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Government Resources

accessing and utilizing government documents and government information

u.s. newspaper directory, 1690-current

Chronicling America
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

U.S. law and legal research

Avalon project
Documents in law, history and diplomacy
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hosted by Yale Law
FindLaw
Online legal information, including cases, statutes, news, and directories
Landmark Supreme Court cases
Compiled by Street Law, Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Legal information Institute
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hosted by Cornell Law
Congress.gov
U.S. legislative information, current and historical, provided by the Library of Congress

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Nexis Uni (formerly called LexisNexis Academic) provides full-text access to over 15,000 national and international news sources, business news, the Company Dossier, legal news and law review articles, It contains legal sources including Federal and State court cases, federal and state laws and regulations and access to Shepard's Citations service.

international law and legal research

Constitution Project
Foreign government information
Foreign government documents including, but not limited to, census and statistical volumes, public policy, and economic development information.
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hosted by UC Berkeley
Intergovernmental organizations
International Documents collection
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hosted by Northwestern University Library
National libraries
U.S. & World Population Clocks
United Nations
World Factbook