U.S. Federal Sources
United States federal documents and census-based statistical abstracts can be an excellent primary source for U.S. historical research.
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set (ProQuest Congressional Publications)
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Full-text documents of congressional publications that include the following (use Advanced Search for selective searching):
- Legislative Histories (1969 - present)
- Bills & Laws (1987 - present)
- Committee Prints & Misc. Pubs. (1817 - present)
- Congressional Record Bound Ed. & Predecessors (1789 - 1999)
- Congressional Record Daily Ed. (1785 - present)
- CRS Reports (1916 - present)
- Hearings (1817 - present)
- House & Senate Documents (1817 - present)
- House & Senate Reports (1789 - present)
- Serial Set (1789 - present), a full-text collection of U.S. Government publications that includes Congressional reports and documents, executive agency and departmental reports ordered to be printed by Congress, the American State Papers, and all maps, illustrations, photos, and lithographs found within the U.S. Serial Set during the time period covered.
- Serial Set Maps (1789 - 1969) - U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 (Making of Modern Law)
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Includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions.
- Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970Includes more than 12,500 time series, mostly annual, providing a statistical history of U.S. social, economic, political, and geographic development during periods from 1610 to 1970.