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Citing Sources: Government Documents, Technical Reports & Patents

This guide provides information and examples for citing sources properly according to the following citation style manuals: American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition; Modern Language Association (MLA), 8th ed
Last Updated: Jan 8, 2024 3:43 PM

Government Documents

APA

The need for improvements and more incentives in the
    Endangered Species Act: Hearing before the Rural
    Enterprises, Agriculture & Technology of the Committee on
    Small Business, House of Representatives,
109th Cong. 1
    (2005).


MLA

United States. Cong. House. Committee on Small Business.
    Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture, and Technology.
    The Need for Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered
    Species Act
. 109th Cong., 1st sess. Washington: GPO, 2005. Print.


Chicago

Notes:

Homeland Security Act of 2002: Hearings on H.R. 5005, Day 3, Before the Select Comm. On
  Homeland Security, 107th Cong. 203 (2002) (statement of David Walker, Comptroller General of
  the United States).

Bibliography:

[No example given in the current edition.]


CSE

The Need for Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered Species
Act: Hearing Before the Rural Enterprises, Agriculture & Technology of the
Committee on Small Business: Hearings Before Comm. on Small Business,
and Subcomm. on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture, and Technology, 109th Cong.,
1st Sess. (Sep 15, 2005).

Technical Reports

APA

O'Sullivan, C.Y. (1997). NAEP 1996 science report card for the
    nation and the states: Findings from the National Assessment
    of Educational Progress
(NCES Report No. 97-497).
    Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics.


MLA

[No example given in the current edition.]


Chicago

[No example given in the current edition.]


CSE

Citation-Sequence:

O'Sullivan CY. NAEP 1996 science report card for the nation and the states: 
findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington (DC):
National Center for Education Statistics (US); 1997. Report No. NCES 97-497.
Available from: ERIC, Washington, DC: ED405221.

Name-Year:

O'Sullivan CY. 1997. NAEP 1996 science report card for the nation and the
states: findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Washington
(DC): National Center for Education Statistics (US). Report No. NCES 97-497.
Available from: ERIC, Washington, DC; ED405221.

Patents

APA

McClain, J. (2007). U.S. Patent No. D546,178. Washington, DC:
    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


MLA

[No example given in the current edition.]


Chicago

Notes:

[No example given in the current edition.]

Bibliography:

McClain, J. 2007. Beer tap cap. US Patent D546,178, filed April 11,
   2006, and issued July 10, 2007.


CSE

Citation-Sequence:

McClain J, inventor. Beer tap cap. United States patent US D546,178.
2007 Jul 10.

Name-Year:

McClain J, inventor. 2007 Jul 10. Beer tap cap. United States patent
US D546,178.

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