Law Research Guide
How to Cite Sources
The Cornell Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, which is keyed to the current edition of the Bluebook, is the comprehensive online resource. Consult it for examples not given here.
Electronic Sources
American Bar Association, Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Legal Education and Bar Admission Statistics, 1963-2005, available at http://www.abanet.org/legaled/statistics/le_bastats.html (last visited May 23, 2007).
Dep't of Veterans Affairs, M21-1, Adjudiciation Procedures § 2.03 (Michie Veterans Benefits Manual and Related Laws and Regulations CD-ROM, Aug. 2002).
Books
Calvin W. Corman, Limitation of Actions § 12.1 (1991).
Henry J. Abraham, Justices and Presidents 351-56 (3d ed. 1992).
Wayne R. LaFave & Austin W. Scott, Criminal Law § 5.4 (2d ed. 1986).
Roger A. Cunningham et al., The Law of Property § 2.3, n. 2 (1984).
Journal Articles
Michael Pertschuk & Kenneth M. Davidson, What's Wrong With Conglomerate
Mergers?, 48 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1979).
Steven G. Calabresi & Kevin H. Rhodes, The Structural Constitution:
Unitary Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1155,
1158 (1992).
Toni M. Massaro, Shame, Culture and American Criminal Law, 89 Mich.
L. Rev. 1880 (1991).
Judicial Opinions—Case Citations
Wilson v. Mar. Overseas Corp., 150 F.3d 1, 6-7 (1st Cir. 1998).
Meier v. Said, 2007 ND 18, ¶ 22, 726 N.W.2d 852.
The following websites provide a simple way to create a citation.
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in the information about the item, then copy and paste the citation
into your bibliography or footnote.
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Citation Machine
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Express
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Also Important:
Plagiarism - what is it? how to avoid it.