MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
Provides information on stylistic aspects of research papers, theses, and dissertations, including sections on writing fundamentals, MLA documentation style, and copyright law
Large Print Book, English, 2008
Third edition View all formats and editions
Modern Language Association of America, New York, 2008
style manuals
xxiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm
9780873522977, 9780873522984, 0873522974, 0873522982
191090459
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
Revised edition of: MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing / Joseph Gibaldi. 2nd ed. 1998
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