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Subject Resources: U.S. Government


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Databases

GPO Access. The U.S. Government Printing Office's site for accessing government publications from all departments and agencies.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO). Database of full text for nearly 400 periodicals and indexing and abstracting for more than 500 titles.

 

Congress

GovTrack.us. Subtitled "A Civic Tool to Track Congress." Use to track status of legislation, voting records, etc.

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet. Covers the current Congress back to the 101st. Access full text of bills or the voting record of a particular legislator.

Congressional Directory. Contains biographies of members of the Senate and House listed by state or district. Also lists other federal departments and agencies.

 

Constitution

Constitution of the United States of America. Text with analysis and interpretation.

 

Presidents

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents. From George Washington to the present.

The White House. A sophisticated site focused on the current presidential administration with photo and video galleries, transcripts of speeches, presidential accomplishments arranged by issues and much more.

 

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Decisions. Many historic decisions plus all decisions from 1990 on.

Federal Court Locator. Contains Supreme Court and Federal District Courts of Appeal decisions including slip opinions.