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Citation rules/Internet and media/18.12 Short Citation Forms

Shorten the author to the surname

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A web source's short form uses the author's last name, not the whole name given in the full citation; an institutional author keeps its full name.1

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  1. 1R. 18.12(a) Internet; R. 18.9(a) Internet. Tables: R. 4.2(a) “Supra.”; R. 18.2.1 General Internet Citation Principles.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousRemove the other parties from the short form

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  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the archive link
  7. Add the subsection title
  8. Remove the other parties from the short form
  9. Shorten the author to the surname

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More in Internet and media

  1. Abbreviate the author's name
  2. Abbreviate the site's name
  3. Add a comma before the URL
  4. Add a parenthetical explaining the link
  5. Add parentheses around the “last visited” date
  6. Add the archive link
  7. Add the subsection title
  8. Remove the other parties from the short form
  9. Shorten the author to the surname

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