Edition, Publisher & Date
General Rules.........................R15.4
Publishing Abbreviations.............T14
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This guide is currently being updated to reflect the recent changes made in The Bluebook (20th edition). Please be aware that pages containing this notice may contain out-of-date information.
The edition, publisher, and date of the work are indicated parenthetically at the end of the citation. Some general rules are given below:
Generally - Cite to the latest edition of a work unless an earlier edition is more relevant or authoratative.
Single Edition - Indicate the year of publication within the parenthetical.
Multiple Editions - Indicate the year of publication and the edition within the parenthetical.
Abbreviate editions according to the publisher's terminology, referring to Table 14, for a list of common publishing abbreviations.
The publication date refers to the year an edition was published. This is not the same as the date of printing.