Scribbulus Formatting Guidelines, Help the editors by pre-formatting your submission! |
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The Scribbulus formatting guidelines are meant to help the editors process your essay. Please adhere to them as much as you can. However, we accept that proper referencing in Chicago style can be difficult and daunting when you have never done it before. Just do as much as you can – the Scribbulus editors are happy to help once your essay has been accepted for publication.
FORMATTING GUIDELINES Essay title, bold centered Subtitle, italics, centered By Author name, centered Formatting of Main Text Main Text Paragraphs should not be indented and be separated by two returns (one clear line). There should also be two returns between the last paragraph and the subheading of the next section. Subheadings Subheadings should be bold, underlined. If there are more levels of subheadings, simply underline (no bold) level 2. Subheadings should be capitalized according to Chicago guidelines for headline style: In a title or subtitle, capitalize the first word, and all principal words. Do not capitalize the following unless they begin a title or follow a colon:
To indicate short quotations (fewer than four typed lines of prose or three lines of verse) in your text, enclose the quotation within double quotation marks and incorporate it into your text. Speech indicated within a short quotation should be enclosed within single quotation marks, within the double quotation marks. For readability, insert a space between single and double marks. For example: “ ‘I don’t think you should be an Auror, Harry,’ said Luna unexpectedly. Everybody looked at her.”1 When quoting a short passage of verse, denote line breaks by a slash. “His eyes are as green as a fresh-pickled toad / His hair is as dark as a blackboard.”2 There should be a space before and a space after each slash. Punctuation appears within the quotation marks, with the following exceptions: Question marks and exclamation points should appear within the quotation marks if they are a part of the quoted passage but after the quotation marks if they are a part of your text. Your superscripted reference number should come after the closing punctuation mark. Long Quotations Quotations longer than four lines should be set off as a block quotation. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quotation indented 1/2 inch from the left margin. Quotation marks are not needed except when a quotation contains speech. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks. Footnotes Footnotes referring to referenced sources should be indicated by a number in bold superscript, as seen previously. Reference numbers should be placed after the closing punctuation mark of a sentence or at the end of a clause. The footnotes themselves should be in shortened Chicago format and placed at the end of the document in a section called "Notes." Examples of notes in Chicago style: 1. Rowling, Chamber of Secrets, 189. 2. Ibid., 195. 3. Anelli, “Review: Chamber of Secrets,” paragraph 6. Please refer to a recent Scribbulus Issue for more examples of how to format notes. "Common knowledge," as in general comments about Harry Potter, does not need cited by footnote. However, take into account that not every reader has the same knowledge of canon facts, so reference where possible. Direct quotes must always be cited. Bibliography Any source referenced in the footnotes should appear in a Bibliography section following the Notes section. This includes any of the Harry Potter books. The Bibliography items should be in Chicago format. In general, the Chicago format will appear as follows: When Citing a Book Lastname, Firstname. Book Title. City: Publisher, year published. Example: Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. New York: Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005. When Citing a Chapter in a Book Lastname, Firstname. “Chapter Title.” In Book Title, edited by Editor Name, page numbers. City: Publisher’s name, year published. Example: Steege, David K. “Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British School Story.” In The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, edited by Lana A. Whited, 140–158. Colombia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002. When Citing a Journal, Newspaper or Magazine Article Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title: Subtitle.” Title of Periodical Volume and Issue number (Year): Page numbers. Example: Nel, Philip. "Is There a Text in This Advertising Campaign? Literature, Marketing, and Harry Potter." Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children's Literature, 29:2 (2005): 236-67. When Citing an Online Source Lastname, Firstname. “Article Title.” Website title, Date of publication (if apparent). URL. Example: Anelli, Melissa. "Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The Leaky Cauldron, November 10, 2002. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:...osreviewmelissa. For more detailed information on Chicago style, see the Online Writing Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other Style Issues
Notes 1. Rowling, Half-Blood Prince, 320. 2. Ibid., Chamber of Secrets, 238. This post has been edited by SeverineSnape: Nov 17 2007, 09:19 PM |
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