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When you link to USA.gov, please do it in an appropriate context as a service to your customers when they need to find official U.S. government information and services. We encourage you to use our logo, which we've provided below. Placement of the USA.gov logo is to be used only as a marker to the USA.gov homepage and not as a form of endorsement or approval from USA.gov, the Technology Transformation Services division, the U.S. General Services Administration, or the U.S. government.
We also encourage federal agencies to use the U.S Web Design System's identifier component to link to USA.gov. The identifier includes the link to USA.gov plus all the other required links that all federal websites need to have.
You can also to link to USAGov en Español, the official Spanish language website of the U.S. government. We offer the USAGov en Español logo in various sizes and formats.
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As the official guide to government information and services, USA.gov is happy to be a source for reliable, direct information for your research paper. Here are some examples of how you can cite USA.gov in some of the most popular attribution formats.
APA
Title of specific document. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.). In title of website. Retrieved date, from URL of specific document
Example:
Presidential Election Process. (2017). In USA.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2018, from https://www.usa.gov/election
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Chicago
“Title of specific page.” Source. Last modified use the last modified date provided in the lower right corner of every page in month day, year format. Link.
Example:
"Presidential Election Process.” USA.gov. Last modified January 30, 2018. https://www.usa.gov/election.
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MLA
“Title of specific page”. USA.gov, use the last modified date provided in the lower right corner of every page in day abbreviated month. year format, Link
Example:
"Presidential Election Process." USA.gov, 30 Jan. 2018, https://www.usa.gov/election.
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February 13, 2020
