Federal Resources  

Official web site for the White House. Includes archive of historical documents, White House history, and links to other federal government web sites.

The Compilation of Presidential Documents collection consists of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents which are the official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary.

Executive orders issued from 1826 to the present are available through the The American Presidency Project (Univ. of California--Santa Barbara).

Coverage from from 2007 to present.

Coverage from 1997 to present.

Coverage from 1997 to present.

Consists of House Documents, Senate Documents, and Senate Treaty Documents. Documents can include reports of executive departments and agencies, as well as committee prints. Treaty Documents contain the text of a treaty as it is submitted to the U. S. Senate for ratification by the President. Coverage from 103rd Congress (1993) to present.

A hearing is a meeting or session of a Senate, House, joint, or special committee of Congress to obtain information and opinions on proposed legislation, conduct an investigation, or evaluate/oversee the activities of a government department or the implementation of a Federal law. Coverage from 104th Congress (1994) to present.

Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from the Congressional Information Service.
Congressional Publications Help Guide

Coverage from 1999 to present.

Search the Congressional Record: Daily from 1994 to the present.

Describes federal legislation process and associated documents, including bills, hearings, reports, debate, signing statements, and appropriations. Also provides sources for compiled legislative histories.

Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Coverage from 1994 to present.

Legislative information from the Library of Congress.

Searchable database of the general and permanent laws of the United States.

Official web site for the United States House of Representatives.

Official web site for the United States Senate.

Official web site for the United States Supreme Court.

Contains decisions from 1990 to the present. Also contains searchable database of pending cases, court calendar and some historical decisions.

Official web site for the the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Provides a directory of all U.S. Federal Courts.

Information about the court. Searchable TC and Memorandum Opinions starting in September 1995 and Summary Opinions starting in January 2001 are available.