Historians often overlook a wealth of information on historical events published by the U.S. Government. Much of this material is available in libraries around the country in print form (Including the Alkek library) and, increasingly, in online formats. Explore Government Information resources.
Library of Congress has many good sources of historical information on their website. One key resource is American Memory project. American Memory is a multimedia web site of digitized historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps, and other resources from the Library of Congress’s vast holdings. A historic initiative in its own right, American Memory currently makes available more than 100 collections and more than 9 million individual items to users in the U.S. and throughout the world.
This can be a difficult task, however, some articles and bibliographies have been compiled to make it easier. Start with one of these if you need to do this type of research.
Early New England Court Records: A Bibliography of Published Materials
Colonial Court Records and the Study of Early American History