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Spelling and Punctuation: US English spelling and punctuation. Use -ize, -yze spellings. “Double outer, with ‘single’ inner” quote marks. Commas and periods inside closing quote marks.

Numbers and Dates:  Generally spell one to twelve; 11+; about a hundred; 101; 1 million; 1 percent; no elision in page numbers. May 10, 2009; 2008–09 (but no elision for lifespans); mid-1980s; 20th-century idea.

En/em rules:  Use em rules for parenthetic dash (unspaced). En rules for number spans. Stet each author’s use in constructions such as “capital–labor ratio” / “capital-labor ratio”.

Notes:  Numbered endnotes at end of each article; on-page footnote used for author info/affiliation.

Abbreviations:  ed.  eds.  e.g.  et al.  etc.  ibid.  i.e.  US

URLs:   do not use http:// if followed by www.

 

References in endnotes:

book:

A. N. Author and A. N. Co-author, Book Title: Book Subtitle (Place: Publisher, 2001).

thereafter:  Author and Co-author, Short Title, pp. 123–126.

chapter in book:

A. N. Author, “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle,” in A. N. Editor, ed., Book Title: Book Subtitle (Place: Publisher, 2001).

thereafter:  Author, “Short Title,” pp. 123–126.

journal article:

A. N. Author, “Article Title: Article Subtitle”, Journal Name 5, 1 (2001): 123–126.

thereafter:  Author, “Short Title,” 123.

 

References in list of works cited:

book:

Author, A. N., and A. N. Co-author (2001) Book Title: Book Subtitle. Place: Publisher.

chapter in book:

Author, A. N. (2001) “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle,” in A. N. Editor, ed., Book Title: Book Subtitle. Place: Publisher.

journal article:

Author, A. N. (2001) “Article Title: Article Subtitle,” Journal Name 5, 1 (April): 123–126.

 

References in main text:

(Author 2001: 123, table 1; Other-Author 2001)