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
1.5 Placing a Manuscript for a Book
1.6 Production and Publication
1.7 Conclusion
2. Legal Issues in Scholarly Publishing
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2.1 Copyright
2.2 Publishing Contracts
2.3 Defamation
2.4 Right of Privacy
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
3.4 Punctuation
3.5 Italics (Underlining)
3.6 Names of Persons
3.7 Capitalization
3.8 Titles of Works in the Manuscript
3.9 Quotations
3.10 Numbers
3.11 Transliteration and Romanization
3.12 Further Guidance
4. Preparation of Scholarly Manuscripts
4.1 Divisions of the Text
4.2 Physical Characteristics of the Printed Manuscript
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
5.6 Publishing the Dissertation through University Microfilms International
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
6.7 Citing Articles and Other Publications in
Periodicals
6.8 Citing Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources
6.9 Citing Electronic Publications
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
7.5 Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation
8. Abbreviations
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Time 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
8.7 Names of Languages
8.8 Proofreading Symbols
Appendix: Other Systems of Documentation
A Endnotes and Footnotes
B Author-Date System
C Number System
D Specialized Style Manuals
Index