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| Genre/Form: | Style manuals |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Chicago manual of style. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010 (OCoLC)743384750 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| ISBN: | 9780226104201 0226104206 |
| OCLC Number: | 495102182 |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The publishing process. Books and journals (Overview ; The parts of a book ; The parts of a journal ; Considerations for web-based publications) ; Manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and proofreading (Overview and process outline ; Manuscript preparation guidelines for authors ; Manuscript editing ; Proofreading) ; Illustrations and tables (Overview ; Illustrations ; Tables) ; Rights, permissions, and copyright administration / by William S. Strong (Overview ; Copyright law and the licensing of rights ; The publishing agreement ; Subsidiary rights and permissions ; The author's responsibilities) -- Style and usage. Grammar and usage / by Bryan A. Garner (Grammar ; Word usage) ; Punctuation (Overview ; Punctuation in relation to surrounding text ; Periods ; Commas ; Semicolons ; Colons ; Question marks ; Exclamation points ; Hyphens and dashes ; Parentheses ; Brackets and braces ; Slashes ; Quotation marks ; Apostrophes ; Multiple punctuation marks ; Lists and outline style) ; Spelling, distinctive treatment of words, and compounds (Overview ; Plurals ; Possessives ; Contractions and interjections ; Word division ; A and an, o and oh ; Ligatures ; Italics, capitals, and quotation marks ; Compounds and hyphenation) ; Names and terms (Overview ; Personal names ; Titles and offices ; Epithets, kinship names, and personifications ; Ethnic, socioeconomic, and other groups ; Names of places ; Words derived from proper names ; Names of organizations ; Historical and cultural terms ; Calendar and time designations ; Religious names and terms ; Military terms ; Names of ships and other vehicles ; Scientific terminology ; Brand names and trademarks ; Titles of works ; Signs and mottoes) ; Numbers (Overview ; Numerals versus words ; Plurals and punctuation of numbers ; Inclusive numbers ; Roman numerals) ; Abbreviations (Overview ; Names and titles ; Geographical terms ; Designations of time ; Scholarly abbreviations ; Biblical abbreviations ; Technology and science ; Business and commerce) ; Foreign languages (Overview ; Titles and other proper names ; Languages using the Latin alphabet ; Languages usually transliterated (or romanized) ; Classical Greek ; Old English and middle English ; American sign language) ; Mathematics in type (Overview ; Style of mathematical expressions ; Preparation and editing of paper manuscripts) ; Quotations and dialogue (Overview ; Permissible changes to quotations ; Quotations in relation to text ; Quotation marks ; Ellipses ; Interpolations and clarifications ; Citing sources in text ; Foreign-language quotations) -- Documentation. Documentation I: Notes and bibliography (Source citations : an overview ; Notes and bibliography : basic format, with examples and variations ; Notes ; Bibliographies ; Books ; Periodicals ; Interviews and personal communications ; Unpublished and informally published material ; Special types of references ; Audiovisual materials ; Legal and public documents) ; Documentation II: Author-date references (Overview ; Author-date references : basic format, with examples and variations ; Reference lists and text citations ; Author-date references : special cases) ; Indexes (Overview ; Components of an index ; General principles of indexing ; Indexing proper names and variants ; Indexing titles of publications and other works ; Alphabetizing ; Punctuating indexes : a summary ; The mechanics of indexing ; Editing an index compiled by someone else ; Typographical considerations for indexes ; Examples of indexes) -- Appendix A: Production and digital technology (Overview ; Markup ; Design ; The electronic workflow ; Options for presenting content ; Print technologies) -- Appendix B: Glossary. |
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Abstract:
Suitable for writers, editors, and publishers, this sixteenth edition offers expanded information on producing electronic publications, including Web-based content and e-books. It offers an appendix on production and digital technology that demystifies the process of electronic workflow and offers a primer on the use of XML markup.
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