Stimulus Style guide

Introduction

The Style Guide for Stimulus is The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition). This page describes the variations and emphases against this standard in terms of:

· the most common style issues for Stimulus authors;

· general emphases/variations by section in The Chicago Manual of Style;

· citations;

· endnotes; and

· bibliographies.

Most common issues

The most common style issues/requirements noted by Stimulus editors are as follows:

· All quotes should be double quotes [“]. Quotes within quotes should be single quotes [‘].

· A full stop should be followed by a single space (not double).

· All dashes should have a space in front and behind and be en-dashes [ – ].

· Humanities style referencing with endnotes is used. Use the standard endnote numbering features of the word processor you are using. Please do not use “manual” footnoting and manual numbering. This is hard work for you and creates more work for us.

· When referencing books, use the following format: Fred Jones, How to Reference a Book (Wellington: Stimulus Press, 2002), 26. i.e. page numbers do not have a “p” in front of them. (See endnotes style below.)

· Abbreviations for books of the Bible do not have full stops after them. They are: Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut, Josh, Judg, Ruth, 1-2 Sam, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chron, Ezra, Neh, Esther, Job, Ps, Prov, Eccles, Song, Is, Jer, Lam, Ezek, Dan, Hos, Joel, Amos, Obad, Jon, Mic, Nahum, Hab, Zeph, Hag, Zech, Mal, Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn, Acts, Rom, 1-2 Cor, Gal, Eph, Phil, Col, 1-2 Thess, 1-2 Tim, Tit, Philem, Heb, Jas, 1-2 Peter, 1-2-3 Jn, Jude, Rev

· When referencing biblical texts use the following format: Jn 3:16-21.

General

· “British” style should be used for quotation marks (i.e. double quotes) (5.11-5.13). Attention is drawn to the use of single and double quotes. In particular, note 6.67, 6.73, 6.74, 6.76.

· Em-dashes are not used; en-dashes are used to similar parenthetic effect, but formatted with a space on either side (5.113).

· The final arbiter of spelling will be the Oxford dictionary (6.1). Our practice is to change American spelling to New Zealand/British. Quotations will generally not be altered. (6.5).

· We will defer to the author’s preference for possessives of proper nouns, if applied consistently. Should consistency need to be edited for, we will follow the style described in 6.30 (6.24-6.30).

· For the use of church versus Church see 7.85.

· In general the events and concepts in 7.92 are not capitalised, but we will defer to the author’s preference.

· For ordinals, use nd or rd in preference to d (8.4).

· The style of dates in 8.40 should be noted.

· We prefer transliterations by the author to original languages, which we may transliterate ourselves as appropriate for our readers (9.103-9.109, 9.127-9.143).

· Block quotations will be set in italics (10.20).

· We prefer commas to colons for lead-ins to quotes (10.19, 10.21).

· The initial quotation is set in double marks (10.26).

· Ellipses are formatted as three (or four) adjacent periods. No additional spaces are inserted (10.48).

· In general, citations should be placed in endnotes. The most common exception will be brief scriptural references; if these are extended they should be endnoted. In the expanded discussion of a book (particularly in a review) that has been cited, page numbers may be cited in line, as long as no ambiguity results (10.69).

· When citing page numbers in a book being reviewed these will normally be in line as follows: (p.23) i.e. a “p” is included in front of the page number with the whole in brackets.

· It is the author’s responsibility to obtain any necessary permission for illustrative material. The publisher accepts no responsibility in this respect (11.35).

· Word spaces are not used between the initials of individuals, e.g. A.N. Other (14.2).

· Periods are not used after titles, e.g. Mr Brown (14.5-14.7).

· Limited is always spelt out for New Zealand companies (14.12).

· Saint should be used sparingly, but we recognise authors’ denominational usages (14.16).

· Time should follow British usage (14.30).

· Abbreviations of books of the Bible are:

· Gen, Ex, Lev, Num, Deut, Josh, Judg, Ruth, 1-2 Sam, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chron, Ezra, Neh, Esther, Job, Ps, Prov, Eccles, Song, Is, Jer, Lam, Ezek, Dan, Hos, Joel, Amos, Obad, Jon, Mic, Nahum, Hab, Zeph, Hag, Zech, Mal

· Mt, Mk, Lk, Jn, Acts, Rom, 1-2 Cor, Gal, Eph, Phil, Col, 1-2 Thess, 1-2 Tim, Tit, Philem, Heb, Jas, 1-2 Peter, 1-2-3 Jn, Jude, Rev.

· Note that periods do not follow these. Note also that these are always spelt out if used in reference to the books as a whole, or where references are integrated in the text, whereas abbreviations are generally used in citations of passages. (14.34).

· For further abbreviations, refer to the table of abbreviations in Green et al, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, (Leicester and Downers Grove, Ill: IVP, 1992), and its companion volumes.

· The humanities style of referencing is used (15.2). See in particular 15.75 onwards. Examples of endnotes used follow below. Endnotes are used exclusively in Stimulus (15.44).

· Endnotes are referenced inline by superscripted numbers (18.39) – please use the features of the word processor to do this automatically. “Manual” footnotes are difficult for the author and editor alike.

· Subsequent citations of the same work should use a brief reference, with only sufficient information as is needed to unambiguously identify the source. Op. cit., loc. cit., and idem are not favoured, and ibid. is discouraged (15.249).

· Occasionally a brief bibliography may be appended, but this does not replace the need for endnotes for citations. If included, bibliographies should be limited to the three or four most important works (15.69-15.74).

· If the translation used for a scriptural citation is important, it should be noted but may be abbreviated unless obscure. Chapter and verse should be separated by a colon, multiple references by semicolons (15.294). The Authorised Version may also be cited as KJV (14.35)

· Periods are followed by a single space, never double (18.21).

· As a general rule, Stimulus will follow the author’s use for names, such as Aotearoa/New Zealand. Similarly, Maori words will only have macrons on vowels where the author follows this convention.

· To abbreviate circa use ca.

· Use a period after Cf.

Citations

Stimulus uses the “Chicago A” style for citations of publications. The key aspects of this are as follows:

· Puts the date of publication at the end of the citation for books, and after the volume number for periodicals.

· Uses capitals for each word, except for articles (such as “a” and “the”), prepositions (“of”, “with”), and conjunctions (“and”, “or”) (unless the title begins with one of these words).

· Uses quotation marks around the title of a periodical article or book chapter.

· References in the text are marked by a number in superscript to indicate that an endnote should be consulted. Please use the standard feature of your word processor to create these end-notes. Otherwise it is a minor nightmare for the editor.

· Place biblical references in brackets following the text where there is a direct quotation or reference e.g. (1 Jn 5:11-12).

Endnotes

The core content of this section came from
 http://www.vuw.ac.nz/dlis/citation.html#footnotes on 14th May 2002

 

Books

D.R. Howe, Data Analysis for Data Base Design (London: Edward Arnold, 1983), 23.

Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978), 185-90.

P.D. Brett et al., Mastering String Quartets, 2nd ed. (San Francisco: Amati Press, 1986), 49.

B. Wiley, ed., Slaves No More: Letters from Liberia, 1833-1869 (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1980), 19.

Music Reference and Research Materials (New York: Schirmer, 1988), 20.

 

Chapters in books

David Ogilvy, "The Creative Chef," in The Creative Organization, ed. Gary A. Steiner (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965), 200.

 

Periodical articles

Roderick Cave, "The Trainee Librarian in New Zealand Today," New Zealand Libraries 46, no. 2/3 (1989): 11.

Margaret Higgins and M. Metcalfe, "The Loyal Node to Management Communication," Management (Sept. 1989): 58-63.

 

Biblical references

1 Jn 5:13.

Cf. Rom 5:16.

 

WWW document

T. Land, Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style (WEAPAS) Rev. 1.5.2. (15 October 1998). http://www.beadsland.com/weapas/ [Accessed 2 March 2000].

 

Article in electronic journal

Roderick D. Atkinson and Laurie E. Stackpole, "TORPEDO: Networked Access to Full-Text and Page-Image Representations of Physics Journals and Technical Reports," Public-Access Computer Systems Review 6, no. 3 (1995). http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v6/n3/atki6n3.html [Accessed 9 March 2000].

 

Full-text article in electronic database

Alan Earls, "True Test of the Web," Informationweek (25 January 1999): 1A-8A. ABI/Inform/01764860 [Accessed 29 July 1999].

 

Information on computer disk

Chris Szekely, "Maori in the Library Profession – Some Issues," in He Waka eke noa Embarking Together: Papers Presented at the NZLIA/ALIA Joint Conference 26-30 September 1994 Wellington, New Zealand [computer disk] (Wellington: NZLIA, 1995).

 

Repeated citations

You should give full bibliographic details the first time an item is cited. Thereafter, you may use an abbreviated form, such as surname, title, and page number:

Howe, Data Analysis for Data Base Design, 23.

Ibid. may be used, but only when it is referring to the note immediately preceding it:

D.R. Howe, Data Analysis for Data Base Design (London: Edward Arnold, 1983), 23.

Ibid., 20.

Bibliographies

The core content of this section came from
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/dlis/citation.html#footnotes on 14th May 2002

It should be noted that the format of citations in endnotes is different from that of bibliographies. Stimulus does not normally publish bibliographies, however, the titles of books reviewed will be in a modified bibliography citation style. E.g.:

Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings

Matthew Dickerson. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2003. 234 pp. ISBN 1587430851. US$14.95.

 

Books

Howe, D.R. Data Analysis for Data Base Design. London: Edward Arnold, 1983.

Kernighan, Brian W., and Dennis M. Ritchie. The C Programming Language. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.

Brett, P.D., S.W. Johnson, C.P. Bach, and Charles L. Samuels. Mastering String Quartets. 2d ed. San Francisco: Amati Press, 1986.

Wiley, B., ed. Slaves No More: Letters from Liberia, 1833-1869. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1980.

Music Reference and Research Materials. New York: Schirmer, 1988.

 

Chapters in books

Ogilvy, David. "The Creative Chef." In The Creative Organization, edited by Gary A. Steiner, 199-213. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

 

Periodical articles

Cave, Roderick. "The Trainee Librarian in New Zealand Today." New Zealand Libraries 46, no. 2/3 (1989): 11-14.

Higgins, Margaret, and M. Metcalfe. "The Loyal Node to Management Communication." Management (Sept. 1989): 58-63.

 

WWW document

Land, T. Web Extension to American Psychological Association Style (WEAPAS). Rev. 1.5.2. (15 October 1998). http://www.beadsland.com/weapas/ [Accessed 2 March 2000].

 

Article in electronic journal

Atkinson, Roderick D., and Laurie E. Stackpole. "TORPEDO: Networked Access to Full-Text and Page-Image Representations of Physics Journals and Technical Reports." Public-Access Computer Systems Review 6, no. 3 (1995). http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v6/n3/atki6n3.html [Accessed 9 March 2000].

 

Full-text article in electronic Database

Earls, Alan. "True Test of the Web." Informationweek (25 January 1999): 1A-8A. ABI/Inform/01764860 [Accessed 29 July 1999].

 

Information on computer disk

Szekely, Chris. "Maori in the Library Profession – Some Issues." In He Waka eke noa Embarking Together: Papers Presented at the NZLIA/ALIA Joint Conference 26-30 September 1994 Wellington, New Zealand [computer disk]. Wellington: NZLIA, 1995.

 

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