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Government Publication Office (GPO) Resource

The Government Publication Office (GPO) is a resource that can be used to view works that are created by agencies in the United States Government. Their terms of service are the following. The site houses publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. The site focuses on public access, content management and the digital preservation of government documents. They have collections of Bills and Statutes, Budget and Presidential materials, Congressional Committe materials, Executive Agency publications, Judicial Publications, Proceedings of Congress and General Congressional Publications and so on.

The Library of Congress Resource

The Library of Congress has always been a great research tool. Terms of use for the site are as follows.

The Library’s mission is “to engage, inspire, and inform Congress and the American people with a universal and enduring source of knowledge and creativity.” The United States’ Library of Congress has a vast digital collection that includes various formats of media. These formats include audio and video recordings, books/printed materials, film, video, legislation, manuscripts, maps, notated music, newspapers, personal narratives, photos, drawings, software, web archives, and 3D objects. The site also includes plenty of educational resources that can be used to engage students. These materials include classroom materials like lesson plans that utilize primary sources.