Documents

Writings of a political nature originally issued in paper form.

Sub-headings:

Constitutions & Treaties in Force

Historical Documents

Philosophical

Resources in this category:

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Texts of historical and current government documents, including: Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the U.S., Articles of Confederation, Gettysburg Address, Supreme Court Decisions, Economic Indicators, Government Manual, Statistical Abstract of the United States, and the federal budget.

Federal Register Online via GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html

"The Federal Register is the official publication for Presidential Documents and Executive Orders as well as Notices, Rules and Proposed Rules from Federal Agencies and Organizations." Issues from 1995 (volume 60) to the present are searchable. Searches can be restriced by volume, section, and date.

Government Documents
http://www.sosu.edu/lib/govdocs/home.htm

Guides, search tools, reference service and subject guides for government information. Of particular interest to students, faculty and librarians. Includes Especially for Kids and Especially for Teachers sections.

Government Information Locator Service
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/gils/

"The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is an effort to identify, locate, and describe publicly available Federal information resources, including electronic information resources. GILS records identify public information resources within the Federal Government, describe the information available in these resources, and assist in obtaining the information. GILS is a decentralized collection of agency-based information locators using network technology and international standards to direct users to relevant information resources within the Federal Government." Use this site to search for government documents by subject or keyword.

The Intelligence Network
http://www.intellnet.org/

"A repository of full text foreign policy documents, articles, recommended reading, media, and news summaries regarding most of the regions of the world. The material is searchable by author, theme, date, keyword and more. There are eight topic centres which pertain to regions of conflict and transition in the world."

International Constitutional Law
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/

The International Constitutional Law site provides constitutional documents and background information on over 120 countries and (non-)governmental organizations.

National Archive--Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

From the founding fathers to civil rights, see "100 milestone documents" in the history of the United States. View the original documents and transcripts or download free .pdf files (you will need Adobe Acrobat).

Tiananmen Square, 1989: The Declassified History
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/index.html

A National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book containing documents detailing "U.S. government accounts of the infamous military assault by the Chinese government on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989." The previously classified documents also cover "the student demonstrations in late 1985 and 1986 that, in hindsight, were signs of the events to come, the period leading up the PLA's use of force, and post-crackdown assessments of the events and their significance."

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and contains statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week.