1.       Unless otherwise stated, encyclopedia entries should follow the recommendations of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4^th or 5^th ed., or the American Sociological Association’s ASA Style Guide. Acronyms, abbreviations, and jargon should be defined, unless they are well known (such as FBI) or in the dictionary or APA manual.

2.       Quotes should include an in-text citation (with page numbers) to the original source.

3.       Your entry should not include footnotes or endnotes.

4.       Avoid sex-specific terminology and the use of "man" or "men" as the generic for human being.

5.       Avoid male or female pronouns to describe individuals or people in general and use third person plural (e.g., their) whenever possible.

6.       Please give an individual's full name (including initials) on first usage. Thereafter, refer to both men and women by their last name.

7.       Double-spacing should be used.

8.       No automatic hyphenation.

9.       Spelling should be in American English (we recommend Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary).

10.   For the “further readings and references” list, use this format:

·         Journal entry: Smith, Jim R. 2001. “The Effects of Positive Feedback on Direction and Amount of Verbalization in a Social Setting.” Journal of Guidelines 79:2-7.

·         Book: Smith, Jim R. 2001. Reference Style Guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

·         Book (two authors): Cone, Jim D. and Steven Foster. 1993. Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and Related Fields. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

·         Chapter in a book: Smith, Jim R. 2001. “Be Sure Your Disk Matches the Hard Copy.” Pp. 55-62 in Reference Style Guidelines, edited by M. W. Riley, M. Johnson, and A. Foner. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

·         Editor of a book: Smith, Jim R., ed. 2001. Reference Style Guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

·         Dissertation (unpublished): Smith, Jim R. 2001. “Reference Style Guidelines.” Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles.

·         Online: American Sociological Association. 2000. "Scholarship of Teaching and

Learning Workshop." Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, Retrieved May 5, 2000 (http://www.asanet.org/members/socwkshp.html).

·         Miscellaneous: please provide translations for non-English titles in references, page ranges for entries and for book chapters, and all authors’/editors’ names (not “et al.,” unless it appears that way in the publication). Don’t forget to alphabetize the further readings list by author.