《MLA格式指南及學術出版準則》(第3版)是一本介紹學術著作和論文的出版過程以及寫作格式的參考工具書,共有八章、兩個附錄和一個索引,內(nèi)容涵蓋學術著作出版和撰寫規(guī)范、MLA格式的介紹等,是人文學科的研究生、教師、學者和各領域的專業(yè)作家的必備工具書。本書由美國現(xiàn)代語言協(xié)會編。
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 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 Wo