There are so many different sources listed in The Bluebook. Sometimes, it can be efficient to just focus on the main sources that are cited in an article and fix those. This page shows those main sources. 

If you are wondering if and where The Bluebook has a specific citation for your source, look up the source in the index to see.

1. Scholarly articles: Bluebook Rule 16

• Example: Stephanie Plamondon Bair, Malleable Rationality, 79 Oʜɪᴏ Sᴛ. L.J. 17 (2018).

2. Books: Bluebook Rule 15

• Example: W. Cᴏʟᴇ Dᴜʀʜᴀᴍ, Jʀ. & Bʀᴇᴛᴛ G. Sᴄʜᴀʀғғs, Lᴀᴡ ᴀɴᴅ Rᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ: Nᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ, Iɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ, ᴀɴᴅ Cᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ Pᴇʀsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs (2d ed., 2019).

3. Chapter in a book written by an author who did not write the whole book (This generally means that there are no authors listed on the cover of the book, but rather have editors listed on the cover of the book.): Bluebook Rule 15.5. Bluebook calls sources like this "Shorter Works in Collection."

• Example: Justin Collings, An American Perspective on the German Constitutional Court, in Tʜᴇ U.S. Sᴜᴘʀᴇᴍᴇ Cᴏᴜʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ Cᴏɴᴛᴇᴍᴘᴏʀᴀʀʏ Cᴏɴsᴛɪᴛᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ Lᴀᴡ: Tʜᴇ Oʙᴀᴍᴀ Eʀᴀ ᴀɴᴅ Iᴛs Lᴇɢᴀᴄʏ 273 (Anna-Bettina Kaiser, Niels Petersen & Johannes Sauer eds., 2018).

4. Cases: Bluebook Rule 10

• Example: McKee v. Cosby, 139 S. Ct. 675 (2019).

5. Webpages (This includes links to newspaper articles online, as well as links to specific websites): Bluebook Rule 18.2.2 

• Ford Recalls 870K F-150 Pickups in US Because Parking Brakes Can Turn on Unexpectedly, AP Nᴇᴡs (July 28, 2023, 4:33 PM), https://apnews.com/article/ford-f150-recall-parking-brake-5c23b8bf56411dcaf20878da18ddd829.