MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
- ISBN-10
- 0873522974
- ISBN-13
- 9780873522977
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishers & Publishing Industry
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Author
- Modern Language Association of America
Description
Pt. 1. Scholarly publishing -- Scholars and scholarly publishing -- Refereed and nonrefereed publications -- Deciding to submit a manuscript -- Placing a manuscript with a journal -- Placing a manuscript with a press -- Production and publication -- Conclusion -- pt. 2. Legal issues in scholarly publishing -- Introduction -- Copyright -- Publishing Contracts -- Defamation -- Right of privacy -- Further guidance -- pt. 3. Basics of scholarly writing -- Audience, genre, and the conventions of scholarship -- Language and style -- Spelling -- Punctuation -- Italics -- Names of persons -- Capitalization -- Titles of works in the manuscript -- Quotations -- Numbers -- Romanization -- Further guidance -- pt. 4. Preparation of scholarly manuscripts -- Introduction -- Physical characteristics of the printed manuscript -- Manuscripts for publication -- pt. 5. Preparation of theses and dissertations -- Student works as professional documents -- Prescribed guidelines -- Selecting a topic -- Preparing a prospectus -- Special format requirements -- Publishing the dissertation through ProQuest -- pt. 6. Documentation : preparing the list of works cited -- The purposes of documentation -- Documentation and ethics -- MLA style -- The list of works cited -- Citing periodical print publications -- Citing nonperiodical print publications -- Citing web publications -- Citing additional common sources -- A work in more than one publication medium -- pt. 7. Documentation : citing sources in the text -- Parenthetical documentation and the list of works cited -- Information required in parenthetical documentation -- Readability -- Sample references -- Using notes with parenthetical documentation -- pt. 8 Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Time designations -- Geographic names -- Common scholarly abbreviations and reference words -- Publishers' names -- Titles of works -- Names of languages -- Proofreading symbols -- Appendix : Specialized style manuals -- Sources of Examples in 3.4-5.
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