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Lists of Government websites by agency
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Page
A comprehensive list of agencies sites, this one created by the Louisiana State University in partnership with the Government Printing Office.
USA.gov
Formerly Firstgov.gov, this is the official portal of the U.S. federal government. Browse or search by topic or agency.
Subject Indexes to Government Information on the Internet
A list of websites that have subject guides to government information on the net. Organized by institution, not by subject.
Lists of Government websites by subject
Frequently Used Sites
Maintained by the Federal Documents Task Force of the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association.
Pathway Services, Browse Topics
Maintained by volunteer librarians and hosted by the Superintendent of Documents, this site arranges government Internet sites by subject topic. The list of topics is based upon the current Guide to U.S. Government Information, also known as The Subject Bibliographies (Case Indexes Z1223. A195)
USA.gov
Formerly Firstgov.gov, this is the official portal of the U.S. federal government. Browse or search by topic or agency.
Search Engines/Indexes
Colgate's Library Catalog
Contains cataloging records for documents from July 1976 to the present. Some older documents have been cataloged, including documents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Civil Rights Commission, and Smithsonian.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
July 1976-- ; some older material
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Online July 1976--
Case Ref Document Z1223.A18 July 1924-76
Preceded by:
Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909
(arranged by SuDocs number)
Poore's 1774-1881 ()
Ames 1881-1893 (Case Ref Document Z1223 .A114 1905)
Document Catalog 1894-1939 )
FDSys
Contains the full text of many congressional publications (including bills, documents and reports, the Congressional Record), and an increasing number of non-congressional publications, such as the Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Also provides links to other federal agency web pages.
USA.gov
Formerly Firstgov.gov, this is the official portal of the U.S. federal government. Browse or search by topic or agency.
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1789-1909.
Guide to Documents listed in the Checklist of U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909, not printed in the U.S. Serial Set
Case Ref Documents Z1223 .A1134 1990
Arranged by agency; subject and name indexes. Reference bibliography lists documents by SuDocs number.
CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents, 1910-1932. Guide to documents not printed in the U.S. Serial Set.
Case Ref Documents Z1223 .A11346 1996
Arranged by agency; subject and name indexes. Reference bibliography lists documents by SuDocs number.
Congressional Research Service Reports search
Steve Stoft's custom Google search
Legislative Information
Legislative Process help
ProQuest Congressional both brief and detailed descriptions of the legislative processHow our Laws are Made
Session Dates of the U.S. Congress
Numerical Lists of Documents & Reports and Schedule of Serial Set Volumes
Legislative Indexes/Search engines
Many government titles have their own indexes, not listed below. Ask at Reference Desk.
ProQuest Congressional
Online: varies with portion of database (coverage chart)
Indexes and abstracts congressional publications. Also includes legislative histories, selected full text of house & senate documents and reports, committee prints, and the daily Congressional Record, prepared statements at hearings (not complete text); full text of bills and bill-tracking, U.S. Code Service, current Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, biographical and financial information and voting records of members of congress; committee rosters, charters, and schedules; news from the hill, including stories from the Washington Post, Roll Call, and The Hill; and links to hot bills/topics and other websites.
Tip: Use Numerical Lists of Documents & Reports in conjunction with LNCongressional to identify Serial Set volume numbers from 1970-
FDSys
Contains the full text of many congressional publications (including bills, documents and reports, the Congressional Record).
Thomas
Contains a wide range of legislative materials, including many that are also on FDsys. Better for tracking bills and current legislative action than FDsys.
Legislative Branch Internet Resources
Comprehensive list of links to websites with legislative/congressional information, including FDsys and Thomas (see above).
U.S. Senate The official web site with links to members' pages, committees, roll call votes, and recent legislative activities.
Link directly to New York State's senators: Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. House of Representatives The official web site with links to members' pages, committees, roll call votes, and recent legislative activities.
Link directly to Bill Owens representative of the 23rd Congressional District (Clinton, Essex (part), Franklin, Fulton (part), Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida (part), Oswego, St. Lawrence counties). District map
C-Span Capitol Hearings Streaming video of televised hearings
Legislative Histories (selected laws)
ProQuest Congressional 1988-
U.S. Federal Legislative Histories (Hein Online)
Thomas
Contains a wide range of legislative materials, including many that are also on FDsys. Better for tracking bills and current legislative action than FDsys
Search Colgate University Catalog by popular name of law or by topic. Subject heading often includes phrase legislative history.
Legislative publications
Bills text (Call number Y 1.4/ )
Center for Research Libraries 1st-72nd congress (1789-1933)
Micro; must be borrowed
Center for Research Libraries 85th-89th congress (1957-1965)
Paper; must be borrowed
Case MFiche Docs 96th-106th congress (1979-2000)
FDsys 103rd congress (1993)-
Thomas 101st congress (1989)--
LexisNexis Congressional 101st congress (1989)--
Bill tracking & summaries
Digest of Public General Bills & Resolutions
Case Ref Document LC 14.6:
74th congress 2nd session--101st congress (1936--1990)
Thomas 93rd congress (1973)--
ProQuest Congressional 101st congress (1989)--
selected legislative histories
U.S. Federal Legislative Histories (Hein Online)
selected legislative histories
Committee hearings & prints
Indexes:
ProQuest Congressional 1789--
Full text:
Case Documents
1933--1980; 73rd--96th congresses
1987--1988; 100th congress (titles not on microfiche)
1989--2005; 101st--107th congresses
Case Microfiche Documents
1979---1980; 96th congress (appropriations hearings only)
1981--1986; 97th--99th congresses
1987--1988; 100th congress (selected titles only)
FDsys 1997-- ; selected hearings & prints
ProQuest Congressional
1988-- ; prepared testimony of hearings only, not complete text
1993-- ; selected prints
Committee reports & documents/Serial Set
Indexes:
ProQuest Congressional
for volumes published after 1969 use together with below to get
Serial Set voume number:
Numerical lists of documents and reports 85th congress (1957)--
Numerical lists and schedule of volumes of the reports and documents
73rd-96th congress (1933/34-1980)
Case Ref Documents Z1223 .A15
Permanent ed.
Case MFiche Documents Y 1.1/2:
American State Papers--v.4555; 1st-57th congresses
LASR Special Collections
American State papers --v.5214; 1st--59th congresses
LASR Gov't Document
v.5217; 60th congress--
FDsys 1995-- ; 104th congress--
ProQuest Congressional House & Senate reports 1990--
Proquest Congressional House & Senate documents 1995--
Thomas reports only 1995-- ; 104th congress--
Slip ed.
Case Documents Y 1.1/3:-- Y 1.1/8:
retained until bound and then LASR
Congressional Record (1874-- ) and precursors Congressional Globe (1833--1873), Register of Debates in Congress (1824--1837), Annals of Congress (1789--1824)
Indexes (including History of Bills & Resolutions) and Daily Digest
Case Ref Document X 1.1:
ProQuest Congressional Record Digital (1789-1997)
A Century of Lawmaking (1789-1873)
FDsys (1983)--
Thomas (Nov. 1989)--
Permanent ed.
LASR Special Collectionss & LASR Govt Docs
1st--66th congresses (1789--1984)
Call number X: , X 1. , X 1.0: , X 1.1:
Case Microfiche Document:
99th congress (1985--1986)
Call number X 99
100th congress (1987--1988)
Call number X 100
101st congress (1989)--
Call number X 1.1:
ProQuest Congressional Record Digital (1789-1997)
Century of Lawmaking Annals of Congress
(1789-1824) minutes of proceedings, not debates
Century of Lawmaking Register of Debates
(1824-183) summary of "leading debates and incidents"
Century of Lawmaking Congressional Globe
(1833-73) summary until 1851, then "approaching verbatim"
FDsys Congressional Record
(1999)-
Daily ed.(paper)
ProQuest Congressional (1985)--
Thomas (1989)--
FDsys (1994)--
Laws
Statutes at Large
LASR Gov't Docs AE 2.111:
Contains laws arranged chronologically Each volume has an index.
FDsys 1951-2002
Slip laws
ProQuest Congressional 1988-
FDsys 2003-2007
FindLaw & other websites
United States Code (latest ed.)
CaseRef Documents Y 1.2/5:
Contains laws arranged by subject.
List of Acts by Popular Name
United States Code (latest ed.)
CaseRef Documents Y 1.2/5:
Cornell Legal Information Institute
Entries are listed alphabetically, and for some of the Popular Names, LII links to the Public Law through Thomas as well as to the relevant section of the U.S. Code on the LII website. However, LII has not done this for all of the Acts.
Subject headings to search in the catalog:
United States Congress Voting
Roll-call vote bookmarks on Delicious.
Congressional Research Service Reports
Executive Branch
President
Guide to the Presidency
Case Ref JK516.G83 2008
Vital Statistics on the Presidency
CASE Ref JK516.R54 2009
Presidential election statistics
CASE REF JK522 - JK528
The White House President Obama.
Search Presidents as authors in catalog.
American Presidency Project
Full text of signing statements, Public Papers of the President, executive orders and proclamations, press conferences, and more. Only place to read signing statments.
Scripps Library and Multimedia Archive - Miller Center of Public Affairs
Contains online recordings and transcripts of interviews, speeches, meetings, etc. Of particular interest are the secret records and transcripts of FDR through Nixon. Amount of information varies widely for each President.
Weekly Compilations of Presidential Documents
see Journal Finder
Public Papers of the President (Hoover, Truman- )
Case Ref Documents AE 2.114:
American Presidency Project
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents
(1789-1897, Washington-Cleveland)
Case Ref Documents AE 2.113:
LASR Main 353.03 Un31
Codification of Presidential proclamations and executive orders
(1945-89, Truman-Regan)
Case Ref Documents AE 2.113:
Statements of Administration Policy on Non-Appropriations and Appropriations Bills
105th congress 1st session (1997)-
Full text of Presidential position statements about proposed legislation.
Presidential Directives
List of sources (some online) which contain presidential directives. Maintained by the staff of the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room of the Library of Congress.
National Archives Executive Orders (1993- )
Index to executive proclamations and orders (1789-1980)
CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders & Proclamations
Case Ref Documents Z1223.Z7 C65 1987
can borrow texts
Executive branch agencies
Library of Congress
Comprehensive list of links to executive branch websites, including the White House (see above).
FDSys
Contains the full text of many congressional publications (including bills, documents and reports, the Congressional Record), and an increasing number of non-congressional publications, such as the Economic Report of the President, GAO Reports, and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Also provides links to other federal agency web pages.
U.S. Attorney General Opinions (Hein Online)
1791-1982
Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice (Hein Online)
1977-1996
Regulations
RegInfo.gov
Produced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA). Gathers and publishes information on Federal regulations through the semiannual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and the annual Regulatory Plan. The Plan identifies regulatory priorities and contains information about the most important significant regulatory actions that agencies expect to take in the coming year. Covers 1995--
RegInfo.gov
Search for proposed rules, final rules, and also submit comments on pending regulations. First-time visitors can get a feel for the site by looking at the "What's Hot" area, which features some of the most visited regulations. Other sections include "Newly Posted Regulations", "Your Voice in Action", and "Regulations with Comment Periods Closing Soon". Searching keyword or browse alphabetically (from "Abandoned Mine Reclamation Programs" to "Zones").
Federal Register
FDsys 1994-
Links to and help files at RegInfo.gov (see above)
Code of Federal Regulations
Case Ref Documents AE 2.106/3:
current year and all of Title 3 (the president)
FDsys 1996-
List of CFR Sections Affected
Online (FDsys): 1986--
Case Ref Document AE 2.106/2-2: 1973-2000
Judiciary
See also Subject Guide - Law
Supreme Court Opinions
United States Reports (each volume has an index)
LASR Gov't Docs JU 6.8:
FDsys (1973-75, bulk download)
LexisNexis Academic Legal - Federal and State Cases (1790- )
Lawyers Ed.
Includes annotated references.
Briefs submitted by parties (Supreme Court)
Landmark briefs and arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States
Case Main KF101.9 .L36
LexisNexis Academic Legal - Federal and State Cases
Supreme Court merit briefs for
cases granted cert., amicus curiae briefs, joint appendices and special masters
beginning in January 1979, with selected coverage from 1936. All briefs for
cases granted cert. begins after 1993. Also includes all briefs for cases
petitioning for cert. after 2001.
FindLaw
For October 1999 term to the present includes petitioner, respondent, reply and amicus briefs in multiple formats.
Office of the Solicitor General (Dept. of Justice) From 7/1998 to present, all briefs filed by the Solicitor General, except responses to IFP cases. From 1993-1996, and 1986-1990 Solicitor General merits briefs and responses. From 1982-1985 Solicitor General merits briefs. Please see the web site for information on omissions, arrangement, and formats
Oral arguments
Supreme Court 2000-
Oyez varies
Links to other websites
U.S. Courts
Website
of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Most interesting section are the statistical reports
Supreme Court Database
Contains statistical information about decisions from 1953- , with analysis tools and a tutorial.
Library of Congress
Comprehensive list of links to judiciary websites, including Supreme Court opinions.
Evaluating
General Accountability Office
the investigative arm of Congress" and "the congressional watchdog." GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and accountability of the federal government
Each executive branch agency has an Inspector General which issues special and/or annual reports. Check the agencies websites or do an advanced keyword search in the catalog for authors with the terms inspector general
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