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• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Index

• 17th edition

1: Books and Journals

• Overview
• 1.1Books and journals as the core of scholarly publishing
• 1.2Electronic publishing
• The Parts of a Book
• Introduction
• 1.3Rectos and versos
• 1.4Outline of divisions and parts of a book
• Page Numbers
• 1.5Pages and folios
• 1.6Roman numerals for front matter
• 1.7Arabic numbers for text and back matter
• 1.8Separate versus consecutive pagination across more than one volume
• Running Heads
• 1.9Running heads defined
• 1.10Running heads for front matter
• 1.11Running heads for text
• 1.12Subheads as running heads
• 1.13Running heads for back matter
• 1.14Running heads for endnotes
• 1.15Omission of running heads
• Front Matter
• Title Pages
• 1.16Half title
• 1.17Series title or frontispiece
• 1.18Title page
• Copyright Page
• 1.19Components of a copyright page
• 1.20Biographical note
• 1.21Publisher’s address
• 1.22Copyright notice
• 1.23Copyright dates of previous editions
• 1.24Copyright renewal or other changes
• 1.25Publishing history
• 1.26What constitutes a new edition?
• 1.27Country of printing
• 1.28Impression number
• 1.29Indication of original-language edition for translations
• 1.30Acknowledgments, permissions, and other credits
• 1.31Acknowledgment of grants
• 1.32International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• 1.33Cataloging-in-Publication (CIP) data
• 1.34Paper durability statement
• Dedication and Epigraph
• 1.35Dedication
• 1.36Epigraph and epigraph source
• Table of Contents and List of Illustrations or Tables
• 1.37Table of contents
• 1.38List of illustrations or tables
• Foreword, Preface and Acknowledgments, and Introduction
• 1.39Foreword
• 1.40Preface and acknowledgments
• 1.41Separate acknowledgments
• 1.42Introduction belonging to front matter
• Other Front Matter
• 1.43List of abbreviations
• 1.44Publisher’s, translator’s, and editor’s notes
• Text
• 1.45Determining page 1
• Text Divisions
• 1.46Introduction belonging to main text
• 1.47Division into parts
• 1.48Division into chapters
• 1.49Division into chapters by multiple authors
• 1.50Divisions for poetry
• 1.51Divisions for letters and diaries
• 1.52Concluding elements
• Text Subdivisions
• 1.53Subheads—general principles
• 1.54Subhead levels and placement
• 1.55Numbered subheads
• 1.56Ornamental or typographic breaks in text
• Back Matter
• 1.57Appendixes
• 1.58Chronology
• 1.59Endnotes
• 1.60Glossary
• 1.61Bibliography or reference list
• 1.62List of contributors
• 1.63Index
• 1.64Colophon
• 1.65Errata
• Covers and Jackets
• 1.66Clothbound covers
• 1.67Paperback covers
• 1.68Endpapers
• 1.69Dust jackets
• 1.70Credit lines for cover art
• 1.71ISBN and bar codes on covers
• The Parts of a Journal
• Introduction
• 1.72Print and electronic formats for journals
• 1.73Noting differences between print and electronic versions
• 1.74Unique identifiers for electronic journals
• Page Numbers and Running Heads
• 1.75Volume as organizing principle
• 1.76Page numbers for journals
• 1.77Running heads or running feet in journals
• Covers and Home Pages
• 1.78Covers for printed journals
• 1.79Home pages for electronic journals
• 1.80Maintaining the context of electronic articles
• Front Matter
• 1.81Front matter in printed journals
• 1.82Front matter and home pages for electronic journals
• 1.83Journal table of contents
• 1.84Information for contributors
• 1.85Acknowledgments, announcements, and calls for papers
• 1.86Journals errata
• Articles and Other Components
• 1.87Majors and minors
• 1.88Article title, authorship, and other first-page information
• 1.89Hyperlinks within electronic articles
• 1.90Article abstracts
• 1.91Article subheads
• 1.92Book review and book notes sections
• 1.93Journal announcements
• 1.94Journal contributors
• 1.95Letters to the editor
• 1.96Journal editorials
• 1.97Journal copyright lines
• 1.98Publication history for electronic-first articles
• Tables and Illustrations
• 1.99Tables in journal articles
• 1.100Illustrations in journal articles
• Documentation
• 1.101Notes or author-date citations in journals
• 1.102Links to citations and to outside resources
• Index
• 1.103Indexes to printed volumes
• 1.104Electronic indexes and indexed searches
• Version Control and Material Not Available in Print
• 1.105Corrections to journal articles
• 1.106Preprints
• 1.107Material not available in print
• Design and Style
• 1.108Journal design
• 1.109Editorial style
• 1.110Redesign
• Considerations for Web-Based Publications
• 1.111Suitability for the web
• 1.112Functional features
• 1.113Navigation as the primary organizing principle for web-based publications
• 1.114Hyperlinks
• 1.115“Front matter” for web-based publications
• 1.116Folios, running heads, and other “print” elements
• 1.117Indexes, notes, and other “back matter”