Research Guides: General Reference: Government Docs

Government Documents

What are government documents? - Government Documents are publications of the U.S. federal, state, and local governments. Examples include transcripts of hearings and the text of bills, resolutions, statutes, reports, charters, treaties, periodicals (such as the Monthly Labor Reviewu), statistics (U.S. Census), etc.

Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service
GovInfo
GovInfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Major Acts of Congress
Lewis Ref KF154 .M35 2004 (Print)
A 2004 illustrated encyclopedia of congressional acts from the earliest days of the American republic up through recent years.

ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information. Includes congressional publications, Legislative Histories for public laws, testimony from congressional hearings, bill tracking and research reports from the Congressional Research Service and LRS.

United States Census
The largest repository of demographics and statistics for and about the United States.

Loyola University Chicago Libraries

General Reference: Government Docs

Government Documents