Historical Research with Government Documents

Academic Universe (Lexis/Nexis)

• ·     Contains mostly full-text information in the areas of:
• federal & state laws and statutes
• court opinions
• legal news and law reviews
• government & politics
• finance & company information
• business & market news

GPO FDsys Digital System

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

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectiontab.action

• Compilation of Presidential Documents
• Congressional Record
• History of Bills
• Public and Private Laws
• Supreme Court Decisions (1937 – 1975)
• U.S. Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation

Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/

National Archives
www.archives.gov/

Supreme Court
www.supremecourtus.gov/

USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Search

www.usa.gov/

FindLaw  -- Decisions, 1893, v. 150-

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

LII Hermes--Legal Information Institute (LII), Cornell Law School--since 1990

Selected Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm