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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure, or page numbers. See also glossary of key terms, pp. 823–40.
- UK, use of, 17.337
- undated works
- in manuscript collections, 17.233
- in reference lists, 16.103
- underlining, 2.17, 2.100, 11.10
- uniform resource locators. See URLs
- United Kingdom
- abbreviation of, 17.337
- currency of, 9.26
- public documents of, 17.336–54; Calendars, 17.351; command papers, 17.345; date and number form, 17.339; first element in, 17.337; Foreign and State Papers, 17.348; frequently cited collections, 17.353–54; government publisher, 17.338; other historical records, 17.350; parliamentary bills, reports, and papers, 17.344; parliamentary debates, 17.341–43; reports in pamphlet form, 17.349; resources on, 17.336; statutes, 17.346–47; types of parliamentary, 17.340; unpublished, 17.352–54
- See also British style
- abbreviations for states and territories, 15.29
- public documents of, 17.295–324; American State Papers, 17.313; bills and resolutions, 17.309; Census Bureau, 17.319, 17.356; Committee Prints, 17.308; congressional hearings, 17.307; congressional publications, 17.297, 17.301; Congressional Record, 17.302–3, 17.309; congressional reports and documents, 17.306, 17.308; constitutions, 17.288–89, 17.321, 17.356; Continental Congress journals, 17.305; debates, 17.302–4; electronic, 17.356; executive department documents, 17.317–19; government commission publications, 17.320; Government Printing Office, 17.295; laws and statutes, federal, 9.32, 17.310–11; Monthly Catalog of, 17.296; numbers of sessions and Congress, 17.300; presidential documents, 17.315; presidential papers compilations, 17.316; series numbers, 17.318; speaker identified, 17.303; 3-em dash, 17.299; treaties, 17.322; unpublished, 17.324; “U.S. Congress” with, 17.298
- See also governmental entities
- capitalization of, 8.67
- committees of, 17.306–8
- documents of: American State Papers, 17.313; bills and resolutions, 17.309; commission publications, 17.320; Committee Prints, 17.308; congressional journals, 17.301; Congressional Record, 17.302–3, 17.309; debates, 17.302–4; hearings, 17.307; Journals of the Continental Congress (JCC), 17.305; laws and statutes, 9.32, 17.310–11; reports and documents, 17.306, 17.308; speaker identified, 17.303; 3-em dash for repeated sources, 17.299; treaties, 17.322; types of, 17.297; unpublished, 17.324; “U.S. Congress” with, 17.298
- members of, 8.25
- numbers of Congresses and sessions, 17.300
- numbers vs. words for divisions in, 9.32
- books not under contract as, 17.121–22
- copyright duration for, 4.25
- documentation of, 17.210–21; Canadian, 17.335; contracts, 17.220; electronic, 17.234–37; government, 17.324; musical scores, 17.264; news release, 17.244; online, 17.211, 17.356; papers presented at meetings, 17.215; patents, 17.219; poster papers, 17.216; preprints, 17.218; theses and dissertations, 8.195, 17.214; titles, 17.212; UK, 17.352–54; use of parentheses in notes, 17.210; wills, 17.220; working papers, 17.217
- fair use of, 4.79
- resources on, 17.324
- titles of, 8.195, 17.212
- See also interviews; letters (correspondence); manuscript collections; personal communications
- access dates for: citation with (example), 17.181; online books, 17.143; online periodicals, 17.148, 17.198; preferences on, 17.12, 17.187; reference works, 17.239; scientific, 17.358
- colons in, 6.63
- for databases, 17.358
- description of, 17.9
- hyphens in, 6.82
- for main entrance (“home page”) only, 17.198
- for multimedia, 17.270
- period (dot) in, 6.17
- punctuation of, 17.9–10
- revision dates for, 17.13







