Government Sources by Subject: Citation Guides for Government Publications

Starting Points

Citing in Brief videos (legal citation)
Videos cover concepts and examples for citing state, federal legal resources
Citing Government Sources in MLA Style, University of Portland
MLA examples from the Mathewson IGT Knowledge Center.
Cite Source, Trinity College-Hartford Connecticut
An online source for citing in a number of disciplines and citation styles.
Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications, The University of Memphis
Examples of some of the most common types of citations for government publications.
Citing Government Documents, Columbia University
A resource list for citing government documents.
Citing Government Documents, University of Nebraska Kearney
A pdf with example citations for various types of federal and state government documents.

King County Editorial Style Manual
Writing standards for all external and internal county materials for broad public or employee use. . .abbreviations, capitalization, grammar, numbers, punctuation, spelling, word usage. . .
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
A quick-reference guide to prevent errors and inconsistencies in the use of transportation terms, media communications, grammar and punctuation.

Complete Guide for Citing Government Information Resources:a Manual for Social Science and Business Research
Includes quick citation guides, citation rules for physical formats (including floppy disks and CD-ROMs), for virtual electronic formats, style manuals, standard reference sources for government and organization information, and numbering systems.

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