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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The primary catalog for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government.

Date Coverage: July 1976-present

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U.S. Congressional Serial Set
A vast primary source collection for U.S. political, social, cultural, military and ethnic history, as well as international relations, explorations, genealogy, commerce, industrial development and more.

Date Coverage: 1817-1980

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GovInfo
Access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies.
HathiTrust
Search 1.3 million full text federal documents. The HathiTrust digital library includes a total of over 17 million digitized books, 40% of which are in the public domain.
Internet Archive
Contains archived versions of web sites and a wide range of items, from books to videos and audio. Many government documents have been included in this archive. It is recommended that you select "Text - American Libraries" from the drop down box. Once a search is complete, you can limit the results by choosing "USGovernmentDocuments" as the collection.
National Archives -- Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
Nearly 50 million unique historic electronic records created in highly structured databases from more than 20 federal agencies on a wide range of topics.