Selected Resources for:
Government & Politics

HeinOnline  

http://0-www.heinonline.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/HOL/Welcome

Dates vary

One of the premier sources for legal and political information. Full text law journals are a major part, but HeinOnline also includes deep historical collections of U.S. federal government documents. Titles digitized include the Congressional Record, the Federal Register, bills and public laws in the Statutes at Large, the Code of Federal Regulations, selected legislative histories, Supreme Court documents, Presidential documents, and more. Search the Sources of Compiled Legislative History database by Public Law or Bill number, from the 37th to the 107th Congress. The U.S. Federal Legislative History Title Collection has full text legislative histories on significant legislation in banking, civil rights, labor, digital rights, the USA PATRIOT act, and other selected laws.

PAIS International   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=pais-set-c&db=paisarc-set-c&adv=1

A subject guide to journals, books, pamphlets, and government publications relating to economics, social conditions, and international relations since 1915.

National Journal Group  

http://0-nationaljournal.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Current; some archives.

This group of databases provides very current news and analysis of politics, policy and government topics. The suite of titles consists of American Health Line, Congress Daily, Greenwire, The Hotline and Technology Daily. National Journal Group Inc.'s online sources provide briefings that are updated on a daily or weekly basis with a focus on news from Washington and Capitol Hill.

Congressional Quarterly’s Politics in America  

Data on all members of Congress and their districts and states. For online access to this title, and others from Congressional Quarterly, see the CQ Press Political Reference Suite.

Location: Ref. Desk JK 1010 .P64

Encyclopedia of Government and Politics  

Articles summarize political institutions, processes, factions, and world regions.

Location: Ref. JA 61 .C66 2004

CQ Press Political Reference Suite  

http://0-library.cqpress.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/prs

Congress and the Nation (from 1945), Historic Documents Series (from 1972), Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, Washington Information Directory, Supreme Court Yearbook (from 1989) and Vital Statistics on American Politics.

Location: Congress & the Nation: KF 49 .C65. Historic Documents: Ref. E839.5 .H57. Political Handbook of the World: JF37 .P6. Politics in America: JK1010 .P64. Washington Information Directory: Ref. Desk F192.3.W33. Supreme Court Yearbook: KF8741 .A15S87. Vital Statistics on American Politics: JK274 .S74.

CQ Weekly  

http://0-library.cqpress.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/cqweekly/

Provides political and legislative news and congressional voting records.

THOMAS  

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Search the full text of legislation for words or phrases or search by bill number. Searching Bill Summary & Status will retrieve information on "sponsor(s); cosponsor(s); official, short and popular titles; floor/executive actions; detailed legislative history; Congressional Record page references; bill summary; committee information; amendment information; subjects (indexing terms assigned to each bill); a link to the full text versions of the bill; and if the bill has been enacted into law, a link to the full text of the law on the Government Printing Office Web site. BSS Site.

Congressional Research Digital Collection  

http://0-web.lexis-nexis.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/congcomp/form/cong/s_pubadvanced.html

1830- .

A subset of LexisNexis Congressional, find here the full text of Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports since 1916 and selected full text of committee prints since 1830. The Congressional Research Service produces nonpartisan research reports from its research divisions in American law, domestic social policy, foreign affairs, defense and trade, government and finance, knowledge services, and resources, science and industry. Committee prints include research papers, reports, rules and calendars, transcripts of markup sessions, and legislative descriptions and analyses.

Federal Digital System - FDsys  

http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action

FDsys is a project of the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) to provide electronic, digital access to government information. The collection includes the Budget of the U.S. Government; the Compilation of Presidential Documents; Congressional bills, calendars, committee prints, documents, hearings, and reports; the Congressional Record; Economic Indicators; the Federal Register; the List of CFR Sections Affected; and Public and Private Laws. Coverage begins with the 103rd session of Congress (1993) but is not comprehensive. The collection continues to expand to include the most recently digitized documents.

GPO Access  

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

Gateway site to the U.S. federal government. Search for publications, documents, or information by branch of government. The Catalog of Government Publications is a general catalog of many government publications, with links to full text digitized versions. The Core Documents of U.S. Democracy has links to digital versions of the Bill of Rights, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, and more.

LexisNexis Congressional  

http://0-web.lexis-nexis.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/congcomp

LexisNexis Congressional is a primary source for government documents such as hearings, committee prints, CRS reports, legislative histories, the Congressional Record, federal regulations, and the Serial Set. Many documents are in full-text; others are citations that are available in full-text in print or microform in the library.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/o?SEARCH=3888071

House and Senate reports are published in the printed volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (SuDoc Y1.1/2:); Lauinger Library has many print volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, albeit irregular holdings from 1909-1917 (61st-65th Congresses), then nearly complete from about 1965 (89th Congress) to the most recently received depository distributed volumes. GPO Access has a site with some content from the U.S. Congressional Serial Set.