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Citation rules/Periodicals/16.4 Consecutively Paginated Journals

Remove the words after the colon

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

An abbreviated periodical title stops at its colon, so the journal Taxes: The Tax Magazine is cited as “88 Taxes 112”, not “88 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 112”.1

Wrong
88 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 112
Right
88 Taxes 112
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  1. 1R. 16.4 Consecutively Paginated Journals; R. 16.5 Nonconsecutively Paginated Journals and Magazines; T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles; B16.1.1 Consecutively Paginated Journals; R. 16.1 Basic Citation Forms.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousRemove the volume labelNextRemove the year parenthetical

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

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More in Periodicals

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

Back to Periodicals

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