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Citation rules/Periodicals/16.5 Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines

Add “at” before the page

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A magazine or newspaper is cited by name, cover date, “at”, then the first page — “Time, Feb. 27, 1989, at 53”, not “Time, Feb. 27, 1989, 53”.1

Wrong
Time, Feb. 27, 1989, 53
Right
Time, Feb. 27, 1989, at 53
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  1. 1R. 16.5 Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines; R. 16.6(a) In general; R. 3.2(a) Pages; B16.1.2 Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines; B16.1.4 Newspaper Articles; R. 16.7.8 Newsletters and Other Noncommercially Distributed Periodicals.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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  1. Abbreviate the periodical's name
  2. Add “at” before the page
  3. Add the first page of the work
  4. Add the volume number
  5. Add the volume or remove the year
  6. Remove italics inside the article's title
  7. Remove italics outside the article's title
  8. Remove the volume or the cover date
  9. Use small caps for the periodical name

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More in Periodicals

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

Back to Periodicals

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