Free Bluebook Book Citation Generator
Generate accurate Bluebook citations for legal treatises, textbooks, and edited volumes.
How to cite a book in Bluebook
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Paste a DOI, URL, ISBN, title, or author name to find the exact source record.
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Verify author, year, title, container, and publication details before copying the final citation.
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Bluebook Book Citation Format
Single Author:
Author Full Name, Title in Small Caps Page (Edition, Publisher Year).
Edited Volume:
Author, Chapter Title, in Title in Small Caps Page (Editor ed., Year).
Bluebook Book Citation Examples
Legal Treatise
In-text: 1
Casebook
In-text: 2
Examples formatted in Bluebook style
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I cite a legal treatise in Bluebook?
Format: Author, Title (in large and small capitals) page or section (edition, publisher year). Multi-volume works include the volume number before the author name.
Do I use italics or small caps for book titles?
In law review footnotes, book titles use large and small capitals (not italics). In court documents, titles are underlined or italicized per local rules.
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