U.S. Government Information
CONGRESS I EXECUTIVE BRANCH I JUDICIAL BRANCH
The Morris Law Library is a selective depository for U.S. government information in all formats—paper, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic. Collections include materials from the Congress, the President and Executive Branch (including independent agencies), and the Judicial Branch. A strong focus of the collections is Congressional publications, laws, and legislative histories. Physical collections are located on the 2nd floor of the Library. Documents may be checked out from the Library's Circulation Desk.
CONGRESS
Indexes congressional materials, including hearings, reports, documents, bills, and laws. Provides information on members and committees. Inside Washington section provides The Hill, Washington Post, and Roll Call articles. CIS Index and Historical Indexes are excellent sources for legislative history research. Historical Full Text contains about more than 180,000 Serial Set documents from 1817 to 1910, searchable by keyword, subject, document number, or bill number.
GPO Access
Full texts of Congressional Record, congressional reports & documents, bills, public laws, selected congressional hearings, GAO reports, and much more.
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
Bill status information as well as bill & law texts. Provides bill status information back to 1973. Links to full text documents provided by GPO Access.
Congressional Quarterly
UVA access only. Provides access to CQ Weekly and CQ Researcher.
House of Representatives
| Eric Cantor, 7th District |
| James P. Moran, 8th District |
| Rick Boucher, 9th District |
| Frank R. Wolf, 10th District |
| Tom Davis, 11th District |
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Senate
Legislative Source Book (Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.)
Comprehensive guide to legislative history, and administrative law research.
Congressional Research Service
- Index & Abstracts of CRS Reports (Penny Hill Press)
CRS Reports on Legislative & Budget Issues (House Rules Committee)
CRS Reports on National Security & Military Issues (Federation of American Scientists)
- Research Guide: Regulations
HeinOnline <http://www.heinonline.org/HOL>: Includes searchable PDF versions of the Federal Register (1936-88), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1977-99), Opinions of the U.S. Attorney General (1791-1982), and Opinions of teh Office of Legal Counsel (1977-96).
LSU's Federal Government Agencies List
Searchable by words in an agency's name.
Alderman Library Government Information Resources
Good Browse List of all sites linked to from Alderman's pages.
Federal Administrative Decisions & Other Actions
Provides access to federal agency decisions.
RegRadar.org <www.mercatus.org/regradar/>
Easy to understand information about new and forthcoming regulations, and about the regulatory process. From George Mason University's Mercatus Center
- Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (archival collections)
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Central Intelligence Agency
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Commerce Department
Commission on Civil Rights
Comptroller General Decisions
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Copyright Office
Customs and Border Protection
Defense Dept. - Joint Chiefs of Staff
Education Department
Energy Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
FBI
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Election Commission
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
FedForms.gov
Fedworld
FEDSTATS
Food and Drug Administration
General Accounting Office
General Services Administration
Government Manual
Government Printing Office
Health and Human Services Department
Homeland Security Department
Housing and Urban Development Dept.
Interior Department
Internal Revenue Service
IRS Forms & Publications
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Justice Information Center
Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel
Labor Department
Labor Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Library of Congress
Maritime Administration
Merit Systems Protection Board
NASA
National Archives and Records Administration
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National Transportation Safety Board
Office of Management and Budget
OMB Circulars
Office of Personnel Management
Patent and Trademark Office
Postal Service
President
Regulations.gov
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sentencing Commission
Social Security Administration
State Department
STAT-USA
Tax Forms - State and Federal (not a government site)
Transportation Department
Treasury Department
Veterans Affairs Department
White House
Includes access under "Court Links" to individual court sites
Federal Court Locator (Center for Information Law and Policy)
Federal Judicial Center
Federal courts' agency for research and continuing education." est. 1967
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) System
UVA ONLY. Access to docket information for federal courts. May contain full text materials. Consult Law Library reference staff for access.
- Supreme Court Home Page
Includes current opinions; information about the Court, such as how to arrange for a visit; Court Rules; applications and instructions to practice before the Court; the Court calendar and the Supreme Court docket.
Hermes Archive
Supreme Court decisions since 1990. Texts are usually available in ASCII and PDF formats. Syllabus and dissenting opinions are provided. - Cornell Legal Information Institute.
Supreme Court decisions
Coverage: 1893-present. "FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: US Reports 150-, 1893-). Browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and full text."
GPO Access
Contains searchable databases of Supreme Court decisions from 1937-1975 and 1992 - 2000.
Oyez Project
U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database. Provides audio oral arguments for selected cases from 1956 to the present. Provides biographical information on justices, past and present - Northwestern University.
HeinOnline: Includes PDF versions of Supreme Court opinions from 1 U.S. through slip opinions.
FindLaw Supreme Court Center: A comprehensive Supreme Court site, with decisions 1893-date, docket information, briefs, rules, and other information.
Courts of Appeals
| First Circuit ME, MA, NH, PR, RI Opinions from Emory Law School. Second Circuit CT, NY, VT Opinions from Touro Law School. Third Circuit DE, NJ, PA Opinions from Villanova Law School. Fourth Circuit MD, NC, SC, VA, WV Opinions from Emory Law School. Fifth Circuit LA, MS, TX Opinions from University of Texas.. Sixth Circuit KY, MI, OH, TN Opinions from Emory Law School. Seventh Circuit IL, IN, WI | Eighth Circuit AR, IO, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD Ninth Circuit AK, AZ, CA, GU, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, Northern Mariana Islands Tenth Circuit CO, KA, NM, OK, WY, UT Coverage: October 1997-date. Opinions from Emory Law School. Eleventh Circuit AL, FL, GA Opinions from Emory Law School. D.C. Circuit DC Opinions from Georgetown Law School. Federal Circuit Opinions from Georgetown Law School. |
Other Federal Courts
- Findlaw: District Courts: Annotated links to U.S. District Court sites, listed by state.
Bankruptcy Courts (American Bankruptcy Institute)
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Tax Court
- Court Rules (LLRX)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Cornell)
Federal Rules of Evidence (Cornell)
