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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.8 Audio Recordings and Streaming

Add the locating parenthetical

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts22nd edition only

A recording never released to the public is kept by its creator, and the citation says in a parenthetical where a copy can be found.1

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  1. 1R. 18.8.1(b) Noncommercial recordings.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousAbbreviate the recording label's nameNextAdd the release date to the parenthetical

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  1. Abbreviate the affiliation
  2. Abbreviate the author's name
  3. Abbreviate the recording label's name
  4. Abbreviate the site's name
  5. Add the locating parenthetical
  6. Add the release date to the parenthetical
  7. Italicize the image's title
  8. Move the access medium before the time marker
  9. Move the access medium into the parenthetical

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More in Internet and media

  1. Abbreviate the affiliation
  2. Abbreviate the author's name
  3. Abbreviate the recording label's name
  4. Abbreviate the site's name
  5. Add the locating parenthetical
  6. Add the release date to the parenthetical
  7. Italicize the image's title
  8. Move the access medium before the time marker
  9. Move the access medium into the parenthetical

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