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Citation rules/Administrative materials/14.5 Commercial Electronic Databases

Add a parenthetical naming the database

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A database identifier built from an initialism this checker does not recognize as self-naming leaves its service unstated, so the citation takes a parenthetical after it naming the service.¹

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1R. 14.5 Commercial Electronic Databases.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
Add a parenthetical naming the database
Add the C.F.R. edition year
Add the commenter's name
Add the date of publication
Add the opinion letter's date
Add the petition cite's missing element
Add the volume or page number
Remove the small caps

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Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
Add a parenthetical naming the database
Add the C.F.R. edition year
Add the commenter's name
Add the date of publication
Add the opinion letter's date
Add the petition cite's missing element
Add the volume or page number
Remove the small caps

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