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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.1 Author

Move the volume before the author

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A multivolume work's volume number takes the first slot in a citation, ahead of the author's name; a work in a single volume carries none at all.¹

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1R. 15.1 Author. Tables: B15.1 Full Citation.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

PreviousMove the individual before the institution NextRemove the comma before "&"

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Move the individual before the institution
Move the volume before the author
Remove the comma before "&"
Remove the comma before "et al."
Remove the subdivision
Remove the surplus firm word
Remove the title-page designation
Replace "and" with an ampersand
Shorten the authors to the first and “et al.”

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More in 15.1 Author

Move the individual before the institution
Move the volume before the author
Remove the comma before "&"
Remove the comma before "et al."
Remove the subdivision
Remove the surplus firm word
Remove the title-page designation
Replace "and" with an ampersand
Shorten the authors to the first and “et al.”

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