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Citation rules/Looseleaf services

Looseleaf services.

Reporters and services cited by volume, publisher, and date.

12 rules on 2 pages of the book.

In this chapter

  • 19.1Citation Form for Services11
  • 19.2Short Citation Forms1

19.1Citation Form for Services

  • Abbreviate the service's title
  • Add the court or the exact date
  • Add the database's identifier
  • Move the date after the subdivision
  • Remove italics from the service title
  • Remove the repeated parenthetical
  • Use the service citation form
  • 19.1(a)Add brackets around the spine subtitle
  • 19.1(a)Add the years the binder covers
  • 19.1(b)Abbreviate the publisher's name
  • 19.1(d)Add the exact date of enactment

19.2Short Citation Forms

  • 19.2(a)Add the binder designation to the short form

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book: Cases, Constitutions, Statutes, Legislative materials, Administrative materials, Books and reports, Periodicals, Unpublished sources, Internet and media.

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