United States Federal Documents
Metasites
- GPO Access
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Core Documents of Democracy
Full text of current and historic government documents including the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, and other essential publications. -
GPO Access Databases
Search the U.S. Budget, Congressional Record, Bills, Documents, Reports, and other publications. -
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
Bibliographic citations to publications distributed to Depository Libraries and links to publications on federal agency servers. 1994-present.
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Core Documents of Democracy
- Federal Web Locator
U.S. Government sites indexed by agency, includes some quasi-government agencies, selected multi- and international sites, and government-related sites. -
Federal Agency Internet Sites
U.S. Government sites indexed by agency. -
Documents Center: Federal Government Resources on the Web
Subject-oriented approach to locating Government Information. -
Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information
Annotated list compiled by GODORT's Federal Documents Task Force. - FedWorld
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GPO Monthly Catalog (OSU only)
Indexes publications distributed to depository libraries since 1976.
Branches of Government
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Executive
- The White House
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
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Public Papers of the Presidents (American Presidency Project)
Full text of most presidential statements, speeches, and other public remarks, Herbert Hoover (1929) through George W. Bush.
- Legislative
- U.S. House of Representatives
- U.S. Senate
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GPO Access: United States Congress
Full text of bills, documents, hearings, and other Congressional Publications. - Thomas
Full text of Congressional publications via the Library of Congress - LexisNexis Congressional (OSU only)
- Congressional History
- Session Dates of U.S. Congresses
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
- Resources for Compiling a Legislative History
- Judicial
- Federal Judiciary
U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, District Courts, and Bankruptcy Courts. - FindLaw
- LexisNexis Academic (OSU only)
Topics
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Census
- Consumer Information - Links to government, quasi-government, and other consumer-oriented/general interest sites.
- Government Periodicals
- Uncle Sam- Migrating Government Publications (University of Memphis)
- Intellectual Property
- OSU Libraries Patent and Trademark Collection
- U.S. Copyright Office
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- International Affairs
- Law and Law Enforcement
- Public Laws
- United States Code
- Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Register
- Legislative Branch
- Judicial Branch
- Justice Information Center
- NCJRS Abstracts Database
- Statistics and Data Sets
- Consumer Information - Links to government, quasi-government, and other consumer-oriented/general interest sites.
Guides and Tutorials
- Guide to Citing Government Publications (University of Memphis)
- Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style (University of Nevada, Reno)
- Guide to Locating Government Information on the Web (University of California)
- Resources for Compiling a Legislative History
- Reference Sets: A Finding Aid to Locations and Call Numbers
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Created by: Sherry Engle Moeller. Last Modified: 25 September 2007.