MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing.
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- ISBN: 9780873522977 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780873522984 (large print : alk paper)
- ISBN: 0873522974 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxiv, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2008.
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General Note: | Rev. ed. of: MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing / Joseph Gibaldi. 2nd ed. 1998. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Domna C. Stanton -- Preface / David G. Nicholls -- 1. 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 articles -- 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 -- 2. 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 words 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 titles -- Titles in quotation marks -- Titles and quotations within titles -- Exceptions -- Shortened titles -- 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 -- 5. 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 files -- 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 -- Cross-references -- 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-mail 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 -- 8. 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. |
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500 | . | ‡aRev. ed. of: MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing / Joseph Gibaldi. 2nd ed. 1998. | |
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505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tForeword / ‡rDomna C. Stanton -- ‡tPreface / ‡rDavid G. Nicholls -- ‡g1. ‡tScholarly publishing -- ‡tScholars and scholarly publishing -- ‡tRefereed and nonrefereed publications -- ‡tDeciding to submit a manuscript -- ‡tPlacing a manuscript with a journal -- ‡tScholarly journals -- ‡tTypes of scholarly articles -- ‡tSelecting a journal -- ‡tSubmitting a manuscript to a journal -- ‡tEvaluation of a manuscript -- ‡tAcceptance of a manuscript -- ‡tPlacing a manuscript with a press -- ‡tScholarly presses -- ‡tTypes of scholarly books -- ‡tSelecting a press -- ‡tSubmitting a prospectus for a book -- ‡tSubmitting a manuscript to a press -- ‡tEvaluation of a manuscript -- ‡tAcceptance of a manuscript -- ‡tProduction and publication -- ‡tCopyediting -- ‡tProofreading -- ‡tPreparing an index -- ‡tDesign -- ‡tComposition, printing, binding, electronic production -- ‡tMarketing -- ‡tConclusion -- |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡g2. ‡tLegal issues in scholarly publishing -- ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tCopyright -- ‡tDevelopment of copyright law in the United States -- ‡tSubject matter of copyright -- ‡tOwnership of copyright -- ‡tCo-ownership of copyright -- ‡tWorks made for hire -- ‡tMaterial objects -- ‡tTerm of copyright -- ‡tRegistration of copyright -- ‡tCopyright notice -- ‡tRenewal of copyright -- ‡tRights of copyright owners -- ‡tTransfers and terminations -- ‡tFair use of copyrighted works -- ‡tRequesting permission -- ‡tDamages for copyright infringement and attorney's fees -- ‡tInternational copyright -- ‡tCopyright and computer networks -- ‡tPublishing Contracts -- ‡tBooks -- ‡tJournal articles and contributions to edited works -- ‡tDefamation -- ‡tLibel -- ‡tOpinion -- ‡tTruth as defense -- ‡tActual malice -- ‡tRight of privacy -- ‡tEmergence of privacy law -- ‡tUnreasonable publicity of private life -- ‡tPublicity placing another in a false light -- ‡tConsent as defense -- ‡tFurther guidance -- |
505 | 0 | 0. | ‡g3. ‡tBasics of scholarly writing -- ‡tAudience, genre, and the conventions of scholarship -- ‡tLanguage and style -- ‡tSpelling -- ‡tConsistency and choice of spelling -- ‡tWord division -- ‡tPlurals -- ‡tAccents -- ‡tUmlauts -- ‡tLigatures and other special characters -- ‡tPunctuation -- ‡tPurpose of punctuation -- ‡tCommas -- ‡tSemicolons -- ‡tColons -- ‡tDashes and parentheses -- ‡tHyphens -- ‡tApostrophes -- ‡tQuotation marks -- ‡tSquare brackets -- ‡tSlashes -- ‡tPeriods, question marks, and exclamation points -- ‡tSpacing after concluding punctuation marks -- ‡tItalics -- ‡tWords and letters referred to as words and letters -- ‡tForeign words in an English text -- ‡tEmphasis -- ‡tNames of persons -- ‡tFirst and subsequent uses of names -- ‡tTitles of persons -- ‡tNames of authors and fictional characters -- ‡tDutch and German names -- ‡tFrench names -- ‡tGreek names -- ‡tHungarian names -- ‡tItalian names -- ‡tRussian names -- ‡tSpanish names -- ‡tLatin names -- ‡tAsian names -- ‡tNames in other languages -- ‡tCapitalization -- ‡tEnglish -- ‡tFrench -- ‡tGerman -- ‡tItalian -- ‡tPortuguese -- ‡tRussian -- ‡tSpanish -- ‡tLatin -- ‡tOther languages -- ‡tTitles of works in the manuscript -- ‡tGeneral guidelines -- ‡tItalicized titles -- ‡tTitles in quotation marks -- ‡tTitles and quotations within titles -- ‡tExceptions -- ‡tShortened titles -- ‡tQuotations -- ‡tAccuracy of quotations -- ‡tProse -- ‡tPoetry -- ‡tDrama -- ‡tEllipsis -- ‡tOther alterations of sources -- ‡tPunctuation with quotations -- ‡tTranslations of quotations -- ‡tNumbers -- ‡tArabic numerals -- ‡tUse of words or numerals -- ‡tCommas in numbers -- ‡tPercentages and amounts of money -- ‡tDates and times of the day -- ‡tInclusive numbers -- ‡tRoman numerals -- ‡tRomanization -- ‡tFurther guidance -- |
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505 | 0 | 0. | ‡g6. ‡tDocumentation : preparing the list of works cited -- ‡tThe purposes of documentation -- ‡tDocumentation and ethics -- ‡tMLA style -- ‡tThe list of works cited -- ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tPlacement of the list of works cited -- ‡tArrangement of entries -- ‡tTwo or more works by the same author -- ‡tTwo or more works by the same authors -- ‡tCross-references -- ‡tCiting periodical print publications -- ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tAn article in a scholarly journal -- ‡tAn article in a scholarly journal that uses only issue numbers -- ‡tAn article in a scholarly journal with more than one series -- ‡tAn article in a newspaper -- ‡tAn article in a magazine -- ‡tA review -- ‡tAn abstract in an abstracts journal -- ‡tAn anonymous article -- ‡tAn editorial -- ‡tA letter to the editor -- ‡tA serialized article -- ‡tA special issue -- ‡tCiting nonperiodical print publications -- ‡tIntroduction -- ‡tA book by a single author -- ‡tAn anthology or a compilation -- ‡tA book by two or more authors -- ‡tA book by a corporate author -- ‡tA work in an anthology -- ‡tAn article in a reference book -- ‡tAn introduction, a preface, a foreword, or an afterword -- ‡tAn anonymous book -- ‡tA scholarly edition -- ‡tA translation ; An illustrated book or a graphic narrative -- |
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