◦ Thursday, February 12, 2009

 Social Sciences Librarian  Government Documents, Maps, and Patents Librarian   x280

 Research in Style – General Resources and Citing Government Documents (PPT)  General Resources for Style Manuals (Word)  Citing Government Documents Resources (Word)

 Landmark Citation Machine Landmark Citation Machine  StyleWizard.com StyleWizard.com

 Category – Government Information ◦ CQ Weekly - covers government, commerce, and politics, 1995 – in-house citation generator – APA and MLA. ◦ Declassified Documents to date. “Citing Online Reference Works” section. ◦ Global Newsbank Translated info. worldwide on all subjects. “How to Cite Newsbank” section. ◦ Congressional Universe – 1789 to date, all publications of Congress except Congressional Record (1985 to date only). ‘How to Cite” section.

 Garner. The Complete Guide to citing government information sources: a manual for writers and librarians. rev ed DOCS REF, REF, STACKS J 9.5 G37 C (3 rd. ed. On order)

 No one guide to citing government documents.  Rely on style manual and special guides and webpages to properly cite documents.  Documents often use corporate authors instead of personal authors.  There are many specific types of documents, e.g. hearings, statutes, laws, etc. which makes it challenging.

Use the name of the department, office, sub-agency, or institute responsible for document. If it isn’t well known, also give name of higher level dept. to which it belongs. e.g.. Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Prohibition

 These web resources are the most comprehensive I have found. They include state, national, intl documents, and maps.

a step-by-step guide to putting govt publ. cites into proper style format using APA and MLA.

Detailed list of examples for citing maps. Detailed listing of how to cite all types of legal documents.

 University of North Texas. Excellent source. Gives many links to other webpages. Includes links to style manuals of specific agencies and how to cite foreign government documents.

 Extensive examples given.

 Citing Government Documents – APA - University of Nebraska Citing Government Documents – APA - University of Nebraska  Citing Government Documents – MLA – University of Nebraska Citing Government Documents – MLA – University of Nebraska