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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.9 Electronic Databases and Online Sources

Move "(ebook)" after the date

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

The parenthetical naming an ebook closes the citation, after the date: “Harbor Towns: A Coastal History 1850–1900, at 25 (2019) (ebook)”, not “(ebook) (2019)”.¹

Wrong: (ebook) (2019)
Right: Harbor Towns: A Coastal History 1850–1900, at 25 (2019) (ebook)

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1R. 15.9(c) Ebooks.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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Abbreviate the ebook location
Add the database's document code
Move "(ebook)" after the date
Move the individual before the institution
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Remove the comma before "&"
Remove the comma before "et al."
Remove the subdivision
Remove the surplus firm word

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