The Library’s reference collection contains materials of general interest including English and foreign language dictionaries, encyclopedias, and directories, as well as a wide variety of law-related reference resources such as legal periodical indexes, attorney and law faculty directories, legal encyclopedias, legal dictionaries, and citation manuals. Duplicate copies of a number of frequently used Texas specific resources such as Vernon’s Texas statutes and Texas Jurisprudence are also included in the reference collection.
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is the most widely used legal citation standard. Now in its 18th edition, The Bluebook is a lengthy and complex set of rules for citation form, which serves as both a guide to citation form and a style manual for legal publication.
The Association of Legal Writing Directors has developed a simplified legal citation system based in large part, however, on that of the Bluebook.