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| Citing Government Documents |
Government documents can be more difficult to cite properly than standard books and journals, due to the specific nature of some of the documents. This is a short bibliography of guides to citation format which are useful for the researcher using government documents.
- The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation. 16th ed.
- KF 245 .B58 1996g - Lehman Reference
- The authoritative guide for citing legal materials.
- Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications.
- Provides numerous examples, for both electronic and "tangible" documents, as well as a basic citation format for each; from the University of Memphis.
- Cheney, Debora.
- The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: a Manual for Social Science & Business Research. 3rd ed.
- Bethesda, MD : LexisNexis ; Congressional Information Service, c2002.
- J 9.5 .G37 2002g - Lehman Reference Desk
- The best, most comprehensive guide to citing government documents at all levels -- U.S. federal, state, and local; IGO; and foreign -- and in all formats. Includes extensive coverage of electronic formats (WWW files, data files, e-mail messages, Webcasts, image files, etc.)
- Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
- Sample citations to various types of documents (Federal, state, international) in various formats, from the University of Nevada, Reno.
- Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States.
- Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 2004
- AE 1.113:17/2004 - U.S. Government Documents
- DocsCite
- DocsCite is a step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper style format (APA or MLA) using a template; from Arizona State University.
- Guide to Citing Government Information Sources in a Bibliography (Modern Language Association Style)
- Good basic examples, including an electronic bill via GPO, and a file from a CD-ROM; from the University of Montana.
- Harnack, Andrew.
- Online!: a Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources.
- New York : St. Martins Press, 2001.
- TK 5105.875 .I57 H364 2001g - Lehman Reference
- The section on "Citation Styles" has examples using APA, Chicago, CBE, and MLA styles, and includes examples of government publications.
- How to Cite Electronic Media
- From NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics); includes web, gopher, ftp, telnet, database, email, and listservs, with examples.
 How to Cite Electronic, Print and Microfiche Congressional Publications- An extensive series of pages from LexisNexis Congressional, with examples of all types of government documents.
- How to Cite NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics) Publications
- Includes print publications only, with examples.
- Li, Xia.
- Electronic Styles: a Handbook for Citing Electronic Information.
- PN 171 .F56 L5 1996 - Lehman Reference
- National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation
- Provides examples for citing many different formats.
- U.S. Census Bureau.
- Suggested Citation Styles for our Internet Information
- Rules and examples for HTML, ASCII, PDF, FTP, E-mail, and dynamically generated tables/files.
- Walker, Janice R.
- The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
- PN 171 .F56 W35 1998 - Lehman Reference, Milstein Study
- R029.6 W15 - Butler Reference
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