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Last updated on 05-08-2024

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**Jump to:**GPO Resources   │  Legislative Process Resources   │  Regulatory Process Resources   │  Presidential Documents Resources    │  Judicial Branch Resources   │  Additional Resources

### Cornerstone Documents

**Articles of Confederation**** -  the first constitution of the United States, adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777

**The Bill of Rights**** - the first ten amendments to the Constitution

**A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates**** - records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the United States Congress, 1774–1873

**The Constitution of the United States of America**** - contains a preamble and seven articles that describe the way the government is structured and how it operates

**The Declaration of Independence**** - states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based.

**Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention**** - documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, 1774–1789

**Emancipation Proclamation**** - stated that slaves in the states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be declared free

**The Federalist Papers**** - a series of essays published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the Constitution

**The Gettysburg Address**** -one of the most memorable speeches in U.S. history delivered by President Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery for the Union war dead

### GPO Resources

**Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government**** - informs students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government

**Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), July 1976 to Present**** - finding tool for federal publications, includes direct links to the full document when available

**Conference Reports of the U.S. Congress**** - website for agreements on legislation that are negotiated between the House and Senate via conference committees

**Federal Depository Libraries Directory**** - locate a Federal Depository Library near you

**Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)**** - website for the program that distributes certain classes of Government documents free of cost to designated libraries throughout the United States and its territories

**Federal Depository Library Program Web Archive**** - to provide permanent public access to Federal Agency Web content, the Federal Depository Library Program harvests selected U.S. Government Websites in their entirety.

**Guide to House and Senate Members (Member Guide)**** - a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources

**New Electronic Titles (NET) in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)**** - an easy way to find all the latest documents added to the CGP for specific timeframes

**U.S. Government Bookstore**** - buy Federal government publications

**Usgovernmentmanual.gov**** - currently updated edition of the U.S. Government Manual, the official handbook of the Federal Government

### Legislative Process Resources

**Congress.gov**** - official website for U.S. federal legislative information

**Docs.House.Gov**** - provides access to committee documents and text of legislation being considered in committee and by the House

**House.gov**** - website of the United States House of Representatives

**How Our Laws Are Made (PDF)** - House Document 110-49

**Overview of the Legislative Process**** - videos, diagrams, and transcripts prepared by Congress.gov

**Senate.gov**** - website of the United States Senate

**Uscode.house.gov**** - search and browse the U.S. Code

### Regulatory Process Resources

**A Guide to the Rulemaking Process (PDF)**** - prepared by the Office of the Federal Register

**Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR)** - currently updated, unofficial version of the Code of Federal Regulations

**RegInfo.gov**** - provides reliable, transparent information about regulations under development

**Regulations.gov**** - find, read, and comment on regulatory issues

**Federal Register 2.0**** - HTML edition of the Federal Register

### Presidential Documents Resources

**Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress****

**Codification of Presidential Proclamations Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders**** - April 13, 1945 through January 20,1989

**George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress**** - 1741–1799

**"I Do Solemnly Swear . . . ": Presidential Inaugurations****

**Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress****

### Judicial Branch Resources

**PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)**** - public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator

**United States Reports**** - a series of bound case reporters that are the official reports of decisions for the United States Supreme Court. 

### Additional Resources

**American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899**** -  documents related to American Indians and Alaskan Native published in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set during the 19th century (GPO Partner- Donald E. Pray Law Library at the University of Oklahoma)

**Arizona Memory Project**** -  provides access to digitized collection of U.S. Government publications (GPO Partner- Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records)

**Assistance Listings (formerly Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)**** -  contains detailed program descriptions for Federal assistance programs

**CyberCemetery of Federal Government Websites**** - provides permanent public access to the websites and publications of defunct U.S. Government agencies and commissions (GPO Partner- University of North Texas)

**data.census.gov**** - provides access to data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau

**Export Administration Regulations (current regulations only)**** - unofficial electronic files created by the Department of Commerce

**Federal Bulletin Board (no longer updated)**** - select Supreme Court Opinions, legislative information, and Federal agency information

**FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)**** - provides easy access to economic history—particularly the history of the Federal Reserve System (GPO Partner- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

**First U.S. Army: Report of Operations**** - provides access to digitized version of the First United States Army: Report of Operations (GPO Partner- Cleveland Public Library)

**GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions**** - access to reports and decisions from GAO (GPO Partner- Government Accountability Office)

**Information by Topic**** - partnership with USA.gov

**Library of Congress**** - explore the resources and collections of the Library of Congress (GPO Partner- Library of Congress)

**LocatorPlus**** - search the collections of the National Library of Medicine (GPO Partner-National Library of Medicine)

**Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)**** - search the MeSH headings which are used to provide a hierarchically-organized terminology for indexing and cataloging biomedical information (GPO Partner-National Library of Medicine)

**NASA Technical Reports Server**** - provides access to aerospace citations, full-text documents, images, and videos (GPO Partner- NASA Langley Research Center)

**National Archives Records**** - research the records of the National Archives and Records Administration

**National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)**** - provides access to NREL’s laboratory and outreach publications (GPO Partner: NREL)

**Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents of American History******

**PubMed**** - search more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books (GPO Partner- National Library of Medicine)

**Science.gov**** - searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results

**SciTech Connect**** - partnership with the Department of Energy (former Energy Citations Database)

**Statistical Abstract of the United States****** - a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States

**TRAIL (Technical Report Archive & Image Library)**** - provides unrestricted access to U.S. Government agency technical reports (GPO Membership)

**United States Commission on Civil Rights Historical Publications**** - provides access to historical and current publications of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (GPO Partner- Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland)

**University of North Texas Digital Library**** - provides access to digitized collections of U.S. Government publications, including the Congressional Globe, FCC Record, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and more (GPO Partner- University of North Texas)

**USA.gov**** - portal to government information and services

**U.S. Government Posters**** - provides access to a collection of over 1,500 digitized posters issued by various U.S. Government agencies (GPO Partner: University of Iowa Libraries)

**Wage Determinations**** - provides a single location for Federal contracting officers to use in obtaining appropriate Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations for each official contract action (GPO Partner- Dept. of Labor)

**Works Progress Administration (WPA) Materials**** - provides access to over 400 digitized publications from the WPA (GPO Partner: University of Kentucky Libraries)

**World War I Posters**** - provides access to access to a digitized collection of World War I posters from Federal agencies (GPO Partner- Illinois State University)

**World War II Historic Government Publications**** - provides access to over 300 digitized informational pamphlets, Government reports, regulations, and more distributed by GPO during World War II (GPO Partner-Southern Methodist University)

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