Sources for Student Publication Cite Checking

Administrative Code: Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.).

• Government Printing Office coverage from 1996 (authenticated pdf).
• Hein Online coverage from 1938 (pdf of original).

Register: Federal Register (F.R.).

• Hein Online coverage from volume 1 (pdf of original).

Administrative Decisions and other documents

• Check the agencies website (see Federal and State Websites)

Administrative Codes

• Check the state’s official website (see the Federal and State Websites tab). Remember to see if the State considers the online version to be an official version.
  • Example: Delaware has authenticated pdfs of its Administrative Code available here. (note the links to the pdfs are lon the full text pages.)

Registers

• Check the state’s official website (see the Federal and State Websites tab). Remember to see if the State considers the online version to be an official version.
  • Example: Delaware has an official version of its Register of Regulations available here.

Administrative Decisions and other documents

• Check the agencies website (see Federal and State Websites)

Is the State's Official Administrative Materials Online?

The American Association of Law Libraries has gathered information about state online legal information. The site gives direct links and identifies characteristics of the online information such as if it is official, authenticate, and if copyrights.

Online Legal Information Resources (last updated 2022).