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Citation rules/Tables/T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles

Use "IMF" for the fund survey's title

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A periodical is abbreviated with the abbreviation its own printed title carries, rather than the word-by-word expansion the abbreviation tables would otherwise build.1

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  1. 1T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles; R. 16.4 Consecutively Paginated Journals.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousRemove the comma from the periodical nameNextMove the panel after the province

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  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the case number
  4. Add the docket number and full date
  5. Add the Federal Register cite or move Q&A
  6. Add the letter's release date
  7. Remove the comma from the periodical name
  8. Use "IMF" for the fund survey's title
  9. Use the chapter number

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More in Tables

  1. Abbreviate the bureau’s name
  2. Abbreviate the ruling series
  3. Add the case number
  4. Add the docket number and full date
  5. Add the Federal Register cite or move Q&A
  6. Add the letter's release date
  7. Remove the comma from the periodical name
  8. Use "IMF" for the fund survey's title
  9. Use the chapter number

Back to Tables

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