The online catalog can be searched by author, title, or subject. Searching is also possible by key words or by call numbers. Use the Guide to find books after finding their call numbers in the catalog. The Guide also lists open hours, staff phone numbers and other information. It provides not only the text of statutes, but also the histories of their enactments and amendments and citations to judicial opinions which have interpreted the statutes.
Pocket parts update the set.
The American Digest System, is the major index to judicial opinions, both federal and state. In addition, the sets are indexed by case names. The digests are derived from the Reporters of the West Publishing Company. The digest paragraphs appear at the beginning of each case in the Reporters. Its order parallels the U.S.C.A., but it does not contain citations to interpretive cases and its historical information is skimpy.