ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS

I. Standard Search Strategies

A. Westlaw

Database Directory - Federal Materials, Administrative Rules and Regulations

- Federal Materials, Other Administrative and Executive Materials

- Federal Materials, Other Administrative and Executive Materials, Administrative Materials Organized by Area of Practice

- State Materials, Administrative and Executive Materials

- State Materials, Connecticut, Administrative and Executive Materials

scope or i link - to determine what database/file contains

search IDEN database - for availability and coverage

fields - use to retrieve specific documents or to narrow search - ca,pr

B. Lexis

Source Directory - Federal Legal-U.S.

- Federal Legal-U.S., Executive Branch Materials

- Federal Legal-U.S., Administrative Agency Materials

- Federal Legal-U.S., Administrative Agency Materials, Individual Agencies

- Legislation & Politics : U.S. Executive Branch (Non Legal)

- States Legal-U.S.

- States Legal-U.S., Combined States

- States Legal-U.S., Connecticut, Administrative Materials

- Legislation & Politics/U.S. States

- Legislation & Politics : Government & Political Reference

i - as search to determine what database/file contains

search Source Directory - for availability and coverage

segments - use to retrieve specific documents or to narrow search - heading, section

II. Relevant Databases and Sources

A. Westlaw

Database Directory hierarchy- Federal Materials, Administrative Rules and Regulations

cfr - Code of Federal Regulations

fr - Federal Register (back to 1980)

us-regtrk - federal regulation tracking

regtrk - state and fed. regulation tracking

Database Directory hierarchy- Federal Materials, Other Administrative and Executive Materials

wcpd - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, back to 1/1/1995

pres-daily - documents released by the White House, back to 1/20/1993

pres - executive orders back to 1936, other presidential documents back to 1984

us-govman, fedyb - U.S. Government Manual, Federal Yellow Book (fed. government directories)

B. Lexis

Code of Federal Regulations - Federal Legal-U.S.

Federal Register (back to 7/1/1980) - Federal Legal-U.S.

Federal Regulation Tracking - Legislation & Politics : U.S. Executive Branch (Non Legal)

RegAlert - state regulation tracking - Legislation & Politics/U.S. States

Presidential Documents - Executive materials from Weekly Compilation of Documents (e.g. executive orders) (back to 3/1979) - Federal Legal-U.S., Executive Branch Materials

Individual administrative agency decisions, e.g., - Department of Interior, ALJ decisions - Federal Legal-U.S., Administrative Agency Materials, Individual Agencies

United States Government Manual - federal government directory - Legislation & Politics : Government & Political Reference

C. WEB

Executive Branch Departments - http://elsinore.cis.yale.edu/lawweb/gov.htm

Federal Web Locator - http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html

GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dbsearch.html

State Materials - various sites, see e.g. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/refhot.htm

III. Sample Searches

A. Westlaw

cfr - ca,pr(burro "wild horses") and transport!

FR -burro "wild horses" and da(aft 2/2/99)

find 15 CFR 806.15

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