Databases
Webpages
| CIA – The World Factbook |
Description: Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies. Only the current edition is available online. Updated annually. |
| Congressional recordPeriodicals Print Holdings |
Description: The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. GPO Access contains Congressional Record volumes from 140 (1994) to the present. The Congressional Record is updated daily. |
| Federal Judiciary |
Description: Maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on behalf of the U.S. Courts and offers information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. Includes the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts. |
| NATO |
Description: Public documents available online on the NATO website include basic texts, communiqués, speeches, articles and opinions, the NATO Handbook and standardization agreements |
| State Department Background Notes |
Description: The State Department Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations. They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United States. |
| THOMAS--Congress Online |
Description: THOMAS includes searchable indexed access to Bill Text, Congressional Record Text, Bill Summary & Status, the Congressional Record Index, and the Constitution Enhancements in the types of legislative data available are constantly being added and improved. |
| United Nations |
Description: A variety of topics disseminated from the United Nations Headquarters included in this site. Includes News Centre, Conference and Events, Daily Briefings, Publications, Stamps, and Databases. |
| United States House of Representatives |
Description: General information about ongoing and current events in the House of Representatives |
| United States Senate |
Description: General information about ongoing and current events in the Senate. |
| The White House |
Description: Comprehensive site to the White House includes Your Government, President, Vice President, First Lady, History & Tours, and News & Policies. |
Print Resources
Congressional index
Reference: J69 .C6
Gov. Docs. J69 .C6
The Congressional Index is designed to aid research on the status and history of legislation and other matters in congress. It provides current reporting and historical referencing on the activities of each Congress. Includes a subject index, author index, committees and hearings, bills and resolutions, voting records and more.
Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. elections
Reference: JK 1967 .C622 1994
Includes a wide range of election information ranging from tables of popular vote returns from Presidential elections, the politics and issues from 1945-1992 for national and state elections, voter registration and turnout rates, and a narrative chronology of presidential elections from 1789-1992.
Congressional quarterly almanac
Reference: JK1 .C66
Chronicles the course of major legislation and national politics. Major elements include: Inside Congress, Legislative Chapters, Appropriations, Political Report, Appendices, Glossary, Congress and its Members, Vote Studies, Texts, Public Laws, and Roll Call Votes.
Encyclopedia of American foreign policy : studies of the principal movements and ideas
Reference: JX 1407 .E53 2002
Offers in-depth, original, interpretive essays of American foreign policy in the form of essays written by distinguished scholars who are experts in their field. Topics include a Chronology, Anti-Imperialism, Arms control and disarmament, Cold War, Doctrines, Globalization, Immigration, Isolationism, NATO, Propaganda, and Treaties.
Encyclopedia of the American presidency
Reference: JK511 .E53 1994
Contains 1,011 articles by 335 contributors. Arranged alphabetically by Topic and Name the Encyclopedia includes Presidents, Vice-Presidents, selected First Ladies, also-rans, executive officials, and members of the judiciary as well as variety of topics like appointments and removals, war power, impeachments and scandals, and foreign affairs.
Guide to the presidency
Reference: JK516 .C57 1996
The guide explains in two volumes the origins, evolution and contemporary workings of the office of the President. There are 37 chapters broken down into seven sections that each focus on a particular subject. These subjects include: Origins and Development of the Presidency, Powers of the Presidency, The White House and the Executive Branch, and Biographies of the Presidents and Vice Presidents.
A historical guide to the U.S. government .
Reference: JK9 .H57 1998
Presents a composite profile of the U.S. government through a history of various departments and agencies that constitute it. It is arranged by entry term alphabetically. Following most of the entries is a selected bibliography for further reading. Includes an appendix of important documents in public administration as well as a back of the book index
Written by: Molly Beestrum, Instruction / Reference Librarian
Subject Bibliographer: Molly Beestrum
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