Listed below are online sites for many important government publications;
the Oviatt Library owns additional years of many of these titles in paper
or microform. Consult the
Library
Catalog for information regarding detailed holdings in tangible
formats.
- America's Historical
Documents includes the Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence,
Articles of Confederation, The Constitution and more.
- Budget of the
U.S. Government 1996 - to present.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- Code
of Federal Regulations
- Congressional Bills
1993- present. (via GPOAccess) Also available via Thomas.
Historic bills and
resolutions are available for selected sessions of Congress, beginning
with the 13th Congress in the House of Representatives and the 16th Congress
in the Senate and continuing through the 42nd Congress (approximately 1823-1873).
- Congressional
Directory
- Congressional
Pictorial Directory
- Congressional Record
See also: A Century
of Lawmaking for a New Nation which includes: United States Congressional
Documents and Debates, 1774-1873, with the House Journal, Senate Journal,
Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress, and Maclay's Journal and Congressional
Record (Bound).
- Constitution
of the United States See also: The
Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation
- Declaration
of Independence
- Executive Orders of the President/Presidential Proclamations (see also
the Presidential
Documents Guide as Executive orders/Presidential Proclamations are also
published in other titles).
- Federal Register
(GPOAccess).
- The Federalist
Papers
- Public and Private
Laws (GPOAccess) Site for recent laws. See also the print title United
States Statutes at Large, part of which is included in the online collection
A Century of Lawmaking.
- Public Papers
of the Presidents of the United States (GPOAccess)
- Online Social
Security Handbook See also: Social Security
Online.
- United States Code
(GPO Access). Also available: United
States Code via the Legal Information Institute and United
States Code via the House of Representatives.
- United States Government
Manual
- United States Government
Policy & Supporting Positions (The Plum Book)
- United States Reports Various years of U. S. Supreme Court decisions
are available at free internet sites. Some free sites include just selected
cases, particularly the FLITE
database of selected historic decisions from 1937-1975, while others also
include recent decisions or more comprehensive coverage of older decisions.
Exact coverage provided by free sites changes frequently so take the time
to check the dates of coverage provided by each site and whether coverage
is for all cases in those years or only the most important cases. Also,
if using the information for legal purposes, be aware that the printed reports
are the "official version" and read the Supreme Court's Information
about Opinions.
- Weekly Compilation
of Presidential Documents 1993- . (via GPOAccess)
Created and maintained by Mary
M. Finley
Questions or comments: mary.finley@csun.edu
Links checked: 12 June 2007
