024). 

Congressional Hearings

 Is there a database/data set for Congressional Investigations of Companies / Managers?

  • No, unfortunately, no such dataset exists from the Federal government. A congressional investigation of a company would be based in whatever Congressional committee has oversight for that particular industry. You can search across all the Congressional Hearings we have in GovInfo using the advanced search, but not all Congressional Hearings are published and it would be hard to come up with a simple search query that would reliably retrieve all Congressional investigations.
  • Confirmed by U.S. Government Publishing Office 2024