UofL Libraries: POLS 649: Seminar in Comparative Politics (Abbott): Government Documents

United States Government Publications

Search the following sites & databases for materials relevant to your countries.

Congress.gov
Provides US law as well as pending legislation.
FDsys: Federal Digital System
Includes the full-text of the Congressional Record, Federal Register, congressional bills, and other congressional documents.
U.S. Department of the Treasury: Office of Foreign Assets Control - Sanctions Programs and Information
"The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States" (Home Page).

ProQuest Congressional

Foreign Relations of the United States

"This series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. It is comprised of more than 600 books beginning with Abraham Lincoln's administration in 1861 and continuing to the administration of Jimmy Carter in 1980" (Hein Online description).

Access FRUS online through Hein Online.

Hein Online

Related documents prior to FRUS:

Diplomatic correspondence of the United States : inter-American affairs, 1831-1860

American State Papers -- Legislative and Executive Documents of Congress, 1789 - 1938.

Papers relating to foreign affairs - 1861 - 1868.

Foreign Government Information

Guide to Law Online: Nations
Provided by the Library of Congress, this resource provides an alphabetical list of legal research guides by country.

Department of State

The United States Department of State focuses on foreign policy. Their website contains policy issues, press briefings, and a wealth of other materials on policy issues in a site that is well-organized for finding information on specific areas of interest.

Earlier U.S. Department of State Documents

U.S. Department of State Dispatch

Monthly report of US foreign policy, 1990 - 1999. Available online and in print.

U.S. Department of State Bulletin

The earlier version of the Dispatch, 1939 - 1989. Available online and in print.

American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (1956 - 1967)

Available in print at Ekstrom Library, 3rd floor, E744 .A45.

American Foreign Policy: Current Documents (1981 - 1991)

Available in print at Ekstrom Library, 3rd floor, E744 .A45.

American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1977-1980.

Available in print at Ekstrom Library, 3rd floor, E744 .A45.

American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1950-1955.

Available in print at Ekstrom Library, 3rd floor, E744 .A448 1957.

A decade of American foreign policy: basic documents, 1941-1949.

Available in print at Ekstrom Library, 3rd floor, JX1416 .A47 1950