USAFA Library Guides: Government Documents: President

Recommended Resources: Executive Branch

HeinOnline
HeinOnline provides full text access to thousands of government publications from resources such as the Foreign Relations of the United States- FRUS and U.S. Presidential Library collection
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Economic Report of the President and Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States are also included in this collection.
Comprehensive User's Guide: http://heinonline.org/HeinDocs/HOLUserGuide.pdf
ProQuest Congressional Publications
Contains Congressional Research Digital Collection [Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Committee Prints]; U.S. Serial Set & Serial Set Maps; Indexing for Hearings, Reports, Documents, and Committee Prints
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Contains Congressional Research Digital Collection [Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Committee Prints]; U.S. Serial Set & Serial Set Maps; Indexing for Hearings, Reports, Documents, and Committee Prints
**If you locate only citations in this database, try searching HathiTrust & Internet Archive Digital Libraries for the full text--for 2000 to the present, try GovInfo.gov or Congress.gov
Digital National Security Archive (ProQuest)
Comprehensive collection of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945. See video search tutorial box on this page for database search tips.
American Presidency Project
This open access site provides historical and current coverage of U. S. Presidents.
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American Presidency Project (APP), hosted by the University of California Santa Barbara-Includes presidential documents, statistics (election outcomes 1789 forward, job approval ratings beginning with President Eisenhower), media archive, and more
Presidential Documents Archive
Digital archive from the American Presidency Project (APP)
Compilation of Presidential Documents
Free online access to official publications of materials released by the White House
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This resource covers materials released by the White House Press Secretary from 1993-present (remarks, statements, proclamations, and more).
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (Primary Source material)
Open access site to official publications of United States Presidents--search or browse the collection (open access)
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This resource of public writings, addresses, and remarks is published by the Federal Register, began in 1957. Online public papers in Govinfo include Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richarc M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, James E. Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama.
White House
Whitehouse.gov is the official website of the White House.

Additional Resources

Budget of the U.S. Government
(1996-) Contains the budget, analysis, tables, citizen's guide
Budget of the United States Government, 1923 forward (FRASER)
FRASER digital archive from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Economic Report of the President
(1995- ) Annual report from the Executive office; 1947-present via FRASER
Federal Register
Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents (Digitized 1936 - present). Searchable in GovInfo.gov

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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) This link opens in a new window
Government Publishing Office index to official government publications in all formats. Many items in the catalog have links to full text online versions.

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