Guides @ UF: Federal Documents at University of Florida: Government Information Databases

Databases with Articles About Government Information and Operation

CQ Researcher
The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
CQ Magazine
Written in plain-English, CQ Magazine makes it easy for people “outside the Beltway” to understand complex legislation and its ramifications just as well as any Washington insider. In-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap-up of the previous week’s news, including the status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates, and all roll-call votes.

Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Curated and indexed, declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events – including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions – from 1945 to the present. Each collection is assembled by foreign policy experts and features chronologies, glossaries, bibliographies, and scholarly overviews to provide unparalleled access to the defining international issues of our time.

Databases with Primary Source Government Information

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Includes digitized historical content such as Code of Federal Regulations 1938-current, Federal Register 1936-current, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)1861-1988, and U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1789-current. Most of these collections include content from the first instance to the most recent issuance.
NTRL: National Technical Reports Library from the National Technical Information Service This link opens in a new window
Search to Public NTRL is free but in order to display a full text document you would need to register. Registration is free but Terms and Conditions of use need to be signed.

ProQuest Suite

Legislative Insight is a Federal legislative history service that makes available thoroughly researched compilations of digital full text publications created by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. The following document types may be included in a legislative history: bills, reports, documents, hearings CRS reports, committee prints, Congressional Record sections), Presidential Signing Statements, and Statutes.

Regulatory Insight provides researchers with workflow solutions to facilitate research tasks associated with administrative law. As a companion to Legislative Insight, Regulatory Insight offers U.S. federal administrative law histories beginning in 1936, organized by federal statute and Executive Order.

Statistical Abstracts of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Contains over 1,400 individually indexed tables with attached spreadsheets.

Supreme Court Insight is a complete online collection of full opinions from Supreme Court argued cases, including per curiam decisions, with dockets, joint appendices and amicus briefs. Transcripts of oral arguments dating back to 1955 are also included.

History Vault: Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War