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Marketing 341
Business, Government and Society

Step 1 - To find out about Federal regulatory agencies and what they do, use the following:

Federal Regulatory Directory - REF KF 5406 .A15 F4 2001
  • Major Federal Regulatory Agencies Homepages
  • Besides information about what the agencies do, you can locate federal regulations on the agency homepage
  1. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  2. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  4. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  5. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  6. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  7. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  8. Federal Reserve System
  9. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  10. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  11. Food Safety Inspection Service
  12. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  13. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  14. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Step 2 - If you cannot locate federal regulations on the homepage of the Federal regulatory agency you have selected, the following publications will have them:

  1. GPO Access (online) 
  2. Federal Register - Gov. Pubs AE2.106: (latest 6 months in paper, back issues on microfiche)
    There is a link on GPO Access for Federal Register online
  3. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - Gov. Pubs. AE2.106/3: (paper)
    There is a link on GPO Access for CFR online

Step 3 - Search the following databases for journal articles and factual information that affects business and industry:

ABI/INFORM
Academic Search

Step 4 - Search HELIN (online catalog) for congressional hearings.

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