Researching Federal Regulations

 

	Finding the text of a regulation	Updating a regulation	Finding cases construing regs regulation
Starting Point : CFR Cite Starting Point: CFR Cite	CFR - go directly to title Looseleaf Service - go to table or finding list of regulations => looseleaf paragraph # LEXIS - Genfed ;CFR title (16) and part (1500) title (16) and section (1500.17) Lexstat 16 cfr 1500.17 WESTLAW- CFR database pr ("title 16" & "part 1500") find 16 cfr 1500.17 CFR - Index & Finding Aids - Parallel Table of Authorities (USC cite, Stat. Large cite or Public Law #) Looseleaf Service - table or finding list of statutes => looseleaf paragraph # USCA/USCS - CFR references at the end of the statute section LEXIS - Genfed;cfr authority (15 pre/5 1262) WESTLAW-CFR cr ("15 u.s.c.*" +4 1262)	LSA (List of Sections Affected) and Federal Register - List of CFR Sections Affected. See How to Update a Regulation,below. Federal Register Index (CIS)- Index by CFR Section Numbers Looseleaf Service - cumulative index, check reg. paragraph # for update paragraph # LEXIS - Genfed library; fedreg file cfr (16 and 1500.17) and date aft mm/dd/yy (mm/dd/yy is the currency date on the screen of the CFR document that is being updated) WESTLAW -CFR database While viewing the CFR document, type update. How to Update a Regulation Regulation: 16 CFR 1500.17, in CFR volume dated January 1, 1995. Assume todays date is 3/17/96. 1. LSA - Check the most recent LSA and work backward in time so the time period from Jan 1, 1995 forward is covered. Jan. 96 Covers Jan 2-31, 1996 Dec. 95 Covers Jan 3 - Dec 29, 1995 2. Federal Register - Check the Federal Register CFR Parts Affected During Month table for the last day of every month after LSA coverage ends. Feb. 29, 1996 covers Feb. 1996 March 16, 1996 covers until yesterday. 3. Find the dates for all Federal Register pages referred to by checking the Table of Federal Register Issue Pages and Dates in LSA and the Federal Register. 4. Read the update in the Federal Register.	Shepard's Code of Federal Regulations Citations American Jurisprudence - Table of Statutes, Rules, and Regulations Cited Looseleaf Service Index - by subject Cumulative index - by looseleaf paragraph # Citator volume - by regulation cite LEXIS - Any caselaw library and file. 16 w/5 cfr or code w/5 1500.17 or @1500.17 WESTLAW - Any caselaw database. "16 c.f.r." /5 1500.17
Starting Point : Statute Cite Starting Point : Statute Cite	CFR - Index & Finding Aids - Parallel Table of Authorities & Rules (access points - USC cite, statute cite, public law number) Index to the Code of Federal Regulations (CIS) USCA/USCS - CFR references at the end of the statute section; Index and Finding Aids to the Code of Federal Regulations (USCS only) LEXIS - Genfed ;CFR file authority (15 pre/5 1262) WESTLAW- CFR database cr ("15 u.s.c.*" +4 1262)
Starting Point : Subject Starting Point : Subject Starting Point : Subject	CFR - Index and Finding Aids (by agency, then subject) Index to the Code of Federal Regulations (CIS) Looseleaf Service - subject or topical index LEXIS - Genfed ;CFR file Boolean or freestyle search WESTLAW- CFR database Terms and connectors or natural language search

Prepared by Leslie Rich, Training Coordinator/Reference Librarian, New York University Law Library