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August 2009
Advanced Search Tip: The Statutory Text—and Nothing Else
If you want to expand your search to the official statutory language—but not search the notes of decisions or library references—use the substantivedoc field (sd), which contains the headings, section names, text of the statute, and statutory credits.
For example, to retrieve federal tax statutes governing the alternative minimum tax, you could access the United States Code Annotated® database (USCA) and type the following query, restricting your search to the substantive-doc field:
sd("alternative minimum tax" a.m.t.)
You would retrieve 24 documents. If you ran the same search without the field restriction, you would retrieve more than 100 documents, few of which shed light on
alternative minimum tax issues.
(Note: In the alternative, you can change your print or delivery settings to restrict the delivery to statutory text only. Click a delivery icon, then select Statutory Text Only under Page Options in the dialog box.)