...
Online, searchable versions of the U.S.C. are available from a variety of sources: GPO Access, Electronic Version (GPO), , FDsys; Office of the Law Revision Counsel (House of Representatives), Cornell University Law School, The U.S.C. is also available in LexisNexis Academic http://www.drew.edu/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=10805. The Electronic Version and the Cornell University Law School site are easy to navigate and browse.
...
Context and background information to laws passed by Congress through a topic or subject is possible from LexisNexis Congressional possible from Proquest Congressional (Drew only, accessed fromResources by Title) and Thomas (from the Library of Congress) The several reference tools located in US Docs Ref section provide background and aid access to laws from 1789 onward, through subject/keyword or through Act name (CIS, Monthly Catalog, Cumulative Subject or Title Index to the Monthly Catalog, etc.). University of Berkeley Library provides helpful guides for Congressional Research.
...
Access to regulations by subject or topic, by U.S.C. or Statutes at Large citation is possible with the CRF Index and Finding Aids volume of the CFR, the final volume of the series. However, as with the U.S.C., preliminary research in secondary sources such as Lexis-Nexis is helpful for proper terminology particularly for subject or topic searching, and in the case of the CFR, for identifying the appropriate Federal agency involved in enforcing or overseeing the regulation. The CFR is also available online at GPO Access. Boolean operators can be used, but must be capitalized. The adjacent operator must also be capitalized: ADJ. Quotation marks ("") are needed for phrases. The CFR is also searchable through LexisNexis. Click on Legal Research and then Federal Regulations. Drop down the Source List menu and opt for Code of Federal Regulations. Tips provided on the search page aid searching. FDsys.
LSA: List of CFR Sections Affected updates changes to Federal regulations. A record of affected sections appears in each volume of the current CFR. The LSA is also available online from GPO Access. Detailed information about Federal regulations that appear in the CFR, as well as updates to the annual CFR, appear in the Federal Register.
...
Federal agency rules, proposed rules, and notices as well as executive orders and other presidential documents are published in the Federal Register, issued daily Monday through Friday. Online Online versions of the Federal Register are are available from GPO FDsys Access from Volume 59 (1994), with searchable fields available from 1995 onward. LexisNexis . LexisNexis Academic has the full text of the FR from July 1, 1980 onward1936 onward (Drew only, accessed fromResources by Title).
| Wiki Markup |
|---|
Searching the [Federal Register|http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html] online is by subject, agency, table of contents by issue date, regulation part number, by *List of CRF Part Affected*, by page number and by citation. Combinations of the above are also possible (e.g., "department of commerce" AND encryption). Again, Boolean operators, and the ADJ connector, *must* be capitalized. Quotation marks ("") are needed for phrases. For searching tips please consult the [helpful hints|http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/tips.html] section. *Federal Register* citations appear as follows: *{_}41 FR 56,623-56,624 \[Dec. 29, 1976\]_*. 41 indicates the volume, and 56,523-56,524 the page numbers, followed by the publication date. |
...