Websites for Government Document Citations
- Chicago Style Citation - Quick Guide for Government DocumentsBowdoin College Library (Brunswick, ME)
- Citing U.S. Government PublicationsThis is a very complete website from the University of Indiana libraries.
- Citation Guide for Historical Legislative MaterialsLibrary of Congress web site providing samples of historical legislative material citations according to several styles.
- Basic Legal Citation - Cornell University Law SchoolThis guide covers citing authority and provides examples of the various state jurisdictions. It occasionally deviates from Blueboook.
The Bluebook provides examples in citing court cases, court reporters, case law, or legal codes requiring a certain specificity that generally is not offered by standard citation guides. The Bluebook also covers citing state, county and municipal legal documents and reports.
The Bluebook by Call Number: InfoDesk KF 245 .B58 2015ISBN: 9780578666150Publication Date: 2020-05-20The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation 20th Edition, presents a guide for lawyers for constructing citations, covering the format of citations from a variety of legal sources, including court cases, statutes, books, periodicals, electronic media, and international documents.
- The Indigo Book: An Open and Compatible Implementation of A Uniform System of CitationThe Indigo Book is a free content version of the Bluebook system of legal citation. Founded by New York University professor Christopher Jon Sprigman, authored collectively by Sprigman and a group of NYU law students, and published by Public.Resource.Org, it is an adaptation based on the 10th edition of the Bluebook as published by the Harvard Law Review Association in 1958, which had entered the public domain in the United States because its copyright had expired due to non-renewal.
Government and History Librarian
Do you have other government or legal questions?
See the Government Resources research guide
or contact
Ran Raider
Government and History Librarian
120 Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Phone: (937) 775-3521
ran.raider@wright.edu
