LexisNexis Congressional

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LexisNexis Congressional

• Hearings Laws

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Objectives

• At the conclusion of this tutorial you should be
  able to do the following
• Locate current Congressional hearings that may
  affecting your industry in LexisNexis
  Congressional.
• Locate a United States law that affects your
  industry in LexisNexis Congressional.
• Write a correct APA citation for each of these
  sources.

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Searching LN Congressional
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Find a copy
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Catalog results
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Full record
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How to cite full hearing

• Proper APA citation
• Preserving and protecting family business
  legacies hearing before the Subcommittee on
  Taxation and IRS Oversight of the Committee on
  Finance, United States Senate, 107th Cong., 1
  (2001).

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Homepage laws
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Homepage laws
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Results
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Public Law 108-447
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Does this apply?
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Putting the law in context
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How to cite

• Correct APA citation
• Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L.
  No. 108-447, 118 Stat. 2809 (2004). Retrieved
  March 30, 2005 from LexisNexis Congressional.

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Citations in review

• Hearing (Add a retrieved from statement pointing
  to the actual URL if using the online version)
• Title of hearing, Cong., 1, (year).
• Law (Add a retrieved statement if using the
  electronic version and if only using a specific
  section be sure to include the section or chapter
  designation)
• Title of law, Pub.L.No. Cong-Law, StatVol
  Stat. StatPg (year).

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