Tools for Depository Administration: Research Aids

Information about politicians and their activities; elections, campaigns, and voting; and political activism compiled by the University of North Texas. Some links may be specific to materials in their collection.

The Center is a private, non-partisan, non-profit educational and research organization whose purpose is to help people better understand Congress.

The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) is more than a traditional library. Recognizing that our customers no longer expect to work within the walls of a library, these pages are designed to provide NARA staff and researchers nationwide with convenient access to content beyond the physical holdings of our two traditional libraries. ALIC provides access to information on American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents to NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public. Material on Congress covers general information, Records of Proceedings, Research Support, the Senate, the House of Representatives and also Law and Legal Resources.

Source for news on Capitol Hill since 1955

US Senate site on years and coordinating congressional sessions.

Track bills in Congress, your representative’s voting records, upcoming committee meetings, and get alerts by email.
GovTrack.us, a project of Civic Impulse, LLC (a non-government company) now in its 10th year, is one of the worldʼs most visited government transparency websites. The site helps ordinary citizens find and track bills in the U.S. Congress and understand their representatives’ legislative record.

While it is generated for Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law students, faculty, and staff, the guide offers information on free online resources for bill tracking as well as subscription resources.

The American Presidency Project (americanpresidency.org), was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Their archives contain 105,313 documents related to the study of the Presidency.

Last updated 2009 version

Current, up to date documents research libguide from UMich

Univ. of N. Texas created the CyberCemetery as an archive of government websites that have ceased operation (usually websites of defunct government agencies and commissions that have issued a final report). This collection features a variety of topics indicative of the broad nature of government information.

Western Illinois University Government Docs home page. Lots of good links.

selection of the most useful tools for the administration of Federal and New York State depository collections and public web pages associated with those collections.

LibGuide with links to additional links to guides on elections, legislative tracking, taxes and census.

Sites, publications, statistics, and agencies from Agriculture to Veterans Affairs