Government Documents
The University of Oklahoma's Government Documents Collection is now in storage, but items may still be retrieved via Sooner Xpress. Contact the Government Documents Librarian, Jeffrey Wilhite, and see his research guides.
- American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)Sources include nearly every document from Messages and Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1787-1902) and The Public Papers of the Presidents (1929-present). Updated regularly from the materials provided by the White House media office, the Government Printing Office, and the National Archives (NARA).
- American Presidents: Life Portraits (C-SPAN)This collection of video and articles is about the past and present American Presidents, the First Ladies, and more. Includes original television footage.
- Avalon Projects, 21st Century Documents (Yale Law)Documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
- Congressional (Proquest)Includes hearings (1824-present); CRS Reports (1916-present); House and Senate Documents/Reports (Serial Set; 1817-present); legislative histories (1969-present); bills and laws (1776-present); miscellaneous publications including GAO, CBO, the American State Papers, the House and Senate Journals (1789-present); vote reports (1987-present); maps (1789-2007); Congressional Record (1789-present); executive branch (1789-1932); and presidential materials such as executive orders (1789-present). Many of these are full text.
- Famous Presidential Speeches (University of Virginia)Collected by the Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history, providing critical insights for the nation's governance challenges.
- The Living Room Candidate (Museum of the Moving Image)American presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2024, search by year, political issue, presidential candidate, and more.
- National Security Archive (George Washington University)Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive includes a library and archive of declassified U.S. documents.
Legal Research
The Donald E. Pray Law Library is open to main campus students, and many (but not all) of their online resources are also available with a main campus OUNetID. See their Beginner's Guide to Law Library Resources, guide to the Supreme Court of the United States, and all their guides. Contact their Reference Desk at (405) 325-5268 or email them at Law-LibraryReference@ou.edu
See also the primary sources guide to legal research.