Government Resources

Provides sample citations to the legislative information in the American Memory Project.

Click Part III · Source Citations and Indexes. Scroll down to "Legal and Public Documents."

General Information Leaflet 17 (Revised 2010)

The work lists some 50 alphabetically arranged document abbreviations and what they stand for and also provides legal citation examples for each type of document listed. In addition, commonly used alternative abbreviations are often listed as well as very brief explanations about many of the documents. Finally, as the work is merely a quick listing of a limited number of documents, it includes lists and links to legal citation manuals and practices which provide substantive rules and more comprehensive information. (By Rick McKinney on behalf of and with assistance from members of the Legislative Research Special Interest Section, Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C., Inc. Last update - September 2017)

This guide provides general principles for citing US Government documents in student research papers in MLA or APA format, along with examples by type of document.

Online edition 2016 by Peter W. Martin. Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School.

This webinar provides an overview of the principles of scholarly citation and focus on the specific problems and peculiarities involved in citing Government documents. Each part of a complete Government information resource citation is examined. Also discussed is the best ways to present that information in accordance with the most frequently used style manuals. Viewers will learn tips and tricks to simplify the citation process and render it a little less daunting.

A general guide to citations and styles commonly used at USNA.

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