Styles

Type of Resource

Citation Tools

Should I Cite Wikipedia?

This guide includes examples of citation styles most commonly used by students at Williams College. For additional examples and further information see the print manuals.

Government Information

Guidelines for Williams students. Use print style manuals for more detailed information.

Congressional Hearings

APA

Citing Government Documents [automated fill-in form from Arizona State University Library]
Chicago (Note)

note:

1. House Committee on International Relations, The Threat from International Organized Crime and Global Terrorism: Hearing before the Committee on International Relations , 105th Cong., 1st sess., October 1, 1997, 6-8.

bibliography:

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. The Threat from International Organized Crime and Global Terrorism: Hearing before the Committee on International Relations . 105th Cong., 1st sess., October 1, 1997.
Chicago
(Author-Date)

"...the author-date style is generally inappropriate for citing public documents." (CMS 17.291) If conversion to author-date is necessary, use the following format:

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. 1997. The threat from international organized crime and global terrorism: Hearing before the Committee on International Relations . 105th Cong., 1st sess., October 1.
MLA

Citing Government Documents [automated fill-in form from Arizona State University Library]

Executive Department Report

APA

Citing Government Documents [automated fill-in form from Arizona State University Library]
Chicago (Note)

note:

2. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, The Threat of Russian Organized Crime, by James O. Finckenauer and Yuri A. Voronin (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2001), http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15051.

bibliography:

U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice. The Threat of Russian Organized Crime, by James O. Finckenauer and Yuri A. Voronin. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2001. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15051.
(CMS 17.317, 17.356)
Chicago
(Author-Date)

"...the author-date style is generally inappropriate for citing public documents." (CMS 17.291) If conversion to author-date is necessary, use the following format:

U.S. Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice. 2001. The threat of Russian organized crime, by James O. Finckenauer and Yuri A. Voronin. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15051.
MLA

Citing Government Documents [automated fill-in form from Arizona State University Library]