Charters of Freedom
The text, digitized images, and more about the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
The Judicial Branch
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowNexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis—including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790—with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.
- Supreme Court Opinions (via Cornell Law School)Includes Supreme Court opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, the Court's electronic-dissemination project.
Coverage: From May 1990 to current, and selected pre-1990 opinions. - Judicial Branch WebsitesA gateway to the official pages of Federal Courts and agencies in the United States Judicial Branch.
Newspapers and Magazines
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
The Legislative Branch
See the Section above "From a Bill to a Law" to find specific Primary Sources in the Legislative Process.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowBrowse the full array of digitized collections at the Library of Congress.
- Congress.govProvides full-text access to current and recent U.S. Congressional and legislative documents. Includes some historical documents.
- FDsys - Government Publications This link opens in a new windowThe Government Printing Office's Federal Digital System (FDsys) is an advanced digital system that enables GPO to manage Government information from all three branches of the U.S. Government.
- U.S. House of RepresentativesThe official homepage where you can find current and archived information for legislation in the House of Representatives.
- U.S. SenateThe official homepage, where you can find current and archived information about legislation in the Senate.
The Executive Branch
- White HouseThe official homepage for the White House, this is where you can go to find the Executive Branch's response to current legislation and other events from local to international.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowBrowse the full array of digitized collections at the Library of Congress.
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThe Public Papers of the Presidents is published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) and is the official publication of United States Presidents' public writings, addresses, and remarks from Presidents' Hoover through the current president.
- Executive Orders (American Presidency Project)Presidential Executive Orders from the American Presidency Project at the University of California Santa Barbara 1826 - present.
- Code of Federal Regulations The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
- Executive Branch WebsitesThe following is a list of each of the Departments in the Executive Branch of the government and their associated organizations.
Other
- Avalon Project at Yale This link opens in a new windowPrimary source materials in the fields of law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy and government.
- Cornerstone Documents of U.S. DemocracyA compilation of both historical and modern documents and resources that have helped to define America's Modern Democracy.
