U.S. Government Publications

Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1929); Public Papers of the Presidents (1929-present); Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1977-2009); Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (2009-present); and various additional publications relating to the Presidency, with scattered date coverage. Full-text. UC Santa Barbara.

1960-2010. Full-text. Presidential proclamations, signing statements, speeches, communications to agencies & Congress, appointments & nominations, and materials released by the White House Press Secretary. HeinOnline.

1992-present. Full-text. Consists of the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents and the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents which are the official publications of materials released by the White House Press Secretary. Office of the Federal Register (OFR), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

1937-2017. Executive Orders Disposition Tables. Excel sheet with links to full-text. National Archives.

1826-present. Full-text. Includes Presidential directives, proclamations, signing statements, executive orders, memoranda, and other documents. Also provides links to sources that explain these documents. Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC.

Messages and Papers of the Presidents (1789-1929); Public Papers of the Presidents (1929-present); Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1977-2009); Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (2009-present); and various additional publications relating to the Presidency, with scattered date coverage. Full-text. UC Santa Barbara.

1931-latest. Full-text. HeinOnline.

Presidents have created such advisory groups (also called committees, commissions, boards, blue ribbon panels, or task forces) to advise them on particular problems or issues such Pearl Harbor, civil rights, the status of women, the assassination of JFK, the 1967 riots, Iran Contra, HIV/AIDS, the Challenger Space Shuttle accident, and 9/11.

The bibliographic listings of more than 6,300 reports and other documents from the administrations of Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump are indexed by commission/advisory body name, report title, report subject and presidential administration. Links to the full text of the reports are provided whenever possible. HeinOnline.

1790-present. Presidential speeches to Congress. UC Santa Barbara.

1936-present. Full-text. The official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. HeinOnline.