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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.8 Special Citation Forms

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Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A citation to particular material inside a Federalist paper carries the publication information for the edition read, because the page depends on it.¹

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1R. 15.8(c)(i) The Federalist.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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Add the author in parentheses
Add the edition cited
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Add the volume number
Move the individual before the institution
Remove the edition or date parenthetical
Remove the publication parenthetical
Remove the space after the asterisk
Use the fixed citation form

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