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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.10 Short Citation Forms

Use the author's last name in the “supra”

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A piece inside a collection takes a short form built on its author's last name; an institutional author keeps its whole name instead.1

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  1. 1R. 15.10.1 Short Forms for Works in Collection. Tables: R. 15.5.1 Works in Collection Generally; R. 4.2(a) “Supra.”.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousUse a short form for the volumeNextUse the volume's title in the “supra”

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  1. Move the individual before the institution
  2. Move the volume before the author
  3. Remove the comma before "&"
  4. Use “supra” for a source already cited
  5. Use "supra" for the collection
  6. Use a short form for the piece
  7. Use a short form for the volume
  8. Use the author's last name in the “supra”
  9. Use the volume's title in the “supra”

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More in Books and reports

  1. Move the individual before the institution
  2. Move the volume before the author
  3. Remove the comma before "&"
  4. Use “supra” for a source already cited
  5. Use "supra" for the collection
  6. Use a short form for the piece
  7. Use a short form for the volume
  8. Use the author's last name in the “supra”
  9. Use the volume's title in the “supra”

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