A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

date of publicationtitle, if any, of the document or collection (capitalized headline style and generallyitalicized)name of individual author, editor, or compiler, if givenreport number or other identifying informationfacts of publication: place of publication and publisher's name, if different from theissuing body (for all publications of the U.S. federal government, covered in 19.9.2–19.9.4,use Washington, DC, and Government Printing Office respectively)page numbers or other locators, if relevantIn general, list the relevant elements in the order given above. Exceptions for certain typesof documents are explained in the following sections of 19.9.R: U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. 1956. The Mutual Security Act of 1956. 84thCong., 2d sess. S. Rep. 2273.For parenthetical citations, treat the information listed before the date in your reference listas the author. If this information is lengthy, you may shorten it, as long as you do so logicallyand consistently in your citations. In many cases, you may be able to include some or all ofthis information in the text instead of a parenthetical citation.P: (U.S. Senate 1956, 9–10). . . as the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations decreed in its report accompanying the Mutual SecurityAct of 1956 (9–10).Note that some shortened forms and abbreviations used in citing public documents aredifferent from those used elsewhere, such as 2d instead of 2nd and 3d instead of 3rd. Otherexamples are noted in the relevant sections of 19.9.19.9.2 Congressional PublicationsFor congressional publications, reference list entries usually begin with the designation U.S.Congress, followed by Senate or House. (You may also simplify this to U.S. Senate or U.S.House.) Other common elements include committee and subcommittee, if any; date ofpublication; title of document; number of the Congress and session (abbreviated Cong. andsess. respectively in this position); and number and description of the document (for example,H. Doc. 487), if available.DEBATES. Since 1873, congressional debates have been published by the government in theCongressional Record. Whenever possible, cite the permanent volumes, which often reflectchanges from the daily issues of the Record. Begin parenthetical citations with theabbreviation Cong. Rec., and identify the volume and part numbers as well as the pagenumbers.