Government Information for 20c Politics History: General Sources

The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications as well as direct links to the full document, when available. It is also a great tool to identify SuDoc numbers which is the highly used classification system for federal resources and publications.

Information portal provided by the Government Publishing Office (GPO). Contains various major U.S. Government publications.

HathiTrust is a shared digital repository, incorporating digitized content from some of the largest research libraries in the United States. It's U.S. Federal Documents Program provides open access to over 1 million documents produced by the federal government.

Provides users with access to a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Includes full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, public laws and other research materials. The database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws. Researchers can access information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data.

Full text image-based searchable database of legal periodicals including a number of government

List of U.S. Executive Branch websites including department and agency websites.

Compiled list of state legislature websites.

Across the country, the archives, cultural institutions, museums, and libraries of most states are collaborating document America’s history, culture, and creativity. This is a list of these projects compiled by the Library of Congress

Guide created by the Library of Congress that includes links to state government websites.

Find contact information for state, local, and tribal governments and officials.

United Nations' dissemination platform for all published content - books, serials, Working Papers.

Platform that offers easy access to documents, maps, and voting data, as well as non-sales publication.

It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point.

a. The Yearbook of the United Nation stands as the authoritative reference work on the activities and concerns of the Organization. This is a great resources for more information about a document and the context in which it was created.

a. The Index to Proceedings is an annual bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the major organs. If you want to find all documents related to an agenda item in a given year or session, find the meeting number and symbol for a meeting held on a certain date, or find statements prior to 1983, this is the resources that you want to look at.

The Canadiana collection contains digitized historical publications, including monographs, serials, and government publications. The collection is largely composed of materials published prior to 1921.

Canadian Treaty collection provided by the Treaty Law Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Search our library catalog to see what we carry at our various libraries across campus.

I-Share catalog provides 24/7 access to the collections of academic libraries who are part of CARLI (The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois). You can request an item through the I-share program for free.

WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 15,637 libraries in 107 countries. Once you locate an item, you can make a request through the InterLibrary Loan system.

HathiTrust is a shared digital repository, incorporating digitized content from some of the largest research libraries in the United States. It's U.S. Federal Documents Program provides open access to over 1 million documents produced by the federal government.

The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books