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Citation rules/Books and reports

Books and reports.

Authors, editors, editions, and the works cited in full.

49 rules on 8 pages of the book.

In this chapter

15.1Author11
15.2Editor or Translator6
15.3Title1
15.4Edition, Publisher, and Date9
15.5Shorter Works in Collection5
15.8Special Citation Forms8
15.9Electronic Databases and Online Sources3
15.10Short Citation Forms6

15.1Author

Move the volume before the author
Remove the title-page designation
Use small caps for the book
15.1(a)Remove the comma before "&"
15.1(a)Replace "and" with an ampersand
15.1(b)Remove the comma before "et al."
15.1(b)Shorten the authors to the first and “et al.”
15.1(c)Move the individual before the institution
15.1(c)Remove the subdivision
15.1(e)Remove the surplus firm word
15.1(e)Use the table's abbreviation

15.2Editor or Translator

15.2(a)Add a comma after the designation
15.2(a)Move the designation into the parenthetical
15.2(a)Move the editor before the translator
15.2(b)Remove the subdivision
15.2(b)Use the correct abbreviation
15.2(d)Use the correct abbreviation

15.3Title

Add ", at" before the page

15.4Edition, Publisher, and Date

15.4(a)(i)Add the publication parenthetical
15.4(a)(i)Add the year of publication
15.4(a)(ii)Abbreviate the publishing term
15.4(a)(ii)Use the citation number form
15.4(a)(iii)Move the publisher before the date
15.4(a)(iii)Replace one of the two dates
15.4(a)(iii)Use the table's form for the publisher
15.4(d)Add the place and the publisher
15.4(e)Add the supplement's year

15.5Shorter Works in Collection

15.5.1(a)Add the page the work begins on
15.5.1(a)Add the publication parenthetical
15.5.1(a)Italicize the word "in"
15.5.1(a)Remove italics from the author's name
15.5.2(a)Use the full citation, not a short form

15.8Special Citation Forms

15.8(a)Add the volume number
15.8(b)Remove the space after the asterisk
15.8(c)(i)Add the author in parentheses
15.8(c)(i)Add the edition cited
15.8(c)(i)Remove the publication parenthetical
15.8(c)(iii)Add the volume number
15.8(c)(iii)Use the fixed citation form
15.8(c)(v)Remove the edition or date parenthetical

15.9Electronic Databases and Online Sources

15.9(a)Add the database's document code
15.9(c)Abbreviate the ebook location
15.9(c)Move "(ebook)" after the date

15.10Short Citation Forms

Use “supra” for a source already cited
15.10.1Use "supra" for the collection
15.10.1Use a short form for the piece
15.10.1Use a short form for the volume
15.10.1Use the author's last name in the “supra”
15.10.1Use the volume's title in the “supra”

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Also in this part of the book: Cases, Constitutions, Statutes, Legislative materials, Administrative materials, Periodicals, Unpublished sources, Internet and media, Looseleaf services.

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