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Citation rules/Periodicals

Periodicals.

Law reviews, magazines, newspapers, and their volume and page forms.

36 rules on 9 pages of the book.

In this chapter

16.1Basic Citation Forms1
16.2Author1
16.3Title1
16.4Consecutively Paginated Journals7
16.5Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines3
16.6Newspapers5
16.7Special Citation Forms13
16.8Electronic Media and Online Sources1
16.9Short Citation Forms4

16.1Basic Citation Forms

Use small caps for the periodical name

16.2Author

Remove italics outside the article's title

16.3Title

Remove italics inside the article's title

16.4Consecutively Paginated Journals

Abbreviate the periodical's name
Add the first page of the work
Add the volume or remove the year
Add the year or cover date
Remove the volume label
Remove the words after the colon
Remove the year parenthetical

16.5Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines

Add “at” before the page
Add the volume number
Remove the volume or the cover date

16.6Newspapers

16.6(a)Move the designation after the author
16.6(a)Move the section parenthetical after the date
16.6(a)Remove italics from the designation
16.6(a)Remove the pages after the first
16.6(a)Remove the second page

16.7Special Citation Forms

16.7.1(a)Move the designation after the author
16.7.1(a)Move the designation before the title
16.7.1(b)Move the designation before the title
16.7.2Add the reviewer's name
16.7.3Remove the author or the designation
16.7.4Move the designation before the byline
16.7.5Add a volume and page for each part
16.7.5Add the pages for each part
16.7.5Move the part numbers after the title
16.7.5Use the printed form for the part numbers
16.7.6Add the “Annotation” designation
16.7.8Abbreviate the issuing body's name
16.7.8Add the issuing body's location

16.8Electronic Media and Online Sources

16.8(a)Add the database number

16.9Short Citation Forms

Use a short form
16.9(a)Use “id.” for the note above
16.9(b)Use the author's last name
16.9(b)Use the registered short form

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Also in this part of the book: Cases, Constitutions, Statutes, Legislative materials, Administrative materials, Books and reports, Unpublished sources, Internet and media, Looseleaf services.

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