MLA格式指南及学术出版准则(第三版)

Foreword Domna C. Stanton
Preface David G. Nicholls
1 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Scholars and Scholarly Publishing
Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications
Deciding to Submit a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Journal
Scholarly Journals· Types of Scholarly Arficles·Selecting a Journal· Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal·Evaluation of a Manuscript· Acceptance of a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Press
Scholarly Presses· Types of Scholarly Books· Selectinga Press· Submitting a Prospectus for a Book· Submitting a Manuscript to a Press· Evaluation of a Manuscript·Acceptance of a Manuscript
Production and Publication
Copyediting· Proofreading· Preparing an Index·Design· Composition, Printing, Binding, ElectronicProduction· Marketing
Conclusion

2 LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Introduction
Copyright
Development of Copyright Law in the United States·Subject Matter of Copyright· Ownership of Copyright·Co ownership of Copyright· Works Made for Hire·
Material Objects· Term of Copyright· Registration of Copyright· Copyright Notice· Renewal of Copyright·Rights of Copyright Owners· Transfers and Terminations·Fair Use of Copyrighted Works· Requesting Permission·Damages for Copyright Infringement and Attorney’s Fees·International Copyright· Copyright and Computer Networks Publishing Contracts Books· Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works Defamation
Libel· Opinion· Truth as Defense· Actual Malice
Right of Privacy
Emergence of Privacy Law· Unreasonable Publicity of Private Life· Publicity Placing Another in a False Light·
Consent as Defense
Further Guidance

3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING
Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship Language and Style
Spelling
Consistency and Choice of Spelling· Word Division·Plurals· Accents· Umlauts· Ligatures and Other Special Characters
Punctuation
Purpose of Punctuation· Commas· Semicolons·Colons· Dashes and Parentheses· Hyphens·Apostrophes· Quotation Marks· Square Brackets·
Slashes· Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points· Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks
Italics
Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters·Foreign Words in an English Text· Emphasis
Names of Persons
First and Subsequent Uses of Names· Titles of Persons·Names of Authors and Fictional Characters· Dutch and German Names· French Names· Greek Names·
Hungarian Names· Italian Names· Russian Names·Spanish Names· Latin Names· Asian Names· Names in Other Languages
Capitalization
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4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS
5 PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF
7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN THE TEXT
8 ABBREVIATIONS