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Government Information and Data

This guide provides resources, both through the CMU Libraries and publicly available, for information and data produced and disseminated by all levels of US government, as well as some international sources.

Citing Goverment Sources

Citing legislative documents and government sources can sometimes be challenging.  For a thorough guide to citing these sources in MLA and APA styles see this guide to citing Government Documents from Cornell University Library.

Zotero

 

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Zotero is a popular free open source citation management tool that makes saving and citing online resources, including websites, YouTube videos, news articles, and scholarly database results, a breeze. Some of Zotero's strengths include its ability to capture a multitude of resource types with the click of a button, and its group library function, with no limit on group membership.  For more about Zotero, see this guide.