Government documents can provide a wealth of primary source information. Government documents are official publications of government agencies (city, county, state, federal or international). These can include the census, codes, laws, regulations, maps and pamphlets or information on any subject you can think of! The UNT Libraries are part of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) which means we are charged with collecting, preserving and providing access to this information to our students and the community.

The staff at the Government Information Connection @ the Sycamore Library (inside Sycamore Hall) can help you find primary source materials to support your research paper!

Library of Congress Definition:

"Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience

Some Examples of Primary Source Materials:

• The DSycamore Libraryaration of Independence
• The Constitution of the United States
• The Federalist Papers
• The Bill of Rights
• CSPAN Video Library
• The American Presidency Project
• America Votes Presidential Campaign Memorabilia 
• UNT Libraries Government Information Connection @ the Sycamore Library (their staff can help you find primary source government documents)
• Polling data 

Please ask your Political Science Librarian if you have questions about appropriate primary source documents.