Extra § in H.R. bill

Dennis.Po · 2025-10-02T00:37:47+00:00

Patient Self-Determination Act, U.S.C. 42 §§ 1395-1396 (1990). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title42/html/USCODE-2011-title42-chap7-subchapXVIII.htm

How do I limit the § symbol. I'm using APA 7

Thanks

bwiernik · 2025-10-02T03:49:11+00:00

How have you entered the data in Zotero? Don’t include the section symbol in your data. The style adds that automatically

Dennis.Po · 2025-10-02T17:38:05+00:00

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u14766688/rlv8wjz90suk57qyhmf7.png

adamsmith · 2025-10-02T18:02:15+00:00

§§ is correct for multi-section legislative materials as per Bluebook and hence APA.
See https://libguides.niu.edu/c.php?g=700603&p=4971134 under "Citing multiple consecutive sections" or the referenced Bluebook R. 3.3(b)

Dennis.Po · 2025-10-02T19:16:12+00:00

Ok, thanks. So, Bluebook is the reference that APA refers to?

adamsmith · 2025-10-02T21:26:31+00:00

APA has some of its own guidance that follows Bluebook and points people to the Bluebook for anything else, yes.