Helpful Hints For Searching  the 1997 Blue Book -Ways and 
Means Committee Print  Online via GPO Access

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Content and file format:

The 1997 Blue Book - Overview and Compilation of U.S. Trade 
Statutes (Ways and Means Committee Print 105-4), June 25, 
1997 is divided into 2 parts.  Part I contains a general 
overview of current provisions for U.S. trade laws.  Part II 
contains a compilation of the actual text of these laws, as 
amended.  This publication is part of the database for the 
105th Congress Ways and Means Committee Prints.  Documents 
are available as ASCII text files and as Adobe Acrobat 
Portable Document Format (PDF) files{1}.

Identification Code:

Each document in the 1997 Bluebook database will be 
displayed in the results list with an identification code 
followed by the initial words of the document title. For 
example: 

WMCP 105-4 [1997 Bluebook] Chapter 2: TRADE REMEDY LAWS
 
Maximum Responses:

The default settings for SWAIS and for the WinWAIS/MacWAIS 
client software is to return a maximum of 40 responses to a 
query. To locate a larger number of documents, you will need 
to change the setting. In SWAIS, type a lower case o at the 
SOURCE SELECTION menu to change your options. In WinWAIS, 
select Edit and then Preferences from the pull-down menu. In 
MacWAIS, select File and then Preferences from the pull-down 
menu. 

[NOTE: A Catalog of Available House Ways and Means Committee 
Prints appears first in the results list whenever a search 
is performed.  This ASCII text file lists Ways and Means 
Committee Prints currently available online via GPO Access.]

Sample Searches:

Contents
     Query:      contents
     Results:    WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 13: 
                   RECIPROCAL TRADE...
                 WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] OVERVIEW AND 
                   COMPILATION OF U.S. TRADE STATUTES

This search is an example of how to find the document 
containing the table of contents for the committee print.  
In this case, the contents is contained in the 2nd result 
listed above.  Once this document is retrieved you can 
browse the contents to locate the appropriate chapter and 
perform a follow-up search for that chapter heading (see 
next sample search).

Chapter 
     Query:      "tariff and customs laws"
     Results:    Chapter 1: TARIFF AND CUSTOMS LAWS
                 Chapter 8: TARIFF AND CUSTOMS LAWS

This search is an example of using a chapter title to 
retrieve the appropriate chapter. Part I (Chapters 1-7) 
contains a general overview of current provisions for our 
trade laws.  Part II (Chapters 8-14) contains a compilation 
of the actual text of these laws, as amended.  The Chapter 
titles in each part are identical.  For example, Chapters 1 
and 8 have the same title, as do chapters 2 and 9, etc.

Subject 
     Query:       "trade embargo"     
     Alternative: trade ADJ embargo     
     Results:     Chapter 5: AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
                    POLITICAL OR ECON...                 
                  Chapter 12: AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
                    POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC...

To search for a subject simply enter the word or phrase and 
submit your search.  If searching for a phrase surround your 
terms in quotation marks, or use the ADJ boolean operator.  
Either search will produce the same results.

Act or Law 
     Query:       "hong kong policy act"          
     Results:      WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] OVERVIEW AND 
                     COMPILATION OF
                   WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 5: 
                     AUTHORITIES RELATING 

If searching for a particular law or act, enter the entire 
name of the law or act in quotation marks, treating it as a 
phrase.  Once in the results list, select a chapter and use 
the find command to locate the reference to the law or act 
within the document.

Appendix
     Query:        Appendix     
     Results:      WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] Chapter 8: 
                     TARIFF AND CUSTOMS 
                   WMCP: 105-4 [1997 Blue Book] APPENDIX

When searching for the appendix, titles other than the 
appendix will appear in your results list.  This is because 
the appendix is referenced in various chapters throughout 
the document.  The document titled "Appendix" will also, 
however,  appear in the results.

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{1} Users with SWAIS access will not be able to retrieve the 
PDF files. Users with WAIS access and the free Acrobat 
Reader software can view and print the typeset document.