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Citation rules/Subdivisions and pincites/3.1 Volumes, Parts, and Supplements

Add brackets around the volume designation

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A volume designation made of words is bracketed so a reader cannot mistake it for the opening words of the work's title.¹

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1R. 3.1(a) Volumes. Tables: R. 19.1(a) Volume.
2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.

NextUse Arabic numerals for the volume

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Abbreviate the table or figure
Add “at” before a Roman page
Add brackets around the volume designation
Add the pincite
Move the pincite before the date
Remove “p.” before the page
Remove the comma before “passim”
Use Arabic numerals for the volume
Use the correct supplement form

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More in Subdivisions and pincites

Abbreviate the table or figure
Add “at” before a Roman page
Add brackets around the volume designation
Add the pincite
Move the pincite before the date
Remove “p.” before the page
Remove the comma before “passim”
Use Arabic numerals for the volume
Use the correct supplement form

Back to Subdivisions and pincites

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