Government Information: FDLP and More
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION refers to any information disseminated by a government agency (local, state, tribal, federal, foreign, international), in addition to the information generated by non-government entities but sponsored by government funds.
Citing Government Publications (Websites)
- Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications(Archived version) Examples provided by librarians at the University of Memphis of the most common examples of government document citations based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style.
- How to Cite PatentsGuide from the University of Iowa's Engineering Library showing ACS, AMA, Chicago Manual of Style, CSE Manual, and IEE patent citation. An information specialist also has a guide at http://www.patent-search-information.com/how-to-cite-patent.html agreeing with Iowa's citation examples, but adding APA and Bluebook citation.
Citing Government Publications (Books)
- Bluebook: a uniform system of citationCall Number: KF245 .B853 2005 (Gov Ref Desk)Highly recommended source for legal citation compiled by the editors of the Columbia law review, the Harvard law review, the University of Pennsylvania law review, and the Yale law journal.
- Complete guide to citing government information resources : a manual for social science and business research. by Cheney, Debora (Debora Lee), 1955-Call Number: J9.5 .G37 2002 Gov Pub Ref
- Complete guide to citing government information resources : a manual for writers & librarians. by Garner, Diane L.Call Number: Z7164.G7 G37 1993 Gov Pub Ref
- Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States by United States. National Archives and Records Administration.Includes guidelines for citing textual, nontextual, microform, electronic, and digitized documents. Print version also available.
Citing Data
- How to Cite Datasets and Link to PublicationsExplains how researchers can create links between their publications and the underlying data, so that each can be found from the other.
Citing Maps
- Guide to Citing Maps and AtlasesGuide from McMaster University Library, include facsimile or reproduction map, map in a book, computer-based atlas and etc...
U.S. GPO Style Manual for Government Agencies
- Style Manual: an official guide to the form and style of Federal Government printing by U.S. Government Printing OfficeCall Number: GP 1.23/4:ST 9Paper copy also available in Government Publications - Reference
Managing Your Citation
Fondren Library's Digital Media Center has short courses on citation management softwares such as Zotero and Endnote. For description and sign up for these short courses, please click here.
- Citation Management SoftwareA guide on citation management software from McMaster University Library. Please visit Fondren Library's Digital Media Center for more information on citation software.
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