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Interlibrary Loan
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Useful Subject Headings

Executive Power -- United States

Executive Power -- United States -- History

Presidents -- United States

(President's Name)

American Presidency Series

American Presidency Series
The American Presidency Series. published by the University of Kansas Press, provides scholarly works on individual presidential administrations. To see a list of titles from the series available at SSU and other local libraries, click on the link.

Call Numbers for Books on the Presidency and Presidents

Books on the Executive Branch have a call number between JK 501 and JK 868. They are on the 3rd floor of the Library.

The link below is to the Library of Congress Classification Code for the History of the Americas. Click on United States and scroll down until you find the administration of the president in which you are interested. The call numbers are in the left column. These books are on the 2nd floor of the Library.

Library of Congress American History Call Numbers
Click on United States and scroll down the list until you find the Presidential Administration you want. The call numbers are to the left.

Databases

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Web Resources

The American Presidency Project
Site containing presidential documents, statistics, videos, and transcripts of interviews and debates, among materials. Created and maintained by the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Links to Presidential Libraries from the American Presidency Project
From the American Presidency Project.
The Miller Center
Based at the University of Virginia, the Miller Center is "a nonpartisan institute that seeks to expand understanding of the presidency, policy, and political history, providing critical insights for the nation’s governance challenges." Includes a Presidential Speech Archive and Oral History collection.

Reference Sources

Guide to the Presidency and Executive Branch (Online)
Publication Date: 2013
This comprehensive two-volume guide is the definitive source for researchers seeking an understanding of those who have occupied the White House and on the institution of the U.S. presidency. Readers turn Guide to the Presidency and the Executive Branch for its wealth of facts and analytical chapters that explain the structure, powers, and operations of the office and the presidents relationship with Congress and the Supreme Court.
The Presidents: A Reference History (Online)
Publication Date: 2002
This book is useful for its bibliographies on each of the presidents.
Student's Guide to the Presidency (Online)
Publication Date: 2009
Provides short overviews of each president's term of office and administration from Washington to George W. Bush. Includes helpful suggestions of further readings.
Congress and the Nation (Print)
This series has a section on the President and the Executive Branch in each volume which provides a good overview of a president's term. Volume II, 1965-1968 also has a discussion on presidential power and it's evolution beginning on page 628.
The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency (Print)
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency (Print)

Journals on the Presidency

Presidential Papers

Public Papers of the President of the United States
Call Number: J80 .A283 (1945-2004)
Available online or in print. The online version covers the public papers of Herbert Hoover (1929) - Barak H. Obama (2013). Includes addresses to the nation, bill signings and vetoes, executive orders, communications with Congress and Federal Agencies, meetings with foreign leaders and international officials, and photographs of the presidents.

Compilation of Presidential Documents
Consists of the Daily and Weekly Compilations of Presidential Documents released by the White House Press Secretary. Covers 1992 - 2020. Published by the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives and Records Administration.

Subject Guide

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Finding Scholarly Information on Google

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Evaluating Webpages

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
This guide from the University of California, Berkeley Libraries is an excellent overview of how to evaluate websites.
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet (Johns Hopkins University Libraries)