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The entries will follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. unless otherwise stated below (numbers, for example).
Bibliography
Use Chicago style. Style for most common
citations is given below.
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Smith, John. Lives of Important People. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1986. |
| Johnson, Samuel, and Philip Marlow. The Novel is As Art. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1977. |
| Smith, John, Robert North, and Sally Flin. "How to Meet a Deadline." Publishers Weekly 20 (1966). |
| Doe, John. "Philosophers of Note." In Philosophers: An Overview. Edited by
Harry Smith. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1992. |
| Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Prologue 21 (Spring 1978): 25-36.
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| Adams, Eve. In the Beginning. Rev. ed. New York: Warner, 1768. |
| Harper, Peter S. "Should We Test Children for . Adult. Genetic Diseases?" The Lancet, 19 May 1990, 1205. |
| Holtzman, Neil A. "Predictive Genetic Testing: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice." Science, 24 October 1997, 608.
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Dates
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Centuries: Spell out
references to particular centuries (i.e., should be "nineteenth
century," not "19th century"). |
| Circa: Use c.
followed by the date. (c. 1992)
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| Date range: Text style for date range is 1887-98.
Use four digit date for second date in range only if the century changes:
(1877-1904). |
| Months: Months should be spelled out,
whether alone or in text. In chronologies, notes, tabular matter, etc.,
they may be abbreviated using the 3 letter abbreviations: Apr. 12, 1997.
(Note: June and July should be spelled out.) |
Em-dashes and En-dashes
Foreign words
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Italicize if unfamiliar to reader. |
Names
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Jr.: Style is comma between last name and junior
(i.e., Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| Transliteration: Use the most common
transliteration for Arabic, Chinese, etc. names.
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Numbers
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1-9 are spelled out, as are all numbers at the
beginning of sentences (except for physical quantities such as
distances, lengths, areas, volumes, masses, pressure, etc., which
should be expressed in numerals). |
Measurements
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All measurements should be in metric with the
English equivalent following in parentheses. All measurements should
be spelled out (i.e., kilometers, meters, feet, etc.). |
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