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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.2 The Internet

Use brackets around the archive URL

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An archive link is appended to the full citation in square brackets; the brackets are what tell the reader it preserves the source rather than being a second one.¹

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1R. 18.2.1(d) Archival.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

PreviousUse an italic “on” before the page cited NextUse small caps for the site's name

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Abbreviate the author's name
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Add a comma before the URL
Add a parenthetical explaining the link
Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
Add the archive link
Add the site's name before the address
Add the time zone after the time
Use brackets around the archive URL

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More in 18.2 The Internet

Abbreviate the author's name
Abbreviate the site's name
Add a comma before the URL
Add a parenthetical explaining the link
Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
Add the archive link
Add the site's name before the address
Add the time zone after the time
Use brackets around the archive URL

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