LibGuides: Paralegal Studies: Citation Help

Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction

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The Bluebook Resources

The Bluebook by Columbia Law Review (Compiled by)
Call Number: Ref. KF245 .B58 2010
ISBN: 9780615361161
Publication Date: 2010

The Bluebook website
Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's unique system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
From the Legal Information Institute from Cornell Law School.

MLA Citation Guide, 8th ed.
This is intended as a general guide to help TxWes students start their works cited page and to help them understand the kind of information they should be keeping track of as they research.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide from The Owl at Purdue
"MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page."
MLA Handbook, 8th edition
The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Guide to research, mechanics, format, documentation, citing, abbreviations, etc. for term papers, with sample pages of a research paper in MLA style.

Citation Resources (Chicago Style)

Chicago Formatting and Style Guide from The Owl at Purdue (16th edition)
Chicago Citation Examples (Documentary-Note Style)
More examples of The Chicago Manual of Style (using Ibid, citing indirect sources, etc.)
The Chicago manual of style.
This reference work provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.

Turabian is "essentially the same [style as] The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, with slight modifications for the needs of student writers.

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Turabian Citation Style, 8th ed.
This is intended as a general guide to help TxWes students start their works cited page and to help them understand the kind of information they should be keeping track of as they research.