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Federal Law

United States Statutes at Large
Permanent collection of the laws passed in each session of Congress in bound volumes.
Print call number: KF50 .U55 Government Information Reference
Holdings: 1939 to current; older volumes in microfiche collection under the same call number.
Online: GPO Access, 104th Congress to present (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws/index.html)
United States Code
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
Contains a consolidation and codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States arranged according to subject matter under 50 title headings.
Print call number: KF62 .A2 Government Information reference

Federal Regulations

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
All Federal regulations from ececutive agencies, arranged or codified, by subject; updated annually.
Print call number: KF62 .A6 Government Information Reference
Federal Register
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
Daily register of new and proposed Federal regulations and notices.
Print call number: J1 .A2 Government Information reference, current year, previous years in microform:
  • 1983-current microfiche
  • 1960-182 microprint
  • 1936-1959 microfilm

California Law

California Statutes
http://leginfo.ca.gov/statute.html
Laws passed by the California legislature in each year since 1851.
Print call number: JK8765 .A51 Government Information Reference (volume 1, 1849, is in Special collections)
(Deerings) California Codes
http://leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html
Codified laws of California, supplemented by pocket parts.
Print call number: KFC31, etc. Government Information Reference

California Regulations

California Code of Regulations
http://www.calregs.com/
California executive agency regulations; looseleaf service.
Location: Government Information reference Index Table.