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Legislative information
Free of Charge
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Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet provides up-to-date information on federal bill summaries and status, bill texts, Congressional record and committee information, public laws by law number, and more.
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- Comprehensive data on federal legislative activity
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Good search function
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U.S. Government
Printing Office
Free of Charge
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Main page of the U.S. Government Printing
Office.
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- Documents may be retrieved
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Good director
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Federal
Register
Free of Charge
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The
Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed
Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as
Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. Helpful Hints provide
instructions for searching the database.
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- Documents may be retrieved
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Good search function
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Code of Federal
Regulations
Free of Charge
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The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a
codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal
Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the Federal
Government.
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Public
and private laws
Free of Charge
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The Public Laws database is a collection of laws enacted during the 106th Congress (1999-2000), 105th Congress (1997-1998) and 104th Congress (1995-1996) and are prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register
(OFR), National Archives and Records Administration.
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FindLaw
Free of Charge
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Contains all types of information relating to laws and legal matters.
Strengths/weaknesses
- Good search function
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Focus on USA
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Lexis-Nexis Internet access possible
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Comprehensive database with strong focus on legal and regulatory information.
Strengths/weaknesses
- Largest literature database for the USA
- Good source for legal topics
- Very targeted search
- Requires training
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