Resources on the U.S. Presidency
American Presidency ProjectThe American Presidency Project was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The archives contain 75,795 documents related to the study of the Presidency.
Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of the American presidency
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.
Main Reference JK511.E53 1994 vols. 1 -4
Guide to the presidency
Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, c2002.
Main Reference JK516 .C57 2002 vols. 1 - 2
Vital statistics on the presidency : Washington to Clinton
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, c1996.
Main Reference JK518 .R34 1996
The presidents : a reference history
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons : Thomson/Gale, 2002.
Main Reference E176.1 .P918 2002
Encyclopedia of presidential campaigns, slogans, issues, and
platforms
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Main Reference E176.1 .R6 2004
America at the polls : a handbook of American presidential
election statistics
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1994-c2001.
Main Reference JK524 .A73 1994 vols. 1 - 2
Presidential elections.
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1995-
Main Reference JK524 .P68 1789/2004
Presidential Documents in the Oberlin College Library
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents| Main Periodicals | 1965-2000 |
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 3, The President
| US Gov Docs | AE 2.106/3-2: | 1936 -- |
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
| Main Reference | KF70.A473 | 1945 - 1989 |
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
| Main Library | J80 .A283 | Carter – George W. Bush (2003) |
| Main Library | 353.03 Un3P | Hoover - Ford |
The presidential papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt
| Main Reserve | J82 .D6 1996 | CD-ROM |
Online Access to Presidential Documents & Publications
via GPO Access- Federal Register (current executive orders and proclamations)
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 3, The President ( executive orders and proclamations 1997-2007)
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993-- )
- Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (George H. W. Bush --)
- State of the Union Addresses
- Public Papers of the President of the United States (March 1979 --)
- Executive Orders (July 1980 – )
Note: use the Legal tab to find law review articles
Other Sources
Online Access to Congressional Documents & Publications
CQ Press Sources
Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report/CQ Weekly| Main Periodicals | v.25-56 | 1967-2001 |
| online | 1983—present |
Congressional Quarterly Almanac
| Main Reference | JK1.C663 | 2001-2006 |
| Main Library | JK1.C663 | 1949-2005 |
| online | 1975 - 2005 | Note: this trial expires at the end of October |
Congress and the Nation
| Main Reference | KF49.C65 | 1997-2004 |
| Main Library | KF49.C65 | 1945-1996 |
Databases for Finding Articles
- Academic Search Complete
- America: History & Life
- PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
- PAIS International (1915 - 1976)
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Online Journal Collections
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
- Deep back file, (almost) no recent issues [“moving wall” of 2 –5 years]
- Flexible search parameters – one journal, a selection of journals, all journals
- Every word of every article is searchable
- Wildcard symbol (?) substitutes for individual characters
- OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC)
- includes Presidential Studies Quarterly (1998 - present )
- Emphasis on recent issues, shallow back file (varies by title)
- Limited search parameters - one journal at a time or all journals in a category
- Only words in citations and abstracts are searchable
- Truncation symbol (*) substitutes for multiple characters
- use proximity searching to bring search terms/concepts together
- "power president*"~7 (to find power within 7 words of president*)