Library Guides: Political Science Research Guide: Executive Branch

Executive Branch

American Presidency Project
Extensive collection of resources relating to the American presidency.
Executive Orders Disposition Tables Index
Electronic access to index of Presidential Executive Orders from Truman to George W. Bush.
Miller Center of Public Affairs - Presidential Oral History
Sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, this oral history collection covers the presidencies of Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.
Official US Executive Branch Web Sites - Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room (Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress)
Metasite maintained by the Library of Congress with extensive links.
Presidential Documents: Overview
This guide provides documents and links to documents about the office of the President of the United States of America.
Public Papers of the Presidents
The full text of the publicly printed presidents' papers from Hoover to George W. Bush searchable by keyword maintained by the Political Science Department at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Public Papers of the Presidents by GPO
The Public Papers of the Presidents, which is compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), began in 1957 in response to a recommendation of the National Historical Publications Commission.
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Search Page
This is the electronic version going back to 1993 and searchable by keyword
The White House
Highlights the Executive Office of the President, which includes senior policy advisers and offices responsible for the President's correspondence and communications, the Office of the Vice President, and the Office of the First Lady.
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Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email. Contains the Interactive Citizens' Handbook with information on health, travel and tourism, education and training, and housing. Provides a tour and the history of the White House. Links to White House for Kids.