Federal Resources

Research Guides - Federal

See also: Federal Government Documents

A Chronology of US Historical Documents From Magna Carta to the last State of the Union Address.

• Presidential Libraries
• Presidential Materials & Executive Publications GPO Access
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Covers 1992-2001.
• Public Papers of the Presidents - The American Presidency Project Covers 1929-1993.
• White House Home Page

• Administrative Decisions & Other Actions by Agency Compiled by the University of Virginia.
• Federal Agency Internet Site
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission E-library for FERC orders.
• Forms.gov The U.S. Government's Official Hub for Federal Forms.
• Forms From the Feds For use with various agencies.
• LSU Federal Agencies Directory Search for Federal Agencies alphabetically or by government hierarchy.
• Official Department of the Army Administrative Publications Includes: General Orders, Memorandums, Manual for Courts-Martial
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System

• Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Beta test site.
• Federal Acquisitions Regulation
• Regulations.gov On this site members of the public can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government's legal newspaper.
• The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda "The Regulatory Plan contains the most important significant regulatory actions that each agency reasonably expects to issue in the current fiscal year or thereafter. For each department or agency, the Plan contains a statement of regulatory priorities and separate entries for each action included in the Plan."
• The Unified Agenda Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) require that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas describing regulatory actions they are developing or have recently completed. Agencies of the United States Congress are not included. The agendas are published in the FR, usually during April and October each year, as part of the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and De-regulatory Actions. The Unified Agenda has appeared in the FR twice each year since 1983 and is available electronically on GPO Access from 1994 forward.

• Administrative Office of the Courts
• The Curiae Project Supreme Court records and briefs for cases prior to 2000. A project of the Yale Law Library.
• Federal Court Finder Locate federal courts by circuit or by use of an interactive map of the United States.
• Federal Judicial Center The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the federal judicial system. This page links provides general information about the FJC and its publications.
• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• Findlaw Supreme Court Center Links to U.S. Supreme Court briefs, decisions, docket and more.
• History of the Federal Judiciary The Judges of the United States Courts section "contains the service record and biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789."
• Justia - Federal District Court Filings and Dockets
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases "This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case."
• On The Docket Northwestern University site with info cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Supreme Court Collection Cornell. Almost all of the Supreme Court Opinions issued since May 1990, plus selected historical decisions.
• Supreme Court of the United States This Web site is maintained by the Supreme Court of the United States to provide extensive information about the US Supreme Court.
• Rules of Court
• Recent Decisions
• Chart of Dates of Decisions for cases in vols. 2-107
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• US Courts for the Ninth Circuit Home page for information about the work of the United States Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts, and United States Bankruptcy Courts in the ninth circuit.
• United States Federal Judiciary Home Page This site is a clearinghouse for information from and about the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government.
• United States Sentencing Commission Projects and reports.

• US Bankruptcy Court, Central District
• US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District
• US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District
• US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
• US District Court, Central District
• US District Court, Eastern District
• US District Court, Northern District
• US District Court, Southern District

• American Memory, Historical Collections for the National Digital Library - U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates Search for bills, resolutions, statutes, state papers, etc.
• An Overview of the Congressional Record and Its Predecessor Publications
• Congressional Directory
• Federal Legislative History Research "A Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent."
• How Our Laws Are Made
• Sessions of Congress with Corresponding Debate Record Volume Numbers (1789-2003)
• Statutes At Large (to 1875)
• Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• US Code from GPO Access.
• US Code Office of Law Revision Counsel.
• US Congressional Bibliographies Comprehensive lists of hearings, prints and publications.
• US Congressional Serial Set
• US Congressional Serial Set - Finding Aid
• US Serials Set 23rd to 64th Congress.

• Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations
• Indian Affairs - Laws and Treaties by Kappler Covers 1871-1970. Digitized by Oklahoma State University.
• Indian Law Resource Center
• National Indian Law Library
• National Tribal Justice Resource Center
• Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
• Native American Rights Fund
• Tribal Court Clearinghouse