Lewis & Clark Libraries: Government Information: Databases

U.S. Government Databases (General)

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
A large collection of legal research resources, including law journals, congressional and presidential documents, and a variety of specialized collections on slavery, immigration, capital punishment, and other topics.
Proquest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative publications and more.
Provides full text of Congressional hearings, bills, public laws, committee prints,Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U. S. Code, and more. Indexes and abstracts Congressional publications from 1970 on.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980 This link opens in a new window
Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes for the period 1817–1980.
The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitute a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages.

Now available: 15th Congress - 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, 1817 - 1912 U.S. Congressional Serial Set Vols. 1 - 6280 Last Update: April 20, 2007
GovInfo This link opens in a new window
A service of the U.S. Government Printing Office, this site provides free electronic access to over 1,000 databases documenting the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

EveryCRSReport
Every CRS report that’s available on Congress’s internal website CRS.gov, plus about 5,100 archived reports from the University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department CRS reports collection

GPO Monthly Catalog This link opens in a new window
A guide to publications from the Government Printing Office since July 1976.
Consists of records published by the GPO since July 1976, including references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from executive departments, and more.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications This link opens in a new window
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive information for historical and current publications
Primo This link opens in a new window
Many U.S. government documents are printed, so be sure to check the library catalog, especially for older documents.

U.S. Government Databases (Subject-Specific)

Agricola This link opens in a new window
Describes materials from 1970 to the present that are housed in the National Agriculture Library.
Describes materials acquired by the National Agriculture Library and cooperating institutions. Includes records of books, serials, audiovisual and other materials, from 1970 to the present. Has no full text. Is updated monthly. Subjects include: Agricultural economy, animal science, chemistry, forestry, natural resources, energy, food science, rural sociology, plant diseases, veterinary medicine, agricultural engineering, entomology, insect control, human nutrition, home economics, coop extensions, geography. Updated monthly from over 5,000 sources.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is a product of the U.S. Department of Education, and provides access to education journals and related documents.
Ebsco's ERIC can be searched in combination with Education Research Complete and Educational Administration Abstracts. The ERIC Collection, began in 1966, contains records for a variety of publication types, including: journal articles books research syntheses conference papers technical reports dissertations policy papers, and other education-related materials

HUDUser Database
Contains valuable statistics for those interested in financing, developing, or managing affordable housing.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
National Library of Medicine's database covering the international literature on biomedicine, including dentistry and nursing.
National Library of Medicine's database covering the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. Many records include abstracts.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service Database
Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
An archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
Combines a unique range of functions in one non governmental, non-profit institution. The Archive is simultaneously a research institute on international affairs, a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, a public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information through the FOIA, and an indexer and publisher of the documents in books, microfiche, and electronic formats. The Archive's approximately $1.8 million yearly budget comes from publication revenues and from private philanthropists such as the Carnegie Corporation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. As a matter of policy, the Archive receives no government funding.
TRAC / TRACFED This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive information on federal enforcement, staffing and spending.

International Government Information

United Nations Digital Library
Nearly a million documents from the UN—speeches, votes, debates and more.
UN Documentation Research Guide
This guide is designed for researchers and information professionals with an interest in United Nations documentation. It presents an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the organization (e.g., reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to work with them.
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The Research Guide also provides information on actions taken by the General Assembly as well as the Security Council and introduces researchers to major fields of UN activities: disarmament, human rights, international law and peacekeeping.
ODS Offical Document System of the UN
ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.
British History Online
Contains a broad array of British government documents, including Journals of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
Cabinet Papers—UK National Archives
A selection of cabinet papers on topics like war and peace, the welfare state, and the economy.
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard Online)
Parliamentary debates from 1802 to the present.