FOREWORD by Herbert Lindenberger
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
1.1 Scholars and Scholarly Publishing
1.2 Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications
1.3 Deciding to Submit the Manuscript
1.4 Placing a Manuscript for a Journal Article
1.4.1 Scholarly Journals
1.4.2 Types of Scholarly Articles
1.4.3 Selecting a Journal
1.4.4 Submitting the Manuscript to a Journal
1.4.5 Evaluation of the Manuscript
1.4.6 Acceptance of the Manuscript
1.5 Placing a Manuscript for a Book
1.5.1 Scholarly Book Publishers
1.5.2 Types of Scholarly Books
1.5.3 Selecting a Publisher
1.5.4 Submitting the Prospectus for a Book
1.5.5 Submitting the Manuscript to a Publisher
1.5.6 Evaluation of the Manuscript
1.5.7 Acceptance of the Manuscript
1.6 Production and Publication
1.6.1 Copyediting
1.6.2 Proofreading
1.6.3 Preparing an Index
1.6.4 Design
1.6.5 Composition, Printing, Binding
1.6.6 Marketing
1.7 Conclusion
2 LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING by Arthur F. Abelman
2.1 Copyright
2.1.1 Development of Copyright Law in the United States
2.1.2 Scope of Copyright Protection
2.1.3 Works Made for Hire
2.1.4 Co-ownership
2.1.5 Compilations, Including Collective Works
2.1.6 Material Objects
2.1.7 Term of Copyright
2.1.8 Registration of Copyright
2.1.9 Copyright Notice
2.1.10 Renewal of Copyright
2.1.11 Rights of Copyright Owners
2.1.12 Transfers and Terminations
2.1.13 Fair Use of Copyrighted Works
2.1.14 Requesting Permission
2.1.15 Damages for Copyright Infringement
2.1.16 International Copyright
2.1.17 Copyright and Computer Networks
2.2 Publishing Contracts
2.2.1 Books
2.2.2 Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works
2.3 Defamation
2.3.1 Libel
2.3.2 Opinion
2.3.3 Truth as Defense
2.3.4 Actual Malice
2.4 Right of Privacy
2.4.1 Emergence of Privacy Law
2.4.2 Unreasonable Publicity of Private Life
2.4.3 Publicity Placing Another in a False Light
2.4.4 Consent as Defense
2.5 Further Guidance
3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING
3.1 Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship
3.2 Language and Style
3.3 Spelling
3.3.1 Consistency and Choice of Spelling
3.3.2 Word Division
3.3.3 Plurals
3.3.4 Accents
3.3.5 Diaereses
3.3.6 Ligatures and Other Special Characters
3.4 Punctuation
3.4.1 Purpose of Punctuation
3.4.2 Commas
3.4.3 Semicolons
3.4.4 Colons
3.4.5 Dashes and Parentheses
3.4.6 Hyphens
3.4.7 Apostrophes
3.4.8 Quotation Marks
3.4.9 Square Brackets
3.4.10 Slashes
3.4.11 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
3.5 Italics Underlining
3.5.1 Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters
3.5.2 Foreign Words in an English Text
3.5.3 Emphasis
3.6 Names of Persons
3.6.1 First and Subsequent Uses of Names
3.6.2 Titles of Persons
3.6.3 Names of Authors and Fictional Characters
3.6.4 Dutch and German Names
3.6.5 French Names
3.6.6 Greek Names
3.6.7 Hungarian Names
3.6.8 Italian Names
3.6.9 Russian Names
3.6.10 Spanish Names
3.6.11 Latin Names
3.6.12 Asian Names
3.6.13 Names in Other Languages
3.7 Capitalization
3.7.1 English
3.7.2 French
3.7.3 German
3.7.4 Italian
3.7.5 Portuguese
3.7.6 Russian
3.7.7 Spanish
3.7.8 Latin
3.7.9 Other Languages
3.8 Titles of Works in the Manuscript
3.8.1 General Guidelines
3.8.2 Underlined Titles
3.8.3 Titles in Quotation Marks
3.8.4 Titles and Quotations within Titles
3.8.5 Exceptions
3.8.6 Shortened Titles
3.9 Quotations
3.9.1 Accuracy of Quotations
3.9.2 Prose
3.9.3 Poetry
3.9.4 Drama
3.9.5 Ellipsis
3.9.6 Other Alterations of Sources
3.9.7 Punctuation with Quotations
3.9.8 Translations of Quotations
3.10 Numbers
3.10.1 Arabic Numerals
3.10.2 Use of Words or Numerals
3.10.3 Commas in Numbers
3.10.4 Percentages and Amounts of Money
3.10.5 Dates and Times of the Day
3.10.6 Inclusive Numbers
3.10.7 Roman Numerals
3.11 Transliteration and Romanization
3.12 Further Guidance
4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS
4.1 Divisions of the Text
4.1.1 Articles and Essays
4.1.2 Books
4.1.3 Consistency of Headings
4.2 Physical Characteristics of the Printed Manuscript
4.2.1 Printing
4.2.2 Paper
4.2.3 Margins
4.2.4 Spacing
4.2.5 Title and Author''s Name
4.2.6 Page Numbers
4.2.7 Tables and Illustrations
4.2.8 Corrections and Revisions
4.2.9 Binding
4.3 Manuscripts for Print Publication
4.4 Manuscripts for Electronic Publication
4.5 Further Guidance on Tagging Electronic Documents
5 PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
5.1 Student Publications as Professional Publications
5.2 Prescribed Guidelines
5.3 Selecting a Topic
5.4 Preparing a Prospectus
5.5 Special Format Requirements
5.5.1 Theses and Dissertations as Published Works
5.5.2 Divisions of the Text
5.5.3 Page Numbers
5.5.4 Margins
5.5.5 Spacing
5.5.6 Binding
5.6 Publishing the Dissertation through University Microfilms International
5.6.1 Terms of Agreement
5.6.2 Abstract
5.6.3 Copyright
5.6.4 Permissions
5.7 Electronic Publication
6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF WORKS CITED
6.1 Documentation and Plagiarism
6.2 MLA Style
6.3 The List of Works Cited and Other Source Lists
6.4 Placement of the List of Works Cited
6.5 Arrangement of Entries
6.6 Citing Books and Other Nonperiodical Publications
6.6.1 The Basic Entry: A Book by a Single Author
6.6.2 An Anthology or a Compilation
6.6.3 Two or More Books by the Same Author
6.6.4 A Bookby Two or More Authors
6.6.5 Two or More Books by the Same Authors
6.6.6 A Book by a Corporate Author
6.6.7 A Work in an Anthology
6.6.8 An Article in a Reference Book
6.6.9 An Introduction, a Preface, a Foreword, or an Afterword
6.6.10 Cross-References
6.6.11 An Anonymous Book
6.6.12 An Edition
6.6.13 A Translation
6.6.14 A Book Published in a Second or Subsequent Edition
6.6.15 A Multivolume Work
6.6.16 A Book in a Series
6.6.17 A Republished Book
6.6.18 A Publisher''s Imprint
6.6.19 A Book with Multiple Publishers
6.6.20 A Pamphlet
6.6.21 A Government Publication
6.6.22 The Published Proceedings of a Conference
6.6.23 A Book in a Language Other Than English
6.6.24 A Book Published before 1900
6.6.25 A Book without Stated Publication Information or Pagination
6.6.26 An Unpublished Dissertation
6.6.27 A Published Dissertation
6.7 Citing Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals
6.7.1 The Basic Entry: An Article in a Scholarly Journal with Continuous Pagination
6.7.2 An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Pages Each Issue Separately
6.7.3 An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Uses Only Issue Numbers
6.7.4 An Article in a Scholarly Journal with More Than One Series
6.7.5 An Article in a Newspaper
6.7.6 An Article in a Magazine
6.7.7 A Review
6.7.8 An Abstract in an Abstracts Journal
6.7.9 An Anonymous Article
6.7.10 An Editorial
6.7.11 A Letter to the Editor
6.7.12 A Serialized Article
6.7.13 A Special Issue
6.7.14 An Article in a Microform Collection of Articles
6.7.15 An Article Reprinted in a Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles
6.8 Citing Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources
6.8.1 A Television or Radio Program
6.8.2 A Sound Recording
6.8.3 A Film or Video Recording
6.8.4 A Performance
6.8.5 A Musical Composition
6.8.6 AWork of Art
6.8.7 An Interview
6.8.8 AMap or Chart
6.8.9 A Cartoon
6.8.10 An Advertisement
6.8.11 A Lecture, a Speech, an Address, or a Reading
6.8.12 A Manuscript or Typescript
6.8.13 A Letter or Memo
6.8.14 A Legal Source
6.9 Citing Electronic Publications
6.9.1 Introduction
6.9.2 An Online Scholarly Project, Reference Database, or Professional or Personal Site
6.9.3 An Online Book
6.9.4 An Article in an Online Periodical
6.9.5 A Publication on CD-ROM, Diskette, or Magnetic Tape
6.9.6 A Work in More Than One Publication Medium
6.9.7 A Work in an Indeterminate Medium
6.9.8 Other Electronic Sources
7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN THE TEXT
7.1 Parenthetical Documentation and the List of Works Cited
7.2 Information Required in Parenthetical Documentation
7.3 Readability
7.4 Sample References
7.4.1 Citing an Entire Work
7.4.2 Citing Part of a Work
7.4.3 Citing Volume and Page Numbers of a Multivolume Work
7.4.4 Citing a Work Listed by Title
7.4.5 Citing a Work by a Corporate Author
7.4.6 Citing Two or More Works by the Same Author or Authors
7.4.7 Citing Indirect Sources
7.4.8 Citing Literary Works
7.4.9 Citing More Than One Work in a Single Parenthetical Reference
7.4.10 Citing a Book with Signatures and No Page Numbers
7.5 Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation
7.5.1 Content Notes
7.5.2 Bibliographic Notes
8 ABBREVIATIONS
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Tune Designations
8.3 Geographic Names
8.4 Common Scholarly Abbreviations and Reference Words
8.5 Publishers'' Names
8.6 Titles of Literary and Religious Works
8.6.1 Bible
8.6.2 Works by Shakespeare
8.6.3 Works by Chaucer
8.6.4 Other Literary Works
8.7 Names of Languages
8.8 Proofreading Symbols
8.8.1 Symbols Used in the Text
8.8.2 Symbols Used in the Margin
8.8.3 Sample Marked Proof
APPENDIX: OTHER SYSTEMS OF DOCUMENTATION
A
Endnotes and Footnotes
A.1
Documentation Notes versus the List of Works Cited and Parenthetical References
A.2
Note Numbers
A.3
Note Form versus Bibliographic Form
A.4
Endnotes versus Footnotes
A.5
Sample First Note References: Books and Other Nonperiodical Publications
A.6
Sample First Note References: Articles and Other Publications in Periodicals
A.7
Sample First Note References: Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources
A.8
Sample First Note References: Electronic Publications
A.9
Subsequent References
B
Author-Date System
C
Number System
D
Specialized Style Manuals
SOURCES OF EXAMPLES IN 3.4-5
INDEX