Government Information

Historical

This guide describes BC's status in the Federal Depository Library Program and introduces major federal government document resources.

We have a separate research guide for historical research and a guide for American History.

American Memory Project: Library of Congress database; images are digital facsimiles and are not fully searchable; descriptive information can be searched.
American State Papers, 1789-1838: Part of the Archive of Americana database : Full text, fully searchable database. 1789-1835. (BC Community Only)
The Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1895-1976 was established by the Printing Act of January 12, 1895. This website catalogs all publications of the United States government, including those of the Congress and all executive departments (with the exception of administrative and confidential or restricted documents).
U.S. Electoral College from the National Archives and Records Administration: Information about the electoral college and historic election results

More resources:

American State Papers, 1789-1838 This link opens in a new window
Search every legislative and executive document of the first through fourteenth U.S. Congresses; also contains Executive Department materials. Covers political, social and military history, as well as cultural, ethnic and international studies. This database is the seminal set of U.S. government publications and a rich source of primary material
US Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new window
A full text searchable collection of sources on all aspects of U.S. history compiled by Congress in numbered sequence (hence its name the Serial Set), including government reports, journals, hearings, messages, petitions, resolutions, monographs, treaties, presidential communications, maps and so forth from 1817 to 1980. Also includes the full text of the American State Papers (1789-1838).

David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Election Results: Maps of voting results back to 1789.
2000 Election by State: Data from the 2000 election from the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies

2020 Election Information

2011-2020 Elections

2011-2020 Elections Legislation Database

This database contains state legislation related to the 2011 to 2020 elections, from the National Conference of State Legislatures.