OU Government Documents Collection
The University of Oklahoma's Government Documents Collection is in storage, and items may be retrieved via Sooner Xpress. Contact the Government Documents Librarian, Jeffrey Wilhite, and see his research guides.
Oklahoma
Guides from the OU Law Library
Other Oklahoma Databases
- Documents.OK.GovState government publications and documents. Also see the Oklahoma Publications Clearinghouse, which holds state government publications from every agency and is located in Oklahoma City.
- Gateway to Oklahoma History (Oklahoma Historical Society)An online repository of Oklahoma history. Includes historic newspapers, publications, photographs, maps, and documents.
- Oklahoma AlmanacOklahoma’s official state government blue book, a major reference source on the State of Oklahoma, including state government information, election results, county statistics, education and commerce information, and a wildlife and nature section.
- Oklahoma Government ResourcesA guide to many Oklahoma resources from a Rogers State University librarian.
- Oklahoma LegislatureOfficial site of the Oklahoma State Legislature.
- Oklahoma Session Laws (HeinOnline)Laws of the State of Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma State Agency DatabasesA listing of publicly searchable databases produced by agencies of the State of Oklahoma.
- State Agency SalariesFrom Oklahoma Watch. Data is from the Office of Management and Enterprise Service.
- State of Oklahoma PayrollFrom the state of Oklahoma. (For OU's budget, see University of Oklahoma Operating Budget Detail: Norman Campus. Please note: The OU budget is a paper resource. The most recent edition is on reserve at the Circulation Desk. Call number: LD 4313 .U562)
Federal
- Congress and the Courts (HeinOnline)Provides access to relevant sources relating to the composition and structure of Article III Courts, as well as documents prepared by various Congresses relating to the purpose, formation, organization and restructuring of the federal government.
- 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.
- Government Printing Office (FirstSearch/OCLC)Index of U.S. government documents and some technical reports.
- GovInfoProvides access to information disseminated by the U.S. Government Printing Office. It provides official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
- Legislative Insight (ProQuest)A federal legislative history service containing full-text publications generated by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. Texts available include the full text of the Public Law itself, Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, prints, and other congressional publications.
- LLMC DigitalDocuments related to the U.S. Federal Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches.
- Session Laws Library (HeinOnline)Contains the session laws of all 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as well as governmental session laws from the United States, Australia, Canada, and the Bahamas. Full text available.
- U.S. Congressional Documents (HeinOnline)Features the complete Congressional Record bound version (PDF), as well as the daily version back to 1980 (updated daily). Also includes the following predecessor titles: Journals of the Continental Congress (1774-1789), Annals of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873), as well as Congressional Hearings (1927-2012) and other important congressional material.
- United States Code (current; U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the United States House of Representatives.
- United States Code (to 2018; HeinOnline)Full-text of the United States Code (official version) and the Statutes at Large in PDF page image format going back to the start of these publications. This database should be your source for locating official Acts of Congress or references to the official code.
- United States Documents Masterfile (Paratext)Over 9.5 million links to digital content, including full-text printed material, maps, photographs, illustrations, and statistical datasets.