# Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations

The Orientation to Legal Research series of webinars is designed to give a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by legal reference librarians, are typically offered once a month on a rotating basis.

This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. federal regulations, including information about the notice-and-comment rulemaking process, the publication and citation of regulations, and the tracing of regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations to the proposed rule in the Federal Register to the regulation’s docket.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 h
- By: Bavis, Barbara
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11885/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-11885?play=1)