Answered By: Electronic Resources Librarian
Last Updated: Mar 21, 2024     Views: 362

Does the Library Subscribe to Bluebook Online?

The library does not have a subscription for the Bluebook online. We do have a number of print copies of the Bluebook.

Note: the Bluebook offers a 30-day free trial when you purchase a copy of the Bluebook. 

For online reference, read Peter Martin's Introduction to Basic Legal Citation available on Cornell's Legal Information Institute (LII) website. 

Sometimes, in a pinch, you can see if the source you are citing has been cited before in another law review article [from one of the Bluebook editors*]. Chances are, if the editors did their job, it has been properly cited. (Of course, still be sure that your source says what you say it says!)

*Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal.