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Pharmacy Practice: Using Government Documents
Cass Hartnett, U.S. Documents Librarian

Start your research by consulting this table of quick links for Federal & Washington State Resources for Legislation/Regulation http://www.lib.washington.edu/Govpubs/fedstategrid.html

GPO Access provides the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register and much more, free to the public through the Government Printing Office http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

LexisNexis Congressional provides access to the Federal Register, laws and regulations plus committee reports, bill tracking and the Congressional Record http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/ (UW only)

The National Archives offers an excellent Federal Register tutorial at http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/tutorial/about_tutorial.html.

Legal Research section of LexisNexis -- includes state codes, state laws, state case laws and much more. (UW only)

Washington State legislative site for Washington State bills, Executive Orders, Journals, the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington State Register, and more.

CQ.com on Congress provides legislative tracking and Capitol Hill news service from Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Its unique content includes CQ BillWatch (essay-style analysis back to 1995), CQ Schedules, and CQ Archives. Access not available for every listed resource. http://www.cq.com (UW only)

Agency & association links

  • CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
  • CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
  • FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
  • FDA Compliance Policy Guides -- these explain FDA policies on regulatory issues
  • FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
  • GAO (Government Accountability Office) -- the federal watchdog agency
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid -- formerly HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration)
  • OMB (Office of Management and Budget)

  • Access Washington
  • Washington State Government Phone Book
  • Washington Legislature
  • Washington Dept. of Health
  • Washington Dept. of Social and Health Services
  • Washington Health Care Authority
  • Board of Pharmacy including RCW & WAC sections affecting pharmacy.

  • NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy) - try their NABP online service using our trial subscription (password required from instructor)

    Other helpful sites

  • Acronyms for Federal Executive Agencies (Duke University Library)
  • Federal Executive Agencies -- Alphabetical index (Duke University Library)
  • Federal Web Locator
  • Government Publications, Federal links
  • Government Publications, Congressional Resources handout
  • Tracing Washington State Legislation & Laws in the UW Libraries
  • HealthLinks (UW Health Sciences)
  • Internet Legal Resources UW Gallagher Law Library site.
  • LexisNexis for full-text news, legal, and business information.
  • National Conference of State Legislatures to track issues in other states.
  • LexisNexis Statistical for indexing of state, private, federal and international statistics. (UW only)

    Outline script of lecture to Pharmacy 543, October 2003

    E-mail: Cass Hartnett (cass@u.washington.edu) or call Government Publications at 206-543-1937 (then 3 for reference assistance)

    E-mail: Terry Jankowski (terryj@u.washington.edu) or call the Health Sciences at 206-543-3390


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    Last modified: Friday November 09, 2007 (cass)