Research Guides: Government Information Research Guide: Citing Government Documents

General Resources

General Guideliens for Citing Government Publications
A detailed guide from the University of North Texas on how to cite different types of government information

There is a book with advice on citing government information by Debora Cheney. It is held at the Information Center on Level 3:
The complete guide to citing government information resources: a manual for social science & business research.
Call number: 808.066016 G234c 2002

Citing Guide U.S. Congressional Documents
§ 2-400. How to Cite Regulations, Other Agency and Executive Material
Cornell Law Basic Legal Citations
Citing Government Documents
University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Citation Guide for Historical Legislative Materials
Library of Congress web site providing samples of historical legislative material citations according to several styles.
Guide: Citing U.S. Government Publications
Indian University-Bloomington.

MLA Style

Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
A guide from the University of Nevada-Reno

Chicago/ Turabian

Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
A guide from the University of Memphis based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style

AAA Style

AAA Style Guide
This PDF guide uses a government document for the "Report" example and shows how to cite court cases.

APA Style

Citing Government Documents - APA
A guide from the University of Nebraska at Kearney
The OWL at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide
An example of how to cite a government report in APA style is included under Other Print Sources.

ASA Style

The OWL at Purdue: Formatting in Sociology (ASA Style)
The Purdue guide includes examples of how to cite reports and legislation under "Public Documents." There is also a relevant example of an in-text reference.

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library

Government Information Research Guide