Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Helen Sheehy
Title: Head Social Sciences Library
Subject Specialist:
Law, Political Science, International Affairs
814-863-1347
e-mail: hms2@psu.edu
Federal laws are published in two forms:
The United States Statutes at Large (STAT)
The text of each federal law, in the exact language enacted by Congress, in chronological order.
The United States Code (USC)
A codification of federal statutes, rearranged by:
Note: [Penn State Libraries] indicates a Libraries' resource available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account.
Congressional [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
1789 to the present. Search by keyword or by citation.
HeinOnline [Penn State Libraries]
1789 to the present. Generally not as up-to-date as LexisNexis Academic. Search by keyword. Laws are in PDF format.
FDSys: Public and Private Laws
While this is not the Statutes at Large, this database contains the individual laws as passed by Congress and also provides the Statutes at Large citation.
United States Statutes at Large
Call number: KF50.A3
Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
2nd Floor Paterno Library
Congressional [ProQuest] [Penn State Libraries]
HeinOnline [Penn State Libraries]
LoislawConnect [Penn State Libraries]
United States Code via FDSys [Federal Digital System]
the Government Printing Office provides online access to the U.S. Code back to 1994
United States Code (USC)
Call number: KF62.A1
Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
2nd Floor Paterno Library
United States Code Annotated (USCA)
Call number: KF62.A35
Legal Alcove, Social Sciences Library Reference Collection
2nd Floor Paterno Library
