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Cite legal materials with McGill Guide

The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation is also known as the McGill Guide. The guide establishes the legal citation standard in Canada and provides a straightforward, uniform approach to citation of materials across all jurisdictions in both English and French. The McGill Guide is available as a standalone product or as an add-on to your other subscriptions.

Accessing the guide

There are four ways to access the guide:
  • Select
    McGill Guide
     in the
    Browse
    .
  • Select
    Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation
     within
    Finding Tools
    .
  • Select
    Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation
      within
    My Subscriptions
    .
  • Select
    Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation
     in
    Related Resources
      from the LawSource Home page or case law document. 

Browsing the guide content

You may browse content in the following ways:
  • You may access the Table of Contents.
  • Select your preferred language.
  • Continue through the headings to find the document you want.

Searching the guide content

You may search in the following ways:
  • Enter keywords into the search box.
  • Use the checkboxes to further narrow your search by specific subtopics.

Document page

You may do the following on the Document page:
  • Information regarding the resource is provided along with a sample citation. Longer documents include jump links to the various sections within the document.
  • Use the navigation arrows to jump from document to document.
  • Access the Table of Contents.
  • Print, email and download the document. 

Appendix

The following explains how to navigate through the Appendix:
  • Select
    Appendix
     within the document to navigate to the Appendix document.
  • Use
    Search Text
     to keyword search the document. 
  • When searching for a specific abbreviation for a journal, you can search for that specific journal instead of scrolling through the list.

This article applies to:

  • PRODUCT: Westlaw Edge Canada
  • Subject: Citations, Documents

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