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Chicago/Turabian/SBL Style Guide (Notes-Bibliography)

Guide to using the Chicago/Turabian and SBL style manuals.

A Note on Government Documents

There is no one, right way to cite all government documents. Government documents are not always consistent when it comes to the printing information they provide and can vary depending on the specific document. Please refer to the government documents in sections 17.11.4 of the Turabian manual for more detailed information, if you have further questions.

Elements to include, their order, and how to formation them

Include as many of the following as possible:

  • name of government (country, state, city, county, or other division) and government body (legislative body, executive body, court bureau, board, commission, or committee) that issued the document
  • title, if any, of the document or collection
  • name of individual author, editor, or complier, if given
  • report number or other identifying information
  • date of publication
  • page numbers or other locators, if relevant
  • a URL, or name of the database, for sources consulted online

Executive Department Documents, Example 1

Bibliography:

U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. America's Landscape Legacy. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1993.

Footnote:

1. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, America's Landscape Legacy (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1993), 13.

Executive Department Documents, Example 2

Bibliography:

U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Columbia Cascades Support Office. Hard Drive to the Klondike: Promoting Seattle During the Gold Rush, A Historic Resource Study for the Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, by Lisa, Mighetto and Marcia Babcock Montgomery. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1998.

Footnote:

1. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Columbia Cascades Support Office, Hard Drive to the Klondike : Promoting Seattle During the Gold Rush, A Historic Resource Study for the Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, by Lisa, Mighetto and Marcia Babcock Montgomery, (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1998), 33.

Hearings

Bibliography:

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Date rape drugs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives. 106 Cong., 1st sess., 11 March 1999.

Footnote:

1. Congress, House, Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Date rape drugs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, 106 Cong., 1st sess., 11 March 1999, 57.

Examples provided by the Olson Library, University of Michigan.