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Genre/Form: | Internet resource style manuals Handbooks and manuals Reference works Style manuals Textbooks (form) Ouvrages de référence Codes typographiques Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc handböcker, manualer, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2008 (OCoLC)608911194 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph Gibaldi |
ISBN: | 9780873522977 0873522974 |
OCLC Number: | 191090459 |
Notes: | Revised edition of: MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing / Joseph Gibaldi. 2nd ed. 1998. |
Description: | xxiv, 336 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 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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Abstract:
Reorganised and revised, the third edition of the MLA Style Manual offers complete, up-to-date guidance on writing scholarly texts, documenting research sources, submitting manuscripts to publishers, and dealing with legal issues surrounding publication.
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