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.
  
• 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 (website files, data files, e-mail messages, webcasts, image files, etc.)
  
• Citing Government Documents
  A set of very detailed guides from the University of Nebraska at Kearney Library; APA, Chicago Manual, MLA and Turabian.
• Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States.
  Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 2007.
  AE 1.113:17/2007 - Offsite
  
• 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, Print and Microfiche Congressional Publications.
  An extensive series of pages from ProQuest Congressional, with examples of all types of government documents.
  
• 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.
  
• Walker, Janice R.
  The Columbia Guide to Online Style. 2nd ed.
  New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
  PN 171.F56 W35 2006 - Lehman