I. Florida Materials:
| Fla. Jur. 2d | Florida Jurisprudence, 2nd edition | |
| Fla. Laws | Laws of Florida | |
| Fla. Stat. or F.S | Florida Statutes | |
| F.S.A. or Fla. Stat. Ann. | Wests Florida Statutes Annotated | |
| Fla. Dig. | West's Florida Digest | |
| So. | Southern Reporter | |
| So.2d. | Southern Reporter, 2nd series |
II. United States Materials in Green Library:
| D.C. Code | District of Columbia Code | |
| F.2d | Federal Reporter, 2nd series. | |
| F.3d | Federal Reporter, 3rd series. | |
| F.Supp | Federal Supplement. | |
| I.R.C. | Internal Revenue Code | |
| L.Ed | U.S. Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition, Lawyers Cooperative) | |
| L.Ed.2d | U.S. Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers Edition, Annotated (Lawyers Coop.) | |
| S.Ct | Supreme Court Reporter (West) | |
| S.Ct.D. | U.S. Supreme Court Digest | |
| Stat | U.S. Statutes at Large | |
| U.S. | United States Reports (G.P.O.) | |
| U.S.C. | U.S. Code | |
| U.S.C.A. | U.S. Code Annotated | |
| U.S.C.C.A.N | U.S. Code Congressional & Administrative News |
III. General Legal Reference at F.I.U.:
| Am Jur 2d | American Jurisprudence, 2nd ed. | |
| Black L.D. | Black's Law Dictionary (at Ref. desk.) | |
| CJS | Corpus Juris Secundum | |
| Words and Phrases | Words and Phrases |
IV. Regional Reporters:
| ALR | American Law Reports |
| ALR2 | " " " . 2nd Series |
| ALR3 | ALR. 3rd Series |
| ALR4 | ALR 4th Series |
| ALR5 | ALR. 5th Series. |
| ALR Fed | American Law Reports, Federal |
| (For the following titles, check Law School Library): | |
| A.2d | Atlantic Reporter, 2nd series |
| Cal. Rptr. | California Reporter |
| Ill.Dec. | Illinois Decisions |
| N.E.2d | North Eastern Reporter, 2nd series |
| N.W.2d | North Western Reporter, 2nd series |
| N.Y.S.2d | New York Supplement, 2nd series |
| P.2d | Pacific Reporter, 2nd series |
| S.E.2d | South Eastern Reporter, 2nd series |
| S.W.2d | South Western Reporter, 2nd series |
The authoritative guides to abbreviations by source name are:
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Citations. DESK KF246.B45 1988.
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. DESK K85.U55 15th ed. 1991.
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