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Below is a listing of the most important US federal legal reference books in Hunter Library. Many of these resources are also available through two databases (LexisNexis Academic and Westlaw Campus Research), or online through US government websites; for example, the US Code is available at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html. See our US government documents page.

Federal Laws

United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.)
Current federal law arranged by 50 broad subject areas, or titles, and further subdivided by chapters and sections. Lengthy annotations including case citations. Kept current with pocket supplements and advance sheets.
Sample Citation: 7 U.S.C.S. § 612.
REF KF 62 1972 .L38

United States Statutes at Large (STAT.)
Each volume contains text of laws passed by a single session of Congress. Arrangement is chronological by public law number with a subject index at the end of each volume.
Sample Citation: 88 STAT. 378 or P.L. 93 - 355.
REF KF 50 .U54

Shepard's Federal Statute Citations
Citations to U.S. Constitution, US Code, US Statutes at Large, US Treaties, etc.
REF KF 101.U582

North Carolina Laws

General Statutes of North Carolina (N.C. Gen. Stat. or G.S.)
The code of North Carolina public law. Kept current with supplements and advance pamphlets. General index in volumes 23 and 24. Index references are to chapters and sections. G. S. § 7A-5 refers to General Statutes chapter 7A, section 5.
REF KFN 7430 .A2

North Carolina Session Laws and Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly
Each volume contains the laws and resolutions passed by a single session of the NC Legislature.
REF KFN 7425 .N6

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