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Abbreviations

Can't figure out what the abbreviation in that citation means? Here a a couple of options for looking it up:

Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations
Available in the Ready Reference section of the library at KF246 .B46 2017. This book has over 1,500 entries for acronyms, abbreviations, and symbols found in all sorts of legal sources. Just look up your abbreviation!
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
A searchable website for the abbreviations of U.S., U.K., and major foreign language legal publications. Can search by either abbreviation or publication title. Has a bit of a slant toward U.K. materials, but contains most U.S. legal journals as well.
Black's Law Dictionary
Unabridged editions of Black's Law Dictionary have an appendix containing abbreviations for about 1,000 legal publications and terms. Available online and at the reference desk and in the Ready Reference area at KF156 .B53 2014.

Legal Citation Help

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation by Harvard Law Review Association; Columbia Law Review; University of Pennsylvania Law Review; The Yale Law Journal
Call Number: KF245 .B58 2020 (Law Reserves)

ISBN: 9780578666150

Publication Date: 2020-05-20

A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. The LRC has a limited number of print copies of the 21st edition of the Bluebook on reserve behind the circulation desk. Copies of older editions are also available.
Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook by Linda J. Barris
Call Number: KF245 .B37 2015 (Law Reserves)

ISBN: 9781611637748

Publication Date: 2015-08-20
User's Guide to the "Bluebook" by Alan L. Dworsky; David Tomenes
Call Number: KF245 .D853 2015 (Law Reserves)

ISBN: 9780837740171

Publication Date: 2015-08-01
Indigo Book by Christopher Jon Sprigman & Jennifer Murphy Romig (eds.)
Publication Date: 2021

The Indigo Book is a free, open-source alternative to the Bluebook. The Indigo Book (2d ed. 2021) isn’t the same as The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed. 2020), but it does implement the same system of citation that The Bluebook does.
Cite Checker by Deborah E. Bouchoux
Call Number: KF245 .B68 2016 (Law Reserves)

ISBN: 9781454820529

Publication Date: 2016-01-15
PAstyle by Pennsylvania Bar Institute Staff (Compiled by)
Call Number: KFP250 .P3 2010 (Law Reserves)

ISBN: 9781578041558

Publication Date: 2016-10-31
Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Citations by Mary M. Prince
Call Number: KF246 .P73 2001 (Ready Reference)

ISBN: 9781575886695

Publication Date: 2001-08-01