EC Library Guide on EU law: Citing and Referencing
Citing and referencing guides
- Interinstitutional style guide
Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.
Part One assembles the rules for strict application in editing the acts published in the Official Journal
while Part Two gives the main technical and editorial norms for general publications.
- Data citation: A guide to best practice
Publications Office of the European Union, 2022.
The publication “Data citation : a guide to best practice” is a practical guide that includes recommendations and best practices on how to cite data. It is divided in 3 parts: part 1 - issues in data citation, general recommendations; part 2 - recommendations on specific formats and other elements for data citation and part 3 - other information (e.g. specific differences between recommendations).
- Ref2Link | Interoperable Europe Portal, European Commission
Ref2Link automates the detection of references and generates hyperlinks based on dynamic and customisable rules. You can use Ref2Link as a standalone tool or as a building block in IT systems such as LEOS. Ref2Link supports out-of-the-box multilingual detection of EU legal instruments. It enforces the European Legislation Identifier and European Case Law Identifier standards and other references if needed.