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America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
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ProQuest "nuclear weapons" "weapons inspections" and iran india or pakistan soviet and not russia "nuclear weapons" and (soviet or russia) test?
UN Official Documents System "nuclear weapons" "weapons inspections" AND iran india or pakistan soviet AND NOT russia "nuclear weapons" and (soviet OR russia) test?
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Comprehensive Bibliographies and Indexes

Bibliographies and Indexes

As of 2008, approximately 85% of all federal government publications are available free of charge on the web. Most current series begin around 2001 but there are historical studies of U.S. foreign policy published afterwards as well as some digitization of older publications.

Both FirstGov and Google's U.S. Government Search are excellent sources for identifying copies of full text documents.

Federal Government Web Sites



Archival Material





President



Defense Agencies



Intelligence Community



State Department



Trade and Development Agencies

United Nations Mission



Congress

Publication Definition UMich Source Public Access Source
Background Information Identifies bills, keyplayers,
politics of issue
Congressional Quarterly, 1983+
CQ Almanac, 1945-2006
Congress Daily, 1991+
National Journal, 1977+
ProQuest
AllPolitics
CRS Reports
Google Uncle Sam
Bills Proposed Legislation Congressional Universe, 1989+
THOMAS, 1973+
THOMAS, 1973+
Hearings Committee Testimony Congressional Universe, 1789+
--Index, 1789+
--Full Text, 1900++
Legislative Sourcebook, 1995+
Selected full text
Committee Prints Background Research Congressional Universe, 1933+
--Index, 1933+
--Full Text, 1993+
Legislative Sourcebook, 1995+
Sometimes on committee web site
Committee Reports Committee Recommendations Congressional Universe, 1789+
--Index, 1789+
--Full Text, 1789-1969, 1988+
GPO Access, 1995+
Congressional Record Floor Debates Congressional Universe, 1985+ THOMAS, 1993+,

Laws

Laws are passed by Congress and given individual Public Law Numbers. They are later broken apart and placed with existing law on a subject. These laws-in-force appear in the United States Code. Regulations are issued by the Executive Branch to carry out the intent of the Congressional Law. They first appear in the Federal Register and then are broken apart and placed with existing regulations by subject in the Code of Federal Regulations.



Foreign Governments

Web Sources, 1995+

Historic Sources - 1995



International Agencies

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

International Organizations and Information (UMich)


United Nations Publications

UN Official Records | UN Web Sites | UN Publications

United Nations Official Records

Document Definition Index Full Text
Official RecordsDebatesAccess UN*, 1946+
UN Speech Index, 1983+
UN Yearbook: Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64
Access UN*, 1990+ if vote
UNODS, 1992+
DocCen in paper and fiche
ResolutionsLegislation that has been approved
Resolutions are not assigned an A/RES or S/RES designation until they are approved
Access UN*, 1946+
UN Yearbook: Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64
Access UN*, 1990+
UNODS, 1946+
UN Web Site
--GA, 1981+
--SC, 1974+
DocCen in paper and fiche
Draft ResolutionsProposed Resolutions Before Passed
Usually designated with numbers as A/55/L.62, S/13790, etc.
UNBISnet, 1979+ (Keyword search: B02)
Access UN*, 1946+
(keyword search: draft resolution)
UNODS, 1992+
Documents Center paper and fiche
Voting RecordsCountry Votes on Resolutions That Passed
For defeated resolutions, check UN debates by hand
Voting Records
--SC, 1946+
--GA, 1983+
Voting Records
--Security Council, 1946+
--General Assembly, 1983+
Mimeographed (Masthead)Letters and DraftsAccess UN*, 1946+ UN Web Site, some, 1990+
UNODS, 1992+
DocCen in paper and fiche

*Campus-Licensed Web Site


United Nations Web Sites

United Nations Publication Indexes



Military Statistics

Gateways to Individual Wars and Near Misses, 1945+



Treaties



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