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Citation rules/Periodicals/16.8 Electronic Media and Online Sources

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Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A periodical cited to a commercial database carries the number that database assigns the document — a Westlaw citation number, a file number — and not the service's name alone.1

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  1. 1R. 16.8(a) Commercial electronic databases; R. 16.6(e) Commercial electronic databases.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousUse the printed form for the part numbersNextUse “id.” for the note above

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  1. Abbreviate the periodical's name
  2. Add the database number
  3. Add the first page of the work
  4. Add the volume or remove the year
  5. Add the year or cover date
  6. Remove italics inside the article's title
  7. Remove italics outside the article's title
  8. Remove the volume label
  9. Use small caps for the periodical name

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More in Periodicals

  1. Abbreviate the periodical's name
  2. Add the database number
  3. Add the first page of the work
  4. Add the volume or remove the year
  5. Add the year or cover date
  6. Remove italics inside the article's title
  7. Remove italics outside the article's title
  8. Remove the volume label
  9. Use small caps for the periodical name

Back to Periodicals

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