Guide to Legal Resources

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, PROCLAMATIONS

COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS

• Arrangement: By administration. Volume 11 is index.
• Notes: 11 volumes. Begins 1789 (Washington) and ends 1913 (Taft).
• Location:  General Collection J 81 B97

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS

• Purpose: Contains regulations of the various bureaus and departments of the government which are currently in force. Part 3 has the Presidential material.
• Location: Ref KF 70 A34 I46 (1985-2002).  Also available online through:
       FDsys (free)
       LexisNexis Academic -- Legal Research (Truman network only)
• Cited: CFR

PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

• Purpose: Includes public presidential papers. Begins with Hoover.
• Location: Main volumes:  General Collection J 80 A283
• Indexes: General Collection J 80 A2832

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

• Purpose: The best CURRENT source for all Presidential documents. Includes executive orders, proclamations, speeches, press conferences and other legally significant documents.
• Arrangement: Chronologically. Quarterly and annual indexes.
• Notes: Published since 1965 (Lyndon Johnson).  Library has 1965+.
• Location: Periodicals J 80 A284, 1993 to present.  Also available online through:
       GPO Access  (free)
       EBSCOhost  Academic Search Elite 1995+   (Truman network only)

PRESIDENT'S WEB SITE

• Purpose:  Includes executive orders, speeches, proclamations, etc.
• Location:  http://www.whitehouse.gov

 

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