Be sure to look at examples. The facts of publication (city published, published, etc.) are often not included in endnotes/ footnotes, especially with federal publications.
Bibliography:
Name of government agency. Title. Name of author, editor [if given].
Place of publication: Publisher's name, Date. Other locators [if relevant].
Endnote/ footnote:
Name of government agency, Title, (Place of publication:
Publisher, Date of publication), Locator information [page number, section number, etc.].
Agency Document Sec. 17.9.4:
Bibliography: Online:
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Incognito U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Incognito
but Honest. By Blair Brainard. Washington, but Honest. By Blair Brainard. Washington,
D.C.: GPO, 2008. D.C.: GPO, 2008. http://www.gpo.gov:80/
fdsys/pkg/fbi-honest.html (accessed
July 15, 2008).
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Incognito but Honest, by Blair Brainard, Incognito but Honest, by Blair Brainard,
(Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2008), 1-10. (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 2008), http:
//www.gpo.gov:80/fdsys/pkg/fbi-honest
.html (accessed July 15, 2008).
Congressional Bill or Resolution Sec. 17.19.2
Bibliography: Online:
U.S. Congress. Senate. To Provide for U.S. Congress. Senate. To Provide for the
the Acknowledgment to the Lumbee Tribe Acknowledgment to the Lumbee Tribe
of North Carolina, and for other Purposes, of North Carolina, and for other Purposes,
S 333, 110th Cong., 1st sess., 2007. S 333, 110th Cong., 1st sess., 2007.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_Cong_bills&docid
=f:s333is.txt (accessed June 10, 2008).
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
To Provide for the Acknowledgment To Provide for the Acknowledgement to the Lumbee
to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, Tribe of North Carolina, and for other Purposes, S 333
and for other Purposes. S 333. 110th 110th Cong., 1st sess., 2007, http://frwebgate.
Cong., 1st sess., 2007. access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_
Cong_bills&docid=f:s333is.txt (accessed June 10, 2008).
Congressional Hearing Sec. 17.9.2:
Bibliography: Online:
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Follow the same format as above.
Security and Government Affairs. Hurricane
Katrina: The Role of the Governors in Managing Notes:
the Catastrophe: Hearings before the Committee If published in a medium other than print or online, you
on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. will need to add that medium to the end of your reference.
109th Cong., 2d sess., February 26, 2006. For example, if on microfilm, you would add "Microfilm." to
the end of the reference.
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Government Affairs, Hurricane Katrina: The Role
of the Governors in Managing the Catastrophe:
Hearings before the Committee on Homeland
Security and Government Affairs, 109th Cong.,
2d sess., February 26, 2006, 56.
Presidential Publications Sec 17.9.3:
Both Turabian and the Chicago Style Manual organize by "President" or "U.S. President" rather than the individual's name; however, you may organize by the President's personal name.
Bibliography:
U.S. President. "Interview with Richard Engel of NBC
News in Sharm el-Sheikh." Weekly Compilation
of Presidential Documents 44 (May 18, 2008):
275-230.
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
President, "Interview with Richard Engel of
NBC News in Sharm el-Sheikh. Weekly
Compilation of Presidential Documents 44 (May
18, 2008: 725.
Treaties - print Sec. 17.9.6:
Bibliography:
United States. "Naval Armament Limitation
Treaty." February 26, 1922. U.S. Statutes
at Large 43, pt. 2 (1922).
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
"Naval Armament Limitation Treaty,"
February 26, 1922, U.S. Statutes at Large
43, pt. 2.
Treaties - online Sec. 17.9.6:
Bibliography:
Avalon Project at Yale Law School. "The Paris
Peace Treaty of September 3, 1783."
Lillian Goldman Law Library. http://www.
yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britain/
paris.htm (accessed June 11, 2008).
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
"Paris Peace Treaty," September 3, 1783,
Avalon Project at Yale Law School, http://www.
yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/britain/paris.
htm (accessed June 11, 2008).
U.S. Constitution Sec. 17.9.5:
The U.S. Constitution should only be cited in the endnotes/ footnotes. In fact, most references could be made in-text.
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
U.S. Constitution, art. 2, sec. 1, cl. 3.
U.S. Constitution, amend. 14, sec. 2.
U.S. Statutes Sec. 17.9.2:
The U.S. Statutes and Public Laws should only be cited in the endnotes/ footnotes.
The second example includes a reference to the U.S. Code; this is encouraged, but not necessary.
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
Atomic Energy Act of 1946, Public Law
585, 79th Cong., 2d sess. (August 1, 1946),
12, 19.
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
Public Law 91-190, sec. 102, U.S. Statutes at
Large 83 (1970): 853, codified at U.S. Code 42
(2000), sec. 4332.
Legal Decisions - Sec. 17.9.7:
Cite legal cases in endnotes/ footnotes only. They do not need to be included in the bibliography.
Endnotes/ Footnotes: Notes:
United States v. Christmas, 222 F.3d 141, This can be shortened to:
145 (4th Cir. 2000), 146 United States v. Christmas, 146.
Supreme Court:
Endnotes/ Footnotes:
AT&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities Bd.,
525 U.S. 366 (1999).
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