United States Government Information Search

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ProQuest Congressional Publications

Congressional Publications provides an easy search of congressional publications and legislative histories held at Queen's University Library. Coverage includes:

• Legislative Histories, 1969-present
• Bills and Laws, 1987-present
• Committee Prints and Miscellaneous Publications, 1817-present
• Congressional Record Daily Edition, 1985-present
• Hearings, 1789-present
• House and Senate Documents, 1789-present
• House and Senate Reports, 1789-present

Government

• FirstGov - United States government website
  Includes links to Government Departments
• Search.USA.gov
  U.S. government's official web search
• Federal Digital System (FDsys)
  FDsys provides free online access to official Federal Government Publications
• The United States Government Manual
  The official handbook of the programs and activities of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. It also includes information about quasi-offcial agencies, international organizations with U.S. membership, and Federal boards, commissions, and committees.
• White House
• Embassy of the United States, Ottawa

Legislative Branch

• U.S. Congressional and Legislative Documents
  Guide to print and electronic resources - Debates, Journals, Statutes, etc.
• Thomas: U.S. Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
• CONGRESS.GOV (beta)
• Public and Private Laws
• United States Code
  
  • Federal Digital System (FDSys) (1994 - current)
  • Hein Online (1925-1926 - current)
  • Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Popular Names of Acts in the U.S. Code - search the code by names of the acts
• GovTrack.us
  Tracking the activities of the U.S. Congress. Included on this site are statues of U.S. federal legislation, voting records for the Senate and House of Representatives, information on Members of Congress, district maps, congressional committees and the Congressional Record.
• FindLaw
  Resources and links to both federal and state laws.
• Committee on Rules - House of Representatives
• Committee on Rules and Administration - Senate
• History of United States Statutes at Large and United States Code

Executive Branch

• Regulations
• Federal Register (National Archives)
  Provides access to the official text of Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, and Administrative Regulations and Notices. It also administers the Electoral College and the Constitutional amendment Process.
• Federal Register Library
  Coverage begins in 1936 and includes the CFR (1938-current), Official U.S. Bulletin (1917-1919), United States Government Manual (1935-current), Daily and Weekly Compliation of Presidential Documents (1965-current).
• Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• Code of Federal Regulations
  
  • Government Printing Office (GPO) (1996-current)
  • Hein Online (1938-current)
• Compilation of Presidential Documents
  Complied in Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• U.S. Presidential Library
  Includes Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Daily and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and other documents related to the U.S. Presidents.

Judiciary Branch

• The Federal Judiciary
• The Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court Library
  Complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Law Library of Congress - U.S. Judiciary
• Oyez
  The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent College of Law is a multimedia archive of the Supreme Court.

How laws are made

• Thomas
• GPOaccess
• How Our Laws are Made poster
  

Treaties

• Library of Congress
  Search U.S. Treaties back to the 90th Congress, 1967-1968.
• United States Senate
• Canado-American Treaties
  Database of bilateral treaties established between the United States and Canada from 1783 to 1997.
• Treaties and Agreements Library
  Includes all U.S. treaties, whether currently in-force, expired, or not-yet officially published.

Statistics

• Data.gov
• American Factfinder
  Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau
• Demographic:
  U.S. Census Bureau
  Census of Population and Housing (U.S. Census Bureau)
  Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Economic:
  DRI Basic Economics (formerly CITIBASE)
  National Bureau of Economic Research
  County Business Patterns (Bureau of Commerce)
• Justice: Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Labour: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• FedStats
  Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
• Government Statistics, Vanderbilt University
• Historical statistics

Issues and policies - Congressional Research Service

• U.S. Department of State
• Congressional Research Service Reports Archive
  hosted by University of North Texas Libraries
• Open CRS: Congressional Research Reports for the People
• Federation of American Scientists
  CRS reports on national security, foreign policy and related topics.

Copyright

• United States Copyright Office
• Copyright, Legal Information Institute, Cornell University
• Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University

History

• The War of the Rebellion
  Compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies (the complete searchable 128 volume set)
• U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
  Comprehensive federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers. Includes finding aid based on Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories by Nancy Johnson.