government documents
Search for U.S. Government Publications and Websites
Full text U.S. Government Documents at Universities, etc.
- Cornell University Making of America
- George Washington University National Security Archive
- Oklahoma State University Digital Collections
- University of California Santa Barbara American Presidency Project
- University of Maryland School of Law Special Collections and Digital Projects
- University of North Texas Digital Collections
- University of Virginia Digital Collections
- University of Virginia Historical Census Browser
- University of Wisconsin Foreign Relations of the United States
- Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Libraries Digital Collections
- Yale University Avalon Project
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- French National Library Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports (Smithsonian)
Selected Websites
| The Constitution of the United States of America | Congressional Research Service. Analysis and interpretation - annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| Federal Courts Finder | Emory University. Links to federal courts' web sites. |
| Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court | University of Pittsburgh. Decisions,court orders, history, biographies, news, etc. |
| Legal Information Institute | Cornell University. U.S. Supreme Court decisions, May 1990 -, and over 580 important historical decisions. Links to many relevant sites. |
| Oyez | Jerry Goldman. Abstracts of key U.S. Supreme Court constitutional cases, news, pending docket, biographies of justices, digital audio of Oral Arguments and speeches, etc. |
| Supreme Court Historical Society | Essays, timelines, images, biographies, landmark decisions, publications, etc. |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Decisions (available the same day they are released), argument calendars, schedules, rules, visitors' guides, bar admission forms, etc. |
| U.S. Courts | Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Links to the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts. Statistics, publications, links, etc. |
| U.S. Department of Justice |
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present
| Congress.org | Membership directory for both houses. Biographical information, committee responsibilities, staff directory, e-mail addresses. Information on bills arranged by subject, votes on particular bills, comments on issues by citizens. |
| Congressional Budget Office | Includes documents, studies, reports, cost estimates, etc., provided to the Congress with analyses for economic and budget decisions. |
| Congressional Records | National Archives. Journals, records, annals, reports, bills, hearings, etc. 1774-present. |
| Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports | Over 300 selected reports searchable by name, number, subject, and keyword. |
| CQ Researcher | Carroll College only. hot topics before the Congress. |
| House of Representatives | House rules and directories, biographical information, roll call votes, information about bills and resolutions being considered, etc. |
| Library of Congress | Search catalogs, view documents and images. |
| Senate | Information on legislative activities, committees, senators, etc. |
| THOMAS | Full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. |
| U.S. Congressional Bibliographies | North Carolina State University. Searchable, comprehensive listing of hearings, prints and publications, 1983- . Also includes Senate Report Cards - statistical information about Senate committees. |