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Citation rules/Books and reports/15.8 Special Citation Forms

Remove the space after the asterisk

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A work cited to its star page closes the asterisk up against the page number, with no space between them.¹

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1R. 15.8(b) Special pagination.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

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Add the author in parentheses
Add the edition cited
Add the volume number
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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More in Books and reports

Add the author in parentheses
Add the edition cited
Add the volume number
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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