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Citation rules/Legislative materials/13.7 Electronic Media and Online Sources

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Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Legislative material read in a commercial database carries the number that database assigns it, in front of the parenthetical naming the service; the name on its own leaves nothing to search for.1

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  1. 1R. 13.7(a) Commercial electronic databases. Tables: R. 13.1 Basic Citation Forms.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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More in Legislative materials

  1. Abbreviate the legislative body
  2. Add the bill or resolution number
  3. Add the database number
  4. Add the legislative session
  5. Add the number of the Congress
  6. Add the state to the parenthetical
  7. Add the year of publication
  8. Remove “(enacted)”
  9. Use the abbreviation for the house

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More in Legislative materials

  1. Abbreviate the legislative body
  2. Add the bill or resolution number
  3. Add the database number
  4. Add the legislative session
  5. Add the number of the Congress
  6. Add the state to the parenthetical
  7. Add the year of publication
  8. Remove “(enacted)”
  9. Use the abbreviation for the house

Back to Legislative materials

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