Citation of the Encyclopedia of Law

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ALWD Citation Manual

MLA

The Modern Language Association (MLA) is a popular style used for citing sources in the liberal arts and humanities. As a college undergraduate, this is the most likely citation style you’ll run into. In the physical text of your paper, you’ll want to include the author’s name. Find more information at the Purdue OWL MLA Style section.

In the Encyclopedia of Law

“The Encyclopedia of Law.” The Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. Lawi, n.d. Web. 3 Oct. 2012. <http://lawin.org>.

Last Name, First Name. “Page Title.” Website title. Sponsoring Institution/Publisher, Publication Date. Medium. Date Accessed.

Smith, John, Jane Doe, and Bob Anderson. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 21 Jan. 2009. Web. 1 Feb. 2009.

Only the first author’s name should be reversed, while the others are written in normal order. Separate author names by a comma, and place the word “and” before the last author’s name. For pages with three or more authors, you may either include each author in the citation or only include the first author, followed by the abbreviation “et al.”

Last Name, First Name. “Article title.” Encyclopedia/Dictionary name. Year Published. Medium.

Smith, John, Jane Doe, and Bob Anderson. “Internet.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2009. Print.

“house.” Synonyms.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2012. Web. 3 Oct. 2012. <http://www.synonyms.net/synonym/house>.

“William Shakespeare.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 20 May. 2009. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/537853/William-Shakespeare>

Being the Encyclopedia of Law a “Web”, also include the website name and the date on which you accessed the article online. The website name should be italicized and placed before the medium, along with a period. The accessed date should follow the medium (and be formatted using the international format of “day month year” as specified above), along with a period.

Smith, John. “BibMe.” Web Application Encyclopedia. 8th ed. 2009. Web Application Encyclopedia ONLINE. Web. 21 Feb. 2009.

You may choose to include the web address of the page, but only when the reader needs the URL to access the page or otherwise required by your professor. Although MLA guidelines previously recommended including URLs in a bibliography entry, that is no longer the case. In general, URLs are subject to change and can become outdated, refer to a session in use, and be very long. Users are more likely to find an article now by searching titles or author names. If you choose to include a URL, place it after the date of access (and its subsequent period) by enclosing it in angle brackets. Place a period after the angle brackets.

Smith, John. “BibMe.” Web Application Encyclopedia. 8th ed. 2009. Web Application Encyclopedia ONLINE. Web. 21 Feb. 2009. <http://www.britannica.com/articles/id=2533>.

Examples of Reference Page

Basic Book Format:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Article in a Scholarly Journal:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): page-page. Medium of Publication.

Page on a Website:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Website.com. Website Name, Date Published. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.

History courses will often have you use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS). One of the biggest differences between CMS and other styles is that CMS uses footnotes and endnotes. Find more information at the Purdue OWL Chicago section.

In the Encyclopedia of Law

Lawi. “The Encyclopedia of Law.” The Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. http://lawin.org (accessed October 3, 2012).

Last Name, First Name. “Page Title.” Website Title. Web Address (retrieved Date Accessed).

Smith, John, and Jane Doe. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. htp://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

Last Name, First Name. Encyclopedia/Dictionary name, Edition ed., s.v. “Article Title.” Publication City: Publisher Name, Year Published.
Smith, John, and Jane Doe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., s.v. “Internet.” Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009.

f the article was published online, conclude your citation by including the word “Retrieved”, followed by the date on which you accessed the website (written in the format of “month day, year”). Follow the date with a comma, the word “from”, and the web address of the website.

Smith, J. (2009). Internet. In Encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 20, pp. 81-82). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 21, 2009, from http://www.britannica.com/articles/id=2533

Examples of Reference Page

Basic Book Format:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Article in a Scholarly Journal:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Volume.Issue (Year): page-page.

Page on a Website:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Website.com. http://www.yourlink.com

The Encyclopedia of Law. (n.d.). The Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. Retrieved September 2, 2013, from http://lawin.org

Last Name, First. “Page Title.” Website Title. Retrieved Date Accessed, from Web Address

Smith, J., & Doe, J. (2009, January 21). Obama inaugurated as President. CNN.com. Retrieved February 1, 2009, from http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html

Last Name, F. (Year Published). Article Title. In Encyclopedia/Dictionary name (Vol. Volume Number, Page Numbers). Publication City: Publisher Name.

Smith, J., & Doe, J. (2009). Internet. In Encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 20, pp. 81-82). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.

was published online, conclude your citation by including the word “Retrieved”, followed by the date on which you accessed the website (written in the format of “month day, year”). Follow the date with a comma, the word “from”, and the web address of the website.

Smith, J. (2009). Internet. In Encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 20, pp. 81-82). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 21, 2009, from http://www.britannica.com/articles/id=2533

If the article was published online, conclude your citation by including the word “Retrieved”, followed by the date on which you accessed the website (written in the format of “month day, year”). Follow the date with a comma, the word “from”, and the web address of the website.

Smith, J. (2009). Internet. In Encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 20, pp. 81-82). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 21, 2009, from http://www.britannica.com/articles/id=2533

Examples of Reference Page

Basic Book Format:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Article in a Scholarly Journal:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Volume.Issue (Year): page-page.

Page on a Website:

Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Website.com. http://www.yourlink.com

Lawi. “The Encyclopedia of Law.” The Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. http://lawin.org (accessed October 3, 2012).

Last Name, First Name. “Page Title.” Website Title. Web Address (retrieved Date Accessed).

Smith, John, Jane Doe, and Bob Anderson. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. htp://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

If no author is available, begin the citation with the website owner.

Cable News Network. “Obama inaugurated as President.” CNN.com. htp://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/01/21/obama_inaugurated/index.html (accessed February 1, 2009).

Last Name, First Name. Encyclopedia/Dictionary name, Edition ed., s.v. “Article Title.” Publication City: Publisher Name, Year Published.

The first author’s name should be reversed, with a comma being placed after the last name and a period after the first name (or any middle name). The name should be written as it appears in the encyclopedia. A suffix, such as a roman numeral or Jr./Sr. should appear after the author’s given name, preceded by a comma.

For an article written by two or more authors, list them in order as they appear in the encyclopedia. Only the first author’s name should be reversed, while the others are written in normal order. Separate each author by a comma, and place the word “and” before the last author’s name. Include each author’s name in the citation – never use “et al” in place of anyone’s name.

Smith, John, and Jane Doe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., s.v. “Internet.” Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009.

Include the encyclopedia/dictionary name in italics, a comma, the encyclopedia/dictionary’s edition, and the abbreviation “ed.” Then include a comma and the abbreviation “s.v.”, and then place the article title, along with a period, in quotation marks.

If the encyclopedia/dictionary’s volume is available and the work does not arrange entries alphabetically, cite the volume after the article title, along with the abbreviation “vols.”

Smith, John. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., s.v. “Internet.” 20 vols. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009.

Include the city of publication, a colon, the publisher, a comma, and the year of publication. End the citation with a period.

If the article has no author, begin the citation with the encyclopedia/dictionary name.

The Wiki Encyclopedia of Law, s.v. “Internet.” North America: Lawi, 2012.

If you are citing the entire encyclopedia/dictionary and not a specific article, exclude the following parts of the citation: the authors, the article title, and the “s.v.” abbreviation.

If the article was published online, include the web address of the article, and then place the word “accessed”, along with the date on which you accessed the website (written in the format of “month day, year”) in parentheses. Conclude the citation with a period after the parentheses.

Smith, John. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., s.v. “Article Title.” Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. http://www.britannica.com/articles/id=2533 (accessed February 21, 2009).

Recommended Citation

First Name Last Name, Article Title, Wiki Encyclopedia of Law (2012)
Available at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pilr/vol24/iss1/2

Other Citations as a Law Journal

• ABNET: LAST NAME, Initial First Name.. Article Title. Wiki Encyclopedia of Law, North America, 4, sep. 2012. Available at: <http://lawin.org/completeurl>. Date accessed: 07 Oct. 2012.

• APA: Last Name, S. (2012). Article Title. Wiki Encyclopedia of Law, 4(3), 58-68. Retrieved from http://lawin.org/completeurl

• BibTeX:

@article{ALF283,
author = {First Name Last Name},
title = {Article Title},
journal = {Wiki Encyclopedia of Law},
volume = {4},
number = {3},
year = {2012},
keywords = {Â…. },
abstract = {Â…..},
issn = {Â…}, url = {http://lawin.org/completeurl}
}

• CBE: Last Name, Initial First Name. 2012 Sep 11. Article Title. Wiki Encyclopedia of Law. [Online] 4:3

• MLA: Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Wiki Encyclopedia of Law [Online], 4.3 (2012): 58-68. Web. 7 Oct. 2012

• RefWorks:

@article{{ALF}{283},
author = {Last Name, S.},
title = {Article Title},
journal = {Wiki Encyclopedia of Law},
volume = {Â…},
number = {Â…},
year = {2012},

url = {http://lawin.org/completeurl}
}

• Turabian: Last Name, First Name. “Article Title” Wiki Encyclopedia of Law [Online], (11 September 2012)

• See also ProCite, EndNote and Reference Manager Ris

Citations, EndNote, Firefox and Zotero

But what people really seem to want is a tool to convert citations automatically into proper Bluebook format. We’re often asked for advice on shortcuts to perfect Legal Citation : everything from “Can’t I just copy what it says on Lexis and Westlaw?” to “Is there a citation management software that will put footnotes together for me?” We’ve previously written about citation management tools such as EndNote and Zotero, which offer some support for Bluebook styles, but a survey of help forums will reveal frustration by users about errors in the output—perhaps unsurprising since both tools were originally designed for citation from style manuals in the sciences and the humanities, and Bluebook support came later.

CiteGenie, a Firefox add-on designed specifically for use in Legal Research , released a beta version this summer to favorable reviews from the legal community. The site FAQ clearly outlines what the system can and cannot do – for example, while you can copy text and references from LexisNexis, Westlaw, and WestlawNext in order to generate pinpoint citations in Bluebook format, CiteGenie cannot automatically detect subsequent cites where one would normally use the short form (e.g. “Nimmer, supra note 6”). So some user intervention and Bluebook knowledge would still be required.

See Lee F. PeoplesÂ’ 2010 article, The Citation of Blogs in Judicial Opinions, which was published in the Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property.

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