Template:Bluebook journal/doc

This Bluebook style template is used to create citations to journals and other periodicals like newspapers and magazines. For posts that appear online only, use {{bluebook website}}.

Usage

To use, copy and paste the code, fill in the parameters you need, and then delete the ones you do not use to reduce clutter when someone edits the page after you.

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

{{bluebook journal |last= |first= |title= |url= |year= |journal= |volume= |page= |pin= |punct=}}

Examples

Basic usage

• {{Bluebook journal| first=Joe| last=Schmoe| title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying| volume=111| journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues| page=222| pin=234| year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe, How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222, 234 (2016).

Basic usage for print materials (with url)

• {{Bluebook journal | first=Joe | last=Schmoe | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying | volume=111 | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues | page=222 | pin=234 | url=https://www.example.com | year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe, How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222, 234 (2016).

Without a pinpoint reference

• {{Bluebook journal | first=Joe | last=Schmoe | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying | volume=111 | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues | page=222 | url=https://www.example.com | year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe, How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222 (2016).

With multiple authors

• {{Bluebook journal | first=Joe | last=Schmoe | first2=Fick | last2=Shawnal | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying | volume=111 | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues | page=222 | url=https://www.example.com | year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe & Fick Shawnal, How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222 (2016).

• {{Bluebook journal | first=Joe | last=Schmoe | first2=Fick | last2=Shawnal | first3=A. Nother | last3=Example | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying | volume=111 | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues | page=222 | url=https://www.example.com | year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe, et al., How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222 (2016).

• {{Bluebook journal | first=Joe | last=Schmoe | first2=Fick | last2=Shawnal | first3=A. Nother | last3=Example | first4=And | last4=So On | first5=... | last5=... | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying | volume=111 | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues | page=222 | url=https://www.example.com | year=2016}}

  Joe Schmoe, et al., How To Win Appeals Without Trying, 111 Law & Other Pol'y Issues 222 (2016).

Parameters

Parameter	Use
first, first2, first3, ... , first#	The first name of author as well as any middle names or initials
last, last2, last3, ... , last#	The last name of the author or the name of an institutional author
title	The title of the article being cited
journal	The name of the periodical the article appears in. Per the Bluebook style, abbreviations should be used for common words such as journal (J.), American (Am.), Law (L.), Policy (Pol.), et altera. For a list of abbreviations, see this site.
volume	The volume of the periodical that the work appears in.
url	The bare link to the website where the article can be found, do not use brackets (ie, [])
date	The month and day the piece was published in print. Dates should be formatted Month Day, not Day Month.
year	The year the piece was published
page	The page the article starts on. Do not put a page range.
pin	The page that the cited information appears on.
punct	A punctuation mark to follow the citation. Defaults to a period.

See also

• {{Bluebook website}}
• {{Cite court}}
• {{Ussc}}
• {{Scite}}