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HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Full text searching and PDFs of U.S. official documents, including the Pentagon Papers, U.S. Statutes at Large, Presidential Library, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), as well as a Supreme Court Library, Treaties and Agreements Library, Women and the Law, Legal Classics and World Constitutions Illustrated, among others.

Guide to Government Information
The Helmke Library guide to federal, state, local and international government information.
American Presidency Project
Contains the public papers of the presidents, annual messages to Congress on the State of the Union, inaugural addresses, news conferences, executive orders, and more.

U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Covers major international and domestic events since 1945 declassifed from government agencies, the National Archives and Presidential Libraries.
Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new window
Declassified documents on international, U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945, from the National Security Archive at George Washington University. See also: FBI Records: The Vault.

Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics
A nonpartisan research institute dedicated to the study of Indiana state politics and located at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).
GovInfo.gov
The U.S. Government Publishing Office's digital portal, with U.S. bills, laws, Congressional reports, presidential papers, Supreme Court documents, regulatory information and more. See also the Govinfo.gov Guide and the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.
Homeland Security Digital Library
Homeland security policy documents, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School.
Helmke Library Catalog
The Library's catalog includes all recent U.S. government e-publications as well as Helmke Library's print document collection.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes federal and state cases and federal statutes and regulations as well as law reviews and news sources.

National Archives Catalog
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds the historical records of the U.S. federal government. The catalog searches both digitized items and physical items held by NARA.