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Citation rules/Periodicals/16.3 Title

Remove italics inside the article's title

Style note2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

Where an article's title contains a case name or a statute citation, that material keeps the type it would have in the sentence rather than joining the italic title.1

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  1. 1R. 16.3 Title; R. 16.7.1(a) Signed, student-written materials. Tables: R. 2.2(a) Main text.
  2. 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
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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 inside the article's title
  6. Remove italics outside the article's title
  7. Remove the volume label
  8. Remove the words after the colon
  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 inside the article's title
  6. Remove italics outside the article's title
  7. Remove the volume label
  8. Remove the words after the colon
  9. Use small caps for the periodical name

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