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I know of no other book, but I can say that the online version of the bluebook is infinitely easier for me to navigate, and that helped me immensely.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
Amazon has a couple of books that seem to be aimed at helping people decipher the bluebook.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
Just FYI, you'll need an actual real copy of the book for SMU's write-on, so I'd get one and learn how to use it.chem! wrote:I know of no other book, but I can say that the online version of the bluebook is infinitely easier for me to navigate, and that helped me immensely.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
Thanks! I have one. I just prefer to use the online version when I can because the typeface is so damned tiny in the hard copy.kalvano wrote:Just FYI, you'll need an actual real copy of the book for SMU's write-on, so I'd get one and learn how to use it.chem! wrote:I know of no other book, but I can say that the online version of the bluebook is infinitely easier for me to navigate, and that helped me immensely.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
Use the online version. You can find what you're looking for by using the search bar, so you'll be more efficient and less likely to miss things.chem! wrote:I know of no other book, but I can say that the online version of the bluebook is infinitely easier for me to navigate, and that helped me immensely.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
the more you use it, the better you know where everything isenjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
BullShitWithBravado wrote:Use the online version. You can find what you're looking for by using the search bar, so you'll be more efficient and less likely to miss things.chem! wrote:I know of no other book, but I can say that the online version of the bluebook is infinitely easier for me to navigate, and that helped me immensely.enjoyddyy wrote:I just don't understand the bluebook. The rules are everywhere and I missed the small things all the time, like what to put in the parentheses. The more I look at my professors' correct answers the more frustrated I get... Is there any other book that explains the bluebook and gives examples clearly? Thank you!
Thanks for all the advice! I subscribe to the online version already, and the search function does make things easier!ash0117 wrote:For me, I've only come to really understand the Bluebook this semester (Fall 2L) and only because of journal and the intense amount of spading (cite checking) I've been doing. I believe that understanding really only comes with using it. Get familiar with it. Learn the basic rules. The Interactive Citation Workbook is good practice for simple things. It's available through Lexis. The details really come with use, because sometimes the reality is you'll never need EVERYTHING in the Bluebook, so you sort of learn as you use it.
Also, the online version is nice to have because you can search much easier which makes finding the proper rule faster.