Researching Nursing
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Finding
Federal Bills
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A resource put out by the Library of Congress with support of the
US Congress in order to make federal legislative information freely
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Finding Federal Laws (Federal Code)
GPO Access: United States Code Main Page
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
Cornell University Law School: US
Code Collection
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
Finding State Laws
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing
www.ncsbn.org/515.htm has links to State Boards of Nursing websites. Most states have a state nursing board and they often post links to state laws affecting nurses on their websites
Citing Bills/Laws in APA Format
Citing a Federal Bill (See APA pg. 406 (#14) Form for unenacted federal bills and resolutions)
Title [If relevant], bill or resolution number, Abbreviation of Source of bill [H.R. or S.] xxx Cong., (Year).
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2007, S.446.IS., 110th Cong., (2007).
Citing Statues: Federal or State Code (see APA p. 404 Reference form for Statues)
Popular or Official Name of Act (if any), Volume Source § xxx (Year).
Sample reference to a statute in federal code:
Indian Health Professional Personnel. 25 U.S.C.S § 1616e (2007).
Sample reference to a statute in state code:
Nurse Practice Act, S.C. Code § 33-5-1365 (2006).
Explanation: This South Carolina act can be found between sections 5 and 1365 of chapter 33 of the 2006 edition of the South Carolina State Code.
Note: § stands for “section.” You can find this § symbol in Word 2007 by going to the insert tab, clicking on “symbol” and then clicking on the right image. In older versions of Word, click on Insert, Symbol and you should find it in the “Basic Latin” subset.
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