Government Documents
Catalog of U. S. Government Publications

Subjects: Government Documents

A finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general keywords, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options. Records begin in July 1976.

Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation

From the Library of Congress's American Memory collection, this site consists of browsable scans of published congressional records from the Continental Congress through the 43rd Congress, (1774-1875). It includes the Statutes at Large (1789-1875), congressional bills and resolutions for selected sessions beginning with the 6th Congress (1799), The House Journal (1789-1875), the Senate Journal (1789-1875), the Senate Executive Journal (1789-1875), and Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-89).

DC Historic Preservation Decisions

Subjects: District of Columbia, Government Documents, Historic Preservation

Offers access to the historic preservation decisions issued by the Mayorโ€™s Agent of the District of Columbia as well as the D.C. Federal and local courts. This collection also includes select papers from the Historic Preservation Law Seminar, records from cases that have gone on to the DC Court of Appeals, and other resources for historic preservation law locally and nationally.

HeinOnline: State Statutes: A Historical Archive

Subjects: Government Documents, Legislation, State and Local Government Law

"State Statutes: A Historical Archive includes superseded state statutes for all fifty states. Browse or search the statutes by state, publication title, date, and text. Coverage goes back until 1717. Note: this library does not contain current state statutes. The titles included for each state were verified against Pimsleurโ€™s Checklist of Basic American Legal Publications."

HeinOnline: U.S. Attorney General Opinions Library

Subjects: Administrative Law, Government Documents

"HeinOnline has various modules, which are are fully-searchable. This library contains PDF documents for Attorney General's National Committee to study the antitrust laws (1955) -- Attorney General. Annual Report. U.S. Department of Justice (1870-2005) -- Digest of the published opinions of the Attorneys-General, & of the leading decisions of the federal courts, with reference to international law, treaties and kindred subject (1877) -- Official opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States (1791-1982) -- Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice (1977-1996."

LLMC

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History

LLMC is a collection of global historical, legal, and governmental publications, including primary and secondary sources. Includes federal, state, territorial, foreign and international materials, along with topical collections such as indigenous law, canon law, and military law. Materials continue to be digitized and added to the database on a regular basis.

Nexis Uni

Subjects: Government Documents, Legal History, Legislation, Political Science and Government

Providing access to more than 17,000 news, business and legal sources, Nexis Uni has three primary collections: 1) full-text access to thousands of news sources in the U.S. and abroad back to the 1970s; 2) aggregated economic data on businesses, corporations, and industries in the U.S. and abroad; 3) full-text legal documents, including U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information.

Regulations.gov

Subjects: Administrative Law, Government Documents

Regulations.gov is the federal government's central website for posting notices of proposed agency regulations and for receiving public comments on those notices. You can also use this site * to read others' comments on proposed regulations; * to identify and view a variety of documents on a regulatory docket; * to get email alerts as documents are added to a regulatory docket; and * to get an RSS feed of documents from the daily Federal Register.

State and Local Government on the Net

Subjects: Government Documents, State and Local Government Law

This free State and Local Government Internet directory provides one-stop access to the web sites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments. Only sites that are controlled and actively managed by state and local government agencies are included. Features a State Topical Guide providing easy access to one-page listings of key government functions across all 50 states.