Citation Guides

Pick a style manual (or locate the one specified by your Instructor) and use it consistently. The examples below are excellent for providing a "style" for citing government information in paper, microformat, and on the Web.

Citation Manuals

• Cheney, Debora. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and Business Research
• Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
• The Chicago Manual of Style
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA syle manual)
• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing

Online Citation Guides

• Citing Your Sources The Library's online guide providing a number of examples of citing materials (print and electronic) using MLA, APA, Chicago,and Turabian.
• LexisNexis Congressional - click on the How do I? link in the upper right corner of the screen.
• Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications from the University of Memphis Libraries.
• Citing Information : How to Cite a Source (electronic & print) from the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries.