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Gateways to U.S. Government Documents
 

Congress.org

 
Federal Government Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
Links to government branches and documents.
 
Firstgov
Official site of the U.S. Government
 
Frequently-used Sites related to U.S. Federal Government Information (ALA)
 
GPO Access
 
Marcive
Catalog of U.S. Government publications from July 1976 – October 2007.
 
Selected List of Depository Titles Available in the Law Library (.pdf)
List of federal documents regularly deposited with the law library. Direct links to online information provided.
 
Legislative History – U.S. Government
 
Committee Reports (1995/96 - 2007/08)

Committee Reports provided via Thomas, the Library of Congress website.

 

Congressional Hearings on the Web

Very limited coverage from 1993-1998. Not updated since 2000.

 
Congressional Record (1994-2007)
Congressional Proceedings and Debates, available through GPO. Published Daily.
 
HeinOnline U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
 
iBistro at Department of Commerce Law Library
Selected digital legislative histories. Click “OK” to enter catalog, and “digital legislative history” appears on the upper right corner of page.
 
Legislative Branch Internet Resources - Thomas
Official site by Library of Congress providing links to legislative material on the internet.
 
LexisNexis Congressional
 
LLMC - Digital
Limited, but has direct links to executive, judicial and legislative documents, with some full-text available.
 
Thomas
Legislative history from 1970’s to current sessions. Provided by the Library of Congress.
 
Senate, House, Senate Executive Reports (1995/96 - 2007/08)
1995-2008 Congressional Reports for Committees, available through GPO. Reports in .pdf format.
 
U.S. Congressional Bibliographies
Meets of Congressional Committees from 1985-Present.
 
U.S. Congressional Documents & Debates 1774 - 1875
Bills and Resolutions, plus other legislative documents. Provided by the Library of Congress.
 
US Congressional Serial Set (reports, documents, journals from 1817 - 1980)
Link goes to UHM Hamilton Library electronic resource, requires UH log-in and password.
 
Other Links
 
Legislative History – Research Guides
 
Federal Legislative History Research: A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent
Revised in 2005, this is a comprehensive guide explaining legislative history research.
 
Legislative Process and Sources of Legislative Information in the Law Library (.pdf)
Guide to How a Bill becomes a Law. Provides information about print and online resources at the law library to help find legislative history.
 
Presidential Executive Orders sources
Guide to where to find executive orders on the internet.
 
Gateways to Legislative History links
 
Electronic Sources for Federal Legislative History Documents (.pdf)
Summarized legislative history sites with years of coverage and documents available. No direct links from the .pdf available. Updated 2006.
 
Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information (.pdf)
Detailed explanation of sites offering legislative information, also in chart form.
No direct links from the .pdf available.
 
Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws in Electronic Format
Guide to legislative history websites.
 
LLSDC's Legislative Source Book (comprehensive guide)
 
Research Guides to Finding U.S. Government Documents
 
Agency Approach to Locating Government Information on the Internet (Western Illinois University)
Tutorial explaining how to find U.S. Government documents on the internet.
 
Federal Agencies – U.S. Government
 
Federal Agencies Directory (Louisiana St. Univ.)
Listings of Agencies in alphabetical and hierarchical forms.
 
Code of Federal Regulations
Agency Rules from 1996 – Present.
 
Federal Register
Daily publication for Agency rules and Executive Orders
 
International and Foreign Government Information
 

Foreign Governments (Northwestern Univ.)

Foreign National Government, International Governmental Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (ALA GODORT)
Global Legal Information Network (Library of Congress)
Governments on the WWW
International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern Univ.)
United Nations
Other Links
 
State and Local Government Information
 
Hawaii
American Law Sources Online
Findlaw
State Constitutions, Statutes and Related Legislative Information (Cornell Univ.)
State & Local Government on the Net
State Legislative Histories
Municipal Codes Online (Seattle Public Library)
Other Links
 
Statistical Resources
 
FedStats
Infonation (United Nations)
LexisNexis Statistical
Stat - USA
Statistical Resources on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)
 
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