GPO Access is a U.S. Government information portal service offered by the Government Printing Office (GPO) and includes full-text searching of databases, including Congressional Reports & Bills, Laws, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Presidential materials, Judicial resources, Catalog of Government Publications, and more.
[Note: The information on GPO Access is in the process of being migrated to GPO's gpo.gov website and the Federal Digital System (FDsys), a process that will be complete in mid-2009. The information on GPO Access will remain current and continue to be available until migration is complete.]
Many resources on this site are available in print and/or older editions are on the 4th floor.
Do a title search in the librar catalog to check holdings.
FDsys (Federal Digital System) database provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies. The migration of information from GPO Access into FDsys will be complete in late-2009. Some congressional collections currently available on FDsys include:
- Budget of the United States Government (FY 2010)
- Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 - Present)
- Congressional Bills (103rd Congress - Present)
- Congressional Calendars (104th Congress - Present)
- Congressional Committee Prints (105th Congress -Present)
- Congressional Directory (105th Congress - Present)
- Congressional Documents (104th Congress - Present)
- Congressional Hearings (105th Congress - Present)
- Congressional Record (Bound) (1999 - 2001)
- Congressional Record (Daily) (1994 - Present)
- Congressional Record Index (Daily) (1983 - Present)
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- Congressional Reports (104th Congress - Present)
- Economic Indicators (1995 - Present)
- Economic Report of the President (1995 - Present)
- Federal Register (1994 - Present)
- GAO Reports & Comptroller General Decisions (1994 - 2008)
- Government Manual (1995 - Present)
- History of Bills (1983 - Present)
- List of CFR Sections Affected (1997 - Present)
- Public and Private Laws (104th Congress - Present)
- Statutes at Large (2003 - 2006)
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Many resources on this site are available in print and/or older editions are on the 4th floor.
Do a title search in the library catalog to check holdings.
LexisNexis Congressional database contains full-text and/or citations of historical and current government legislation from a variety of government resources. (Take note of any citations you find that do not include the full text of the document and search our library catalog or visit the 4th floor to see if we own a print copy!)
THOMAS: "Legislative Information on the Internet" contains bills currently in Congress, as well as historical information on bills, committees, and roll call votes.
Federal Legal Resources
REMINDER: ***For historical or older government and legal information, the print sources may help you more than the online sources!***
Court Cases
Lower Federal Courts:
Online Database: Go to the library homepage, click on "Find Journal Articles", find and click on LexisNexis Academic
and then click on the "Legal" taband click on "Federal & State Cases". The drop down menu next to "Sources" gives you more choices to search from, including by individual state. Enter your keywords or case name, etc. and hit the search button to see your results.
Print Source: Federal Reporter on the 2nd floor stacks (KF105 .F4)
Supreme Court:
Internet Site: Supreme Court cases from 1893 to the present can be found at: www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Online Database: Go to the library homepage, click on "Find Journal Articles", find and click on LexisNexis Academic and then click on the "Legal" tab and click on "Federal & State Cases". The drop down menu next to "Sources" gives you more choices to search from, including just searching "U.S. Supreme Court Cases...". Enter your keywords or case name, etc. and hit the search button to see your results.
Print Source: United States Reports in the Reference stacks (Ref KF101 .A15)
Laws (Statutes)
Internet Sites: The U.S. Code http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode is the codification of federal law. For information on bills currently in Congress, as well as historical information on bills, committees, and roll call votes, see THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet http://thomas.loc.gov.
Online Database: Go to the library homepage, click on "Find Journal Articles", find and click on LexisNexis Academic and then click on the "Legal" tab and click on "Federal & State Codes". The drop down menu next to "Sources" allows you to select different titles of the U.S. Code or State Codes to search from as well. Enter your keywords and hit the search button to see your results.
Print Source: U.S. Code is also available in print in the Reference stacks (Ref KF62). It is arranged by subject and published every 6 years and is updated by the U.S. Code Annotated (Ref KF62). The United States Statutes At Large (Ref KF50 .A15) is the chronological arrangement of federal law published at the end of each session of Congress. Indexes by subject and by Popular Name are shelved with these sources.
Regulations (Administrative Law)
Internet Sites: Code of Federal Regulations http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html is the codification of federal agency regulations. The Federal Register www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html is the chronological publication of federal regulations issued every business day.
Online Database: Go to the library homepage, click on "Find Journal Articles", find and click on LexisNexis Academic and then click on the "Legal" tab and click on "Federal & State Codes". Go to the drop-down menu next to "Sources" and select either "CFR - Code of Federal Regulations" or "FR - Federal Register". Enter your keywords and hit the search button to see your results.
Print Source: Code of Federal Regulations is also available in print in the Government Documents Department on the 4th floor, and is arranged by issuing agency and subject. The Federal Register is also available in print in the Government Documents Department on the 4th floor. Ask for assistance!
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