1. Government Information for Historical Research Dana Jackson Government Documents Coordinator

2. Tools you WILL NEED for your paper. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) Congressional Record Committee Hearings TheSerial Set

3. Foreign Relations of the United States(FRUS) S 1.1: Official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Comprised of documents from presidential libraries, State and Defense departments, and private papers, etc… Organized by president, location, and topic. Digitized volumes with the State Dept. and the University of Wisconsin.

4. Congressional Record X 1.1: Official record of the proceedings and debates of Congress. Daily Digest is in the back each issue summarizing floor and committee activities. Appendix after each session for extended remarks. Microfilm from 1789 to 1985 Indexeson beginning reel of each session.

5. Committee Hearings Y 4’s Hearings Meetings of Senate, House, Joint, or Special Committee Open to the public Gather, investigate, oversee, exploratory Published two months to two years after the hearing date Indexed 1935-1959, Cumulative Index of Congressional Committee Hearings, KF 40. C86 1959-1969, CISU.S. Congressional Committee Hearings Index, KF 40. C56 1970-present, CIS Index to the Publications of Congress, KF 49. C62 ILL procedures

6. The Serial Set Y 1.1/2: Wealth of information House/Senate documents and reports Presidential statements to Congress Congressional committee and administrative reports Annual reports of departments and agencies Directories, orations, journals, maps, and etc. Books: 1901-1988, scattered holdings, Microfiche: 1947-1953 Indexed 1789-1969, CIS Serial Set Index, KF 49. C619 1970- present, CIS Index to the Publications of Congress, KF 49. C62

7. Other U.S. Government Sources Public Papers of the President of the United States AE 2.114: Documents on Disarmament AC 1.11/2:

8. Department of State Bulletin S 1.3:

9. All Readily Available Resources????

10. WorldCat and other databases WorldCat Readers Guide Retro American Periodicals Series Newspapers New York Times Historical Christian Science Monitor Historical Oklahoman Archives PAIS

11. Archival materials 100 Years of Oklahoma’s Governors The Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives American Memory Library of Congress Newspapers Presidential Libraries

12. Questions Department hours 8a-11p, M-TR 8a-6p, Fri., 10-6p, Saturday 12p-11p, Sunday Dana Jackson govdocs@uco.edu 974-2904