The Monroe Doctrine was first articulated in James Monroe's State of the Union Address, which at the time was not a speech, but rather a written document presented to Congress. At the time, Congress kept its records in the form of the "Annals of Congress," and the text of Monroe's address survives in this official form. When citing the text of Monroe's State of the Union, refer to the official Annals of Congress text.
Before creating a bibliographic citation or an in-text note, always refer to the instructions given by your immediate authority, such as your teacher, professor or editor. If he or she has particular requirements for citations and bibliographic style, adhere to these before consulting a style guide.
Create the full bibliographic citation. This may take various forms, depending on which style guide you are using, but the Library of Congress recommends that you cite the Annals of Congress as follows for Chicago style: "Annals of Congress, Senate, 18th Congress, 1st Session." If using Bluebook style, the Library of Congress recommends the citation "41 Annals of Cong. (1823)" Both of these citations are for the particular Congressional session in which Monroe presented his seventh State of the Union address. Note that the title of the work should be set in italics in your bibliography.
To cite the Annals of Congress in the text of your document, again refer to your style guide. The Library of Congress recommends that parenthetical citations of the Annals take the form of (Annals of Congress 1823, 14). Once again, the title of the work should be set in italics. In this case, "14" specifies the column from which the information is taken, which will vary depending on the information that you are citing. The Annals of Congress does not use standard page numbers; instead, it is organized into columns, two to a page.