| A | Atlantic Reporter |
| A. 2d | Atlantic Reporter, Second series |
| A.L.R | American Law Reports |
| A.L.R. 2d | American Law Reports , Second Series |
| A.L.R. 3d | American Law Reports, Third Series |
| A.L.R. 4th | American Law Reports, Fourth Series |
| A.L.R. 5th | American Law Reports, Fifth Series |
| A.L.R. Fed | American Law Reports, Federal |
| Am. Jur | American Jurisprudence |
| Am. Jur. 2d | America Jurisprudence Second Series |
| C. or Cal. | California Reports |
| C.2d or Cal. 2d | California Reports, Second series |
| C. 3d or Cal. 3d | California Reports, Third series |
| C. 4th or Cal. 4th | California Reports, Fourth series |
| C.C.R. | California Code of Regulations |
| CEB | Continuing Education of the Bar |
| C.F.R. | Code of Federal Regulations |
| C.J. | Corpus Juris |
| C.J.S. | Corpur Juris Secundum |
| CA or Cal. App | California Appellate Reports |
| CA2d or Cal. App.2d | California Appellate Reports Second series |
| CA3d or Cal. App.3d | California Appellate Reports Third series |
| CA4th or Cal. App.4th | California Appellate Reports Fourth series |
| Cal. Jur. | California Jurisprudence |
| Cal. Jur.2d | California Jurisprudence, Second series |
| Cal. Jur. 3d | California Jurisprudence, Third series |
| Cal. Rptr. | California Reporter (West's) |
| Cal. Rptr. 2d | California Reporter Second Series |
| F. | Federal Reporter |
| F.2d | Federal Reporter, Second Series |
| F.R.D. | Federal Rules Decisions |
| F.Supp. | Federal Supplement |
| F.Supp. 2d | Federal Supplement 2d |
| L.Ed. | Lawyers' Edition, U.S. Supreme Court Reports |
| L.Ed.2d | Layers' Edition, U.S. Supreme Court Reports |
| N.E. & N.E.2d | Northeastern Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| N.W. & N.W.2d | Northwestern Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| P. & P.2d | Pacific Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| S. & S2d | Southern Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| S.E. & S.E.2d | Southeastern Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| S.W. & S.W2d | Southwestern Reporter, First Series and Second Series |
| S.Ct. | Supreme Court Reports |
| U.S. | United States Reports |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| U.S.C.A. | United States Code Annotated |
| U.S.C.S. | United States Code Service |
California Codes
| Bus. & Prof. or B&P | Business and Professions |
| C.C.R | California Code of Regulations |
| Civ. or C.C. | Civil |
| Civ. Proc. or CCP | Civil Procedure |
| Com. | Commercial |
| Corp. | Corporations |
| Educ. Or Ed. | Education |
| Elec. | Elections |
| Evid. | Evidence |
| Family | Family |
| Fin. | Financial |
| Fish and Game | Fish and Game |
| Food & Agric. | Food and Agricultural |
| Gov't or Gov. | Government |
| Harb. & Nav. | Harbors and Navigation |
| Health and Safety or H & S | Health and Safety |
| Ins. | Insurance |
| Lab. | Labor |
| Mil. & Vet. | Military and veterans |
| Penal or P.C. | Penal |
| Prob. | Probate |
| Pub. Cont. | Public Contact |
| Pub. Res. | Public Resources |
| Pub. Util. | Public Utilities |
| Rev. & Tax | Revenue and Taxation |
| Sts. & High. | Streets and Highways |
| Unemp. Ins. | Unemployment Insurance |
| Veh. | Vehicle |
| Water | Water |
| Welf. & Inst. or W & I | Welfare and Institutions |