LibGuides: History Subject Guide: ...in Gov Docs

Congressional & Courts

ProQuest Congressional
Our subscription includes: The U.S. Congressional Serial Set and the Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection. The US Serial Set is a collection of primary source material on the people, issues and events of American history and politics. It contains the Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, from the 15th Congress through the 103rd Congress.

1789-present

Legal Information Institute
Mostly primary sources, such as court decisions, statutes, and constitutional resources, as well as legal encyclopedias and annotated sources.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides full-text access to 15,000 news, business and legal sources including U.S. Federal and State case law, statutes and regulations; law journals; U.S. and international news; and company and industry financial information.

Congress.gov
Official website for US federal legislative information. Search for Bills, Laws, and Resolutions; find out what's currently happening in Congress; read Committee Reports. Best for current and recent legislative needs.

See also the library's Constitutional Law guide for more resources.

Gov docs online

State Department: FOIA Virtual Reading Room
"This website provides a wealth of information about the Department’s FOIA program and how to obtain access to the Department’s records, as well as a search tool containing 110,585 searchable documents reviewed and released to the public."
CIA Electronic Reading Room
An important part of CIA's ongoing effort to be more open and to provide for more public accountability has been a recognition of the importance of declassifying historically significant Agency documents. The process of opening up the Agency's historical record began in the 1980s when then Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) William Casey authorized the declassification and transfer of nine million pages of OSS records to the National Archives and established the Historical Review Program.
Wilson Center: Cold War International History Project
The Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War which has been written over the past few decades largely by Western scholars reliant on Western archival sources.
Center of Military History Collections
"Since its formation, CMH has provided historical support to the Army Secretariat and Staff, contributing essential background information for decision making, staff actions, command information programs, and public statements by Army officials."

State Department Documents

Foreign Relations of the United States: 1861-1960
The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.
Foreign Relations of the United States: 1945-1988
Much of the international information produced by US government ends up in this series. Organized by year and topically within years. Also available through HeinOnline, go to Databases A-Z, look under "H."

HeinOnline
Provides a collection of legal periodicals, reproducing the original image of each article. Includes over 1,200 law review journals containing more than 600,000 articles from 21,000 volumes.

1754-present
HeinOnline
Provides a collection of legal periodicals, reproducing the original image of each article. Includes over 1,200 law review journals containing more than 600,000 articles from 21,000 volumes.

1754-present