If you are on campus (including in Feil residence) using a computer connected to the BLS network, the links under: Finding Tips (below) will work. If you plan to source check off campus, you need to implement the BLS proxy server instructions for 1 web browser, then close/reopen that browser. This will allow you to access BLS databases (like HeinOnline's Law Journal Library) and BLS ebooks off campus.
BLS Library’s first floor Reserve collection includes many print copies of The Bluebook (current ed.). Call no. = KF 245 .B58
Check Westlaw: Secondary Sources - Law Reviews & Journals to see whether your journal previously cited to a source you need to check. Below is a sample Westlaw Boolean "terms and connectors" search to see whether an article published in Brooklyn Journal of International Law ever cited to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties:
"Brooklyn Journal of International Law" AND "Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties"
If you retrieve search results, sort results by: Date (cites in a recently published BJIL article would reflect application of the rules from a recent edition of The Bluebook).
If you do not retrieve search results, check to see how other scholarly journals cited to the desired document and review the appropriate Bluebook rule(s).
If reading a legal journal article in Westlaw, check Copy Menu (on right of screen) for option: Copy Citation.
Verify by consulting Bluebook Rule 16.
If reading a legal journal article in HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library, click: Cite (on left of screen) & review: Bluebook 21st ed. cite format.
Verify by consulting Bluebook Rule 16.
This BLS Treaty Research Guide discusses how to apply Bluebook rule 21.4 (Treaties) and provides sample treaty cites here. To apply rule 21.4, determine whether the U.S. is a party to the treaty. Sources that answer this threshold question:
United Nations Treaty Collection, MTDSG, tab: Status of Treaties Provides cites/parties to multilateral treaties registered or filed with the United Nations. Enter treaty's title or keywords.
U.S. Department of State, Treaties in Force (+ 2021-2023 supplement)