Sample Searches and URLs for Federal Register

The Federal Register can be searched using the Simple Search Box and the Advanced Search page. Once results are displayed, you can narrow your search results by clicking on links in the Narrow Your Search panel on the left hand side of the page. The sections under Narrow Your Search correspond to the metadata available for the documents. Federal Register specific links to narrow your search results will be displayed after you click on Federal Register under the Collection category.

Retrieve by Citation search can be used to retrieve a single Federal Register document in PDF format if you know the Volume and Page of the document. The Federal Register can also be browsed in the Browse Government Publications area.

The following sections give examples of searches and URLs that you may want to use for the Federal Register collection in FDsys.

Searching Federal Register by Agency

These examples will search for Federal Register documents issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter one of the following

collection:fr agency:"health and human services"
collection:fr and agency:"health and human services

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Agency under Search in
Enter health and human services in the textbox marked for

Searching Federal Register by Citation (Volume and Page Number)

These examples will search for Federal Register documents from Volume 71 on Page 43345.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter one of the following

collection:fr citation:"71 fr 43345"
collection:fr and citation:"71 fr 43345"

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Citation from Search in
Enter “71 fr 43345" in the textbox marked for

Using the Retrieve by Citation page,

Select Federal Register from Collections pull down menu
Select 71 (2006) from Volume pull down menu
Enter 43345 in the Page box

Accessing the Federal Register Table of Contents by Issue Date

These examples will help you find the Federal Register Table of Contents for August 1, 2008.

Using the Browse Government Publications page,

Select Federal Register from the Collections tab
Select 2008
Select August
Select August 1, Friday
Select View Entire Issue for an HTML formatted Table of Contents or select an agency to view the documents for that agency

After finding a document using simple or advanced search, you can see what else has been published in the same issue using the More Information page.

Select More Information for the document
Scroll down to the Document in Context or Table of Contents section of the page
Click on the + sign or agency name to view the Table of Contents section for that agency for that issue

Searching Federal Register by Code of Federal Regulations Citation

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that cite Part 1001 of Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

collection:fr cfrcitation:"5 CFR 1001"
collection:fr cfrtitle:5 cfrpart:1001

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select CFR Citation from Search in: pull down menu
Enter 5 CFR 1001 in the textbox marked for

Searching Federal Register for the List of CFR Parts Affected

This example will help you find the List of CFR Part Affected in the Reader Aids section of the Federal Register Table of Contents for August 1, 2008.

Using the Browse Government Publications page,

Select Federal Register from the Collections tab
Select 2008
Select August
Select August 1, Friday
Select View Entire Issue for an HTML formatted Table of Contents or select an agency to view the documents for that agency
Scroll to the bottom and click on the link next to Reader Aids

Searching Federal Register by Page Number

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that begin on page 43345.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

collection:fr firstpage:43345
collection:fr and firstpage:43345

Searching Federal Register by Code of Federal Regulations Part Number

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that cite Part 1001 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

collection:fr cfrpart:1001
collection:fr and cfrpart:1001

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select CFR Part from Search in
Enter 1001 in the textbox marked for

Searching Federal Register for Environmental Impact Statements

These examples will search for Federal Register documents with “environmental impact statement" in the title.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

title:"environmental impact statement" collection:fr

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select title from Search in: pull down menu
Enter environmental impact statement in the textbox marked for

Searching Federal Register for Disaster Declarations

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that are disaster declarations.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

"disaster declaration" collection:fr

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Full Text of Publications and Metadata from Search in: pull down menu
Enter disaster declaration in the textbox marked for

Search Federal Register for Notices, Rules or Proposed Rules

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that are notices.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

collection:fr section:notice
collection:fr and section:notice

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Section from Search in: pull down menu
Select Notices in the pulldown menu marked for

Search Federal Register for Meetings

These examples will search for Federal Register documents for meetings.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

meeting collection:fr
meeting and collection:fr

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Full Text of Publications and Metadata from Search in: pull down menu
Enter meeting in the textbox marked for

Search Federal Register for Effective Dates of Rules

These examples will search for Federal Register documents that are effective on August 8, 2006.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

effectivedate:2006-08-31 collection:fr
effectivedate:2006-08-31 and collection:fr

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select date from Search in
Enter 2006-08-31 in the textbox marked for

Search Federal Register by FR Doc Number

These examples will search for Federal Register documents with E8-2116 as the FR Doc Number.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

frdocno:E8-2116 AND collection:fr
frdocno:E8-2116 collection:fr

Search Federal Register by Keyword

These examples will search for Federal Register documents with grant information in the full text of the publication.

Using the Simple Search Box, enter the following:

grant information collection:fr
grant information and collection:fr

Using the Advanced Search page,

Select Federal Register from Available Collections
Click Add to add Federal Register to the Selected Collections box
Select Full Text of Publications and Metadata from Search in: pull down menu
Enter grant information in the textbox marked for

Sample Federal Register URLs

FDsys uses three key pieces of information to construct predictable URLs to documents and the More Information pages. The Granule ID for the Federal Register is used to identify the specific document within an issue of the publication and the Package ID is used to identify an individual issue of the publication. The Publication Date is used to identify the date an issue of the Federal Register.

Identifier	Structure/Metadata Field	Example
Package ID	FR-{Publication Date} (in YYYY-MM-DD format)	FR-2009-09-09
Granule ID	Individual Documents {FR Doc Number} Title Page and Contents {Package ID}-FrontMatter Reader Aids {Package ID}-ReaderAids	Individual Documents E9-20836 Title Page and Contents {FR-2009-09-09-FrontMatter Reader Aids FR-2009-09-09-ReaderAids
Publication Date	{Publication Date} (in YYYY-MM-DD format)	2009-09-09