ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS

I. Standard Search Strategies

A. Lexis

• choose More Sources - Federal Legal-U.S./ Executive Branch

Federal Legal-U.S./ Administrative Agency

• .gu - as search to determine what database/file contains
• search GUIDE:GUIDE - for availability and coverage
• segments - use to retrieve specific documents or to narrow search - heading, section

B. Westlaw

• look through directory
• scope - 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

II. Relevant Libraries:Files and Databases

A. Lexis

genfed;cfr - Code of Federal Regulations

exec;fedreg - Federal Register (back to 7/1/80)

genfed;presdc - Executive materials from Weekly Compiliation of Documents (e.g. executive orders) (back to 3/79)

Administrative agency decisions, e.g., envirn;intdec - Department of Interior ALJ decisions

cfr - Code of Federal Regulations

fr - Federal Register (back to 1980)

us-regtrk - federal regulation tracking

regtrk - state and federal regulation tracking

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

III. Sample Searches

A. Lexis

genfed;cfr - heading(burro) or section(burro)

lexstat 43 cfr 4710.7

exec;fedreg - cfr(43) and 4710.7 and date aft 2/20/98

lexsee 51 fr 7414

exec;fedreg - burro or wild horses and date aft 2/20/98

genfed;presdc - burro or wild horses

envirn;intdec - burro or wild horses

envirn;ibla - burro or wild horses

shepards - 9 cfr 381.118

genfed;courts - 43 cfr pre/2 4710!

- 12954

B. Westlaw

cfr - ca,pr(burro "wild horses')

fi - 9 cfr 381.118

update

fr -burro "wild horses" and da(aft 2/27/98)

fi 51 FR 7414

pres - "executive order" and da(1998)

shepards - 9 cfr 381.118

allfeds - 43 cfr pre/2 4710!

12954

C. WEB

Executive Branch Departments - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/gpage.htm#exec

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

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

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