RESOUR> [NetGold] WRITING AND WRITERS: STYLE AND WRITING MANUALS : GOVERNMENT: DOCUMENTS

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:34:55 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: NetGold <NetGold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [NetGold] WRITING AND WRITERS: STYLE AND WRITING MANUALS :
    GOVERNMENT: DOCUMENTS:  Web page on Citing Government Information Sources
    Updated

WRITING AND WRITERS: STYLE AND WRITING MANUALS : GOVERNMENT: DOCUMENTS:
Web page on Citing Government Information Sources Updated

This message is reposted with the permission of its author.  The website
cited by this message provides an excellent resource for writers using the
MLA format for a paper or study for correctly citing govenment
publications using the MLA format for citing these documents.

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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:41:01 -0600
From: Patrick Ragains <ragains@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Discussion of Government Document Issues <GOVDOC-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: GOVDOC-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Web page on Citing Government Information Sources updated
Resent-Subject: Web page on Citing Government Information Sources updated

Dear GOVDOC-L participants:

The web page Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA (Modern
Language Association) Style is now updated to conform with The MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. The url is:

http://www.library.unr.edu/depts/bgic/guides/government/cite.html

The page includes sample citations for the following types of government
information sources:

Report of a U.S. Presidential Commission
Federal Agency Report with Corporate Author
Federal Agency Report with Personal Authors
Graphic Image File Retrieved from an Agency's Public Web Site
U.S. Supreme Court Decision
U.S. Congressional Bill (via GPO Access)
U.S. Congressional Hearing
Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations
United States Code
Public Law (United States)
Statistical Table
Dynamically-generated Dataset
U.S. Government Market Research Report (via STAT-USA)
U.S. Census Data (via American FactFinder)
NATO Press Release
Paper in a Published Conference Proceedings
United Nations Publication (Official Record)
State Government Publication (Nevada)
City Government Publication (Reno, Nevada)
City Government Publication (Chicago; Two Responsible Entities)
World Factbook (via STAT-USA)
FBIS Transcript (CD-ROM)


I hope this reference resource will be useful to you and your patrons.
Please send me any comments or suggestions related to the page.

Cheers,

Patrick Ragains
Business and Government Information Librarian
Mail Stop 322
University of Nevada, Reno 89557
ph: (775) 784-6500, ext. 309; fax: (775) 784-4398
ragains@xxxxxxx

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David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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