Research Catalog

Title

The Chicago manual of style / John Grossman, managing editor.

Publication

• Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2003]
• ©2003

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xvii, 956 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Provides information on manuscript preparation, punctuation, spelling, quotations, captions, tables, abbreviations, references, bibliographies, notes, and indexes, with sections on journals and electronic media.

Subjects

• Publishers and publishing > Handbooks
• Authorship > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Manuals (Handbooks)
• Reference works
• Printing > Style manuals
• Authorship > Style manuals
• Style manuals

Genre/Form

• Reference works.
• Style manuals.
• Manuals (Handbooks)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 863-879) and index.

Access (note)

• Online access restricted to IMF and World Bank Group staff.

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The parts of a published work. Introduction ; Books ; Journals -- Manuscript preparation and manuscript editing. Introduction ; The author's responsibilities ; The manuscript editor's responsibilities -- Proofs. Introduction ; What to look for ; How to mark proofs ; Cover proofs ; Bluelines and folded and gathered sheets ; Checking works for electronic publication -- Rights and permissions / William S. Strong. Introduction ; Copyright law and the licensing of rights ; The publishing agreement ; The publisher's responsibilities ; The author's responsibilities -- Grammar and usage / Bryan A. Garner. Grammar ; Word usage -- Punctuation. Introduction ; Typographic and aesthetic considerations ; Period ; Comma ; Semicolon ; Question mark ; Exclamation point ; Hyphens and dashes ; Parentheses ; Brackets ; Slash ; Quotation marks ; Multiple punctuation and when to avoid it ; Lists and outline style -- Spelling, distinctive treatment of words, and compounds. Introduction ; Variant spellings ; 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. Introduction ; 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 ; Ships, trains, aircraft, and spacecraft ; Scientific terminology ; Brand names and trademarks ; Titles of works : Notices and mottoes -- Numbers. Introduction ; Numerals or words ; Physical quantities ; Percentages and decimal fractions ; Money ; Divisions in publications and other documents ; Dates ; Time of day ; Names ; Addresses and thoroughfares ; Plurals and punctuation of numbers ; Inclusive numbers ; Roman numerals -- Foreign languages. Introduction ; Titles and other proper names ; Languages using the Latin alphabet ; Languages using transliterated (or Romanized) ; Classical Greek ; Old English and Middle English ; American Sign language -- Quotations and dialogue. Introduction ; Permissible changes ; Relation to text ; Quotation marks ; Ellipses ; Citing sources in text ; Foreign-language quotations -- Illustrations and captions. Introduction ; Definitions ; Placement and numbering ; Physical handling of artwork ; Captions ; List of illustrations ; Charts: some guidelines ; Musical examples -- Tables. Introduction ; The main parts of a table ; Shape and dimensions ; Special types of tables ; Editing tables ; Typographic considerations -- Mathematics in type. Introduction ; Style of mathematical expressions ; Preparation of paper manuscripts -- Abbreviations. Introduction ; Names and titles ; Geographical terms ; Designations of time ; Scholarly abbreviations ; Bible ; Technology and science ; Business and commerce -- Documentation I. Basic patterns. Itnroduction ; Source citation: basic elements, different formats ; Notes ; Bibliographies ; The author-date system: reference lists and text citations -- Documentation II. Specific content. Introduction ; Books ; Periodicals ; Interviews and personal communications ; Unpublished and informally published material ; Special types of references ; Musical scores ; Audiovisual materials ; Citations taken from secondary sources ; Legal citations ; Public documents ; Databases -- Indexes. Introduction ; Kinds of indexes and components of an index ; General principles of indexing ; Proper names and variants ; Titles of publications and other works ; Alphabetizing ; Punctuation: a summary ; The mechanics of indexing ; Editing an index compiled by someone else ; Typographical considerations ; Examples -- Appendix A. Design and production-basic procedures and key terms -- Appendix B. The publishing process for books and journals -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

Z253

ISBN

• 0226104036
• 9780226104034

LCCN

• 2003001860
• 9780226104034

OCLC

51553085

Title

The Chicago manual of style / John Grossman, managing editor.

Publisher

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2003]

Copyright Date

©2003

Edition

Fifteenth edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 863-879) and index.

Access

Online access restricted to IMF and World Bank Group staff.

Connect to:

Table of contents

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Other Form:

Online version: University of Chicago. Press. Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2003 (OCoLC)905933490

Other Standard Identifier

9780226104034

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR Z253 .U69 2003

Pub. Cat. Z253 .U69 2003

JBE 11-94