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Sources Available on the Internet

White House [Official Web site] -- Executive Office of the President

This official Web site includes a variety of information on the current Administration, including biographies and policies as well as full-text public statements, proclamations, and press releases. 

Presidential Materials [GPO ACCESS ] -- U.S. Government Printing Office

This site links to the following resources:

  • Budget of the United States Government
  • Economic Report of the President
  • Federal Register (Executive orders and proclamations)
  • Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
  • State of the Union Addresses
  • Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

The Code of Federal Regulations has an annual compilation of presidential statements in Title 3.  

The Office of the Federal Register coordinates the functions of the Electoral College and compiles information and statistics on presidential elections.

The American Presidency Project -- University of California at Santa Barbara

Sources Available at USF Libraries

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.  PERIODICALS.  Weekly.  LIB HAS v.1 (Aug. 2, 1965)- .

Public Papers of the President of the United States.  STACKS.  J80 .A283 LIB HAS 1929 - .

Federal Register.  LAW LIBRARY STACKS AND MICROFORMS. KF70 .A2  Daily (except Saturday, Sunday, and official Federal holidays).  LIB HAS v.1(1936)- . 

Code of Federal Regulations. Title 3, The President.  LAW LIBRARY STACKS.  KF70 .A3 LIB HAS 1936-1973 and 1991 - .  LAW LIBRARY MICROFORMS.  KF70 .A4 LIB HAS 1939 - .

America at the polls; a handbook of American presidential election statistics, 1920-1964. Compiled and edited by Richard M. Scammon. University of Pittsburgh Press.  STACKS JK524 .G6 

America at the polls 2 : a handbook of American presidential election statistics, 1968-1984 / compiled and edited by Richard M. Scammon and Alice V. McGillivray.  Congressional Quarterly. REFERENCE JK524 .S22 1988 

Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States.  Applewood Books.  REFERENCE J 81.4 .I53 2000. 

The Presidency A to Z / Michael Nelson, advisory editor. Congressional Quarterly. REFERENCE JK511 .P775 1998  An encyclopedia of topics on the U.S. Presidency.

The Presidency : a research guide / Robert U. Goehlert, Fenton S. Martin.  ABC-Clio Information Services.  REFERENCE E176.1 .G633 1985.  Provides a valuable introductory overview of major resources to consult when researching the Presidency.  This book was published in 1985 and some of the major sources are now available on the Web.  

Presidential vetoes, 1789-1988 / compiled by the Senate Library under the direction of Walter J. Stewart, Secretary of the Senate, by Gregory Harness, head reference librarian.  U.S. G.P.O. REFERENCE KF42.2 1992 

Presidential vetoes, 1989-1996 / compiled by the Senate Library under the direction of Gary Sisco by Gregory C. Harness. U.S. G.P.O. DOCUMENTS STACKS Y 1.3:S.Pub 105-22

The Presidents: a reference history / Henry F. Graff, editor. Charles Scribner's Sons. REFERENCE E176.1 .P918 1996  Contains comprehensive biographical and historical information on the U.S. Presidents.

Vital statistics on the presidency : Washington to Clinton / Lyn Ragsdale. Congressional Quarterly. REFERENCE JK518 .R34 1996


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