Government Information

DocsCite is a step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper style format for APA and MLA. Provided by Arizona State University.

Choose your style - APA, MLA, or Chicago - then select "Other" publication format and find "Government Publication," then use the search tool or manual entry to generate your citation.

Choose your style - APA, MLA, or Chicago - then select "Other" publication format and find "Government Publication," then use the search tool or manual entry to generate your citation.

A citation tool that provides support for the following citation formats: the Bluebook, APA, MLA, and CMOS.
The citation tool can generate a specific citation for bills and resolutions in any of these formats. For all other collections in Congress.gov, the citation tool will only generate a generic citation that follows the selected format’s method for citing a website.

Citation guide for citing U.S. Congressional Documents

As you conduct research on government topics, you may find primary source material relevant to your topic. Here is a useful guide by the Library of Congress on citing primary sources.

This leaflet from the National Archives of the United States shows you how to properly cite archive material from the National Archives and Records Administration, including textual, nontextual, microform, electronic, and digitized records. Leaflet 17, revised 2010.

"This guide provides a list of treaties frequently cited in law review articles, along with links to these treaties in PDF format, when available electronically. "

This guide from ProQuest Congressional provides information on citing government information found in its databases, specifically congressional and legislative documents. However, WSU does not subscribe to this database. This is just a helpful resource.

This guide gives examples for citing different types of maps in MLA and APA.

The formats and examples in this guide are based upon the guides referenced in “Cartographic Citations” by the same compiler, as well as on the principles adhered to by the Bibliographic Control Committee. Of most use, of course, was Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide by Christine Kollen, Wangyal Shawa and Mary Larsgaard, 2d ed., issued in 2010.