You may discover the need for an unfamiliar type of material. Sometimes a lucky Internet search will reveal the needed text but industry standards, for example, are usually not freely available. Also, even freely available technical materials government sometimes seem to be hidden away or can be difficult to interpret.
U.S Federal Regulations:
are published in the Federal Register and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations. Both are available through these databases:
Regulatory material may also be published and available at the website of the issuing agency.
Reports / Rulings / Enforcements:
Reports of interest for this class are often reports from agencies of the U.S. federal government are often posted freely on the Internet and may be found with a browser search. If this fails, try next going to the website of the agency responsible for the report. Information at the site may also help with knowing whether a report has been issued. For example:
For reports from non-governmental research groups:
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To limit a general Google search to results from government agencies, limit the domain using ":gov." For example:
For a detailed introduction to government resources, see this guide:
Beyond government regulations, patents, and reports, there's more. For example, you may need to know about court decisions and commentary.
If you do need information from the courts, these are the sources we think to use:
For expert help with legal sources, you may want to seek help from staff at the UT Law Library.
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