Citation Examples for “Works Cited” List: Government Publications

At the end of your paper, you must provide an alphabetical listing of all the works you have cited in your paper. This requirement includes both work you have actually quoted and work you have summarized or paraphrased. The information is arranged alphabetically according to the author's last name or (when there is no author identified) by title.

Elements:

For government publications appearing in print:

Personal Author or (if no personal author given) Government Issuing the Document. Agency or Department. Title of Document. Place of Publication: Publication Office, Date of Publication. Medium of publication [Print].

For government publications appearing on the Web:

NOTE: URL is optional.

Government document or publication: Print (MLA Handbook, 5.5.20)

United States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health. Washington: GPO, 2000. Print.

Government document: Online (MLA Handbook, 5.5.20 and 5.6.2)

Harlow, Caroline Wolf. Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Nov. 2005. Web. 11 Sept. 2008. <http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/hcrvp.pdf>.
or

United States. Dept. of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police. By Caroline Wolf Harlow. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Nov. 2005. Web. 11 Sept. 2008. <http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/hcrvp.pdf>.

United States. National Science and Technology Council. Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States. Washington: Natl. Science and Technology Council, May 2008. Web. 11 Sept. 2008.

Census data online (MLA Handbook, 5.5.20 and 5.6.2)

United States. Census Bureau. Population Division. "Table 2-32: New York: Total Voting-Age Population and Citizen Voting-Age Population by Sex, for Counties: 2000." United States Census 2000. Washington: US Census Bureau, 4 Mar. 2004. Web. 12 Aug. 2009. <http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t31/tables/tab02-32.pdf>.

United States. Census Bureau. "Table 52: Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2006." The 2009 Statistical Abstract: The National Data Book. Washington: US Census Bureau, 17 Jan. 2008. Web. 12 Aug. 2009. <http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/09s0052.pdf>.

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