Foreword Domna C. Stanton
Preface David G. Nicholls
SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Scholars and Scholarly Publishing
Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications
Deciding to Submit a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Journal
Scholarly Journals? Types of Scholarly Arficles?
Selecting a Journal? Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal?
Evaluation of a Manuscript? Acceptance of a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Press
Scholarly Presses? Types of Scholarly Books? Selecting
a Press? Submitting a Prospectus for a Book? Submitting
a Manuscript to a Press? Evaluation of a Manuscript?
Acceptance of a Manuscript
Production and Publication
Copyediting? Proofreading? Preparing an Index?
Design? Composition, Printing, Binding, Electronic
Production? Marketing
Conclusion
LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Introduction
Copyright
Development of Copyright Law in the United States?
Subject Matter of Copyright? Ownership of Copyright?
Co ownership of Copyright? Works Made for Hire?
Material Objects? Term of Copyright? Registration of
Copyright? Copyright Notice? Renewal of Copyright?
Rights of Copyright Owners? Transfers and Terminations?
Fair Use of Copyrighted Works? Requesting Permission?
Damages for Copyright Infringement and Attorney's Fees?
International Copyright? Copyright and Computer Networks
Publishing Contracts
Books? Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works
Defamation
Libel? Opinion? Truth as Defense? Actual Malice
Right of Privacy
Emergence of Privacy Law? Unreasonable Publicity of
Private Life? Publicity Placing Another in a False Light?
Consent as Defense
Further Guidance
3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING
Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship
Language and Style
Spelling
Consistency and Choice of Spelling? Word Division?
Plurals? Accents? Umlauts? Ligatures and Other
Special Characters
Punctuation
Purpose of Punctuation? Commas? Semicolons?
Colons? Dashes and Parentheses? Hyphens?
Apostrophes? Quotation Marks? Square Brackets?
Slashes? Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation
Points? Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks
Italics
Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters?
Foreign "~Vords in an English Text? Emphasis
Names of Persons
First and Subsequent Uses of Names? Titles of Persons?
Names of Authors and Fictional Characters? Dutch and
German Names? French Names? Greek Names?
Hungarian Names? Italian Names? Russian Names?
Spanish Names? Latin Names? Asian Names? Names in
Other Languages
Capitalization
English? French? German? Italian? Portuguese?
Russian? Spanish * Latin * Other Languages
Titles of Works in the Manuscript
General Guidelines? Italicized Tides? Titles in Quotation
Marks * Titles and Quotations within Tides? Exceptions *
Shortened Tides
Quotations
Accuracy of Quotations? prose? poetry? Drama?
Ellipsis? Other Alterations of Sources? Punctuation with
Quotations? Translations of Quotations
Numbers
Arabic Numerals * Use of Words or Numerals * Commas in
Numbers? Percentages and Amounts of Money * Dates and
Times of the Day? Inclusive Numbers? Roman Numerals
Romanization
Further Guidance
4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS
Introduction
Physical Characteristics of the Printed Manuscript
Divisions of the Text * Margins? Text Formatting? Title and
Author's Name * Page Numbers * Tables and Illustrations?
Paper and Printing * Corrections and Revisions? Binding
Manuscripts for Publication
PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Student Works as Professional Documents
Prescribed Guidelines
Selecting a Topic
Preparing a Prospectus
Special Format Requirements
Theses and Dissertations as Published Works * Divisions of
the Text? Page Numbers * Margins * Spacing * Binding
of Print Copies? Submission of Electronic Fries
Publishing the Dissertation through proQuest
Terms of Agreement? Abstract? Copyright? Permissions
6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF
WORKS CITED
The Purposes of Documentation
Documentation and Ethics
MLA Style
The List of Works Cited
Introduction? Placement of the List of Works Cited?
Arrangement of Entries? Two or More Works by the Same
Author? Two or More Works by the Same Authors?
CrossReferences
Citing Periodical Print Publications
Introduction? An Article in a Scholarly Journal? An Article
in a Scholarly Journal That Uses Only Issue Numbers?
An Article in a Scholarly Journal with More Than One Series?
An Article in a Newspaper? An Article in a Magazine?
A Review? An Abstract in an Abstracts Journal?
An Anonymous Article? An Editorial? A Letter to the
Editor? A Serialized Article? A Special Issue
Citing Nonperiodical Print Publications
Introduction? A Book by a Single Author? An Anthology
or a Compilation? A Book by Two or More Authors?
A Book by a Corporate Author? A Work in an Anthology?
An Article in a Reference Book? An Introduction, a Preface,
a Foreword, or an Afterword? An Anonymous Book?
A Scholarly Edition? A Translation? An Illustrated Book
or a Graphic Narrative? A Book Published in a Second or
Subsequent Edition? A Multivolume Work? A Book in a
Series? A Republished Book or Journal Issue? A Publisher's
Imprint? A Book with Multiple Publishers? A Brochure,
Pamphlet, or Press Release? A Government Publication?
The Published Proceedings of a Conference? A Book in a
Language Other Than English? A Book Published before
1900? A Book without Stated Publication Information or
Pagination? An Unpublished Dissertation?
A Published Dissertation
Citing Web Publications
Introduction? A Nonperiodical Publication? A Scholarly
Journal? A Periodical Publication in an Online Database
Citing Additional Common Sources
A Television or Radio Broadcast? A Sound Recording? A Film
or a Video Recording? A Performance? A Musical Score?
A Work of Visual Art? An Interview? A Map or Chart?
A Cartoon or Comic Strip? An Advertisement? A Lecture,
a Speech, an Address, or a Reading? A Manuscript or
Typescript? A Letter, a Memo, or an E-Marl Message? A Legal
Source? An Article in a Microform Collection of Articles?
An Article Reprinted in a Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles?
A Publication on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM? A Digital File
A Work in More Than One Publication Medium
7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN
THE TEXT
Parenthetical Documentation and the List of Works Cited
Information Required in Parenthetical Documentation
Readability
Sample References
Citing an Entire Work, Including a Work with No Page
Numbers? Citing Part of a Work? Citing Volume and
Page Numbers of a Multivolume Work? Citing a Work
Listed by Title? Citing a Work by a Corporate Author?
Citing Two or More Works by the Same Author or Authors?
Citing Indirect Sources? Citing Common Literature? Citing
More Than One Work in a Single Parenthetical Reference?
Citing a Book with Signatures and No Page Numbers
Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation
Content Notes? Bibliographic Notes
ABBREVIATIONS
Introduction
Time Designations
Geographic Names
Common Scholarly Abbreviations and Reference Words
Publishers" Names
Titles of Works
Bible? Works by Shakespeare? Works by Chaucer?
Other Works
Names of Languages
Proofreading Symbols
Symbols Used in the Text? Symbols Used in the Margin?
Sample Marked Proof
Appendix: Specialized Style Manuals
Sources of Examples in 3.4-5
Index