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Citation rules/Archival materials

Archival materials.

Collections, finding aids, and material held in an archive.

17 rules on 8 pages of the book.

In this chapter

  • 23.2Author1
  • 23.3Title3
  • 23.4Institutional Affiliation1
  • 23.5Date2
  • 23.6Archival Information2
  • 23.7Case Materials5
  • 23.8Pre-1900 Newspapers1
  • 23.9Databases Reprinting Primary Sources2

23.2Author

  • 23.2(a)Use "&" between the two authors

23.3Title

  • 23.3(a)Capitalize the archival title
  • 23.3(a)Remove the emphasis from the title
  • 23.3(a)Replace the abbreviation with the word

23.4Institutional Affiliation

  • Abbreviate the institution's name

23.5Date

  • Add the date of the document
  • Use the archival date abbreviation

23.6Archival Information

  • 23.6(a)Abbreviate the archive owner’s name
  • 23.6(b)Move the larger subunit first

23.7Case Materials

  • 23.7.1(a)Abbreviate the court affiliation
  • 23.7.1(a)Add the judge's honorific
  • 23.7.1(b)Add the docket or reporter citation
  • 23.7.1(b)Remove the docket or the reporter
  • 23.7.2(b)Add the reporter citation

23.8Pre-1900 Newspapers

  • Add "at" before the page

23.9Databases Reprinting Primary Sources

  • Add the database’s owner
  • Use the archival form, not a reprint

Check a document against these 17 rules.

Also in this part of the book: Foreign materials, International materials, Tribal materials.

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