Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- back counters (subtrahends), 9.68
- back issues, 1.86, 1.93, 1.114
- back matter, 1.65–77
- acknowledgments, 1.47, 1.65
- added later in production process, 1.9
- appendixes, 1.66
- bibliography or reference list, 1.4, 1.70
- biographical notes, 1.75
- chronologies, 1.4, 1.67
- colophons (production details), 1.4, 1.8, 1.76
- editors’ notes, 1.50
- endnotes, 1.4, 1.68–69
- epilogues and afterwords, 1.4, 1.28, 1.60, 14.12
- glossaries, 1.4, 1.68
- illustration credits, 1.4, 1.72, 3.31
- indexable material in, 15.32
- indexes, 1.4, 1.73
- in journals, 1.97, 1.99, 2.139
- lists of abbreviations, 1.49, fig. 1.8
- lists of contributors, 1.4, 1.56, 1.71, fig. 1.10, 2.46, 13.59
- overview of, 1.3
- pagination of, 1.4, 1.8–9
- postscripts, 1.60
- in production checklists, 2.82
- reading group guides, 1.4, 1.74
- recto vs. verso for elements, 1.4, 1.59, 1.73
- running heads for, 1.14–15
- submission of, 2.4
- in tables of contents, 1.42, fig. 1.5
- See also many of the above elements under their own headings
- backbone. See spine and spine copy
- backslashes, 6.112, 6.120
- backup copies
- of citation data, 13.13
- of electronic files, 2.5, 2.45, 2.83, 2.85, 13.13
- of paper-only manuscripts, 2.7, 2.77, 2.95
- See also archival practices
- bar charts, 3.44, fig. 3.8
- bar codes, 1.78, 1.83, 1.93
- bare (flat) adverbs, 5.165, 5.254
- barely, 5.94, 5.237
- battles, campaigns, wars, revolutions, and such, 8.114–15
- BC (before Christ) and such, 9.36, 9.66, 10.43
- because, 5.207, 5.254, 6.26
- before, 5.208
- Berne Convention, 4.2, 4.31, 4.40
- beside, besides, 5.254, 6.61
- beta (Greek character), 11.48
- between . . . and, 6.83, 9.62
- be-verbs (be, is, are, was, etc.)
- contractions with, 5.109
- forms and tenses of, 5.104, 5.159–60
- it as subject of, 5.50, 5.247
- as linking verbs, 5.48, 5.105, 5.175
- with not, 5.238
- nouns or pronouns following, 5.20
- in passive voice, 5.122, 5.159
- with present participles, 5.122
- in progressive tenses, 5.139, 5.160
- and quotations, 6.43
- in subjunctive mood, 5.130
- bi, as prefix, 5.254, 7.96 (sec. 4)
- bias, avoiding. See inclusivity
- Bible
- abbreviations, 10.50–54, 14.138–39
- books of, 8.106, 10.50–53
- capitalization of, 8.104–5
- in Hebrew language, 11.106
- named parts of (e.g., Sermon on the Mount), 8.108
- resources on, 10.50, 14.138
- sections of, 8.107, 10.54, 14.140
- source citations of, 6.66, 9.28, 10.50–54, 14.138, 14.139–40
- versions of, 8.105, 10.54
- bibliographic essays, 13.68, fig. 13.11
- bibliographies, 13.65–73
- abbreviations in, 10.3, 10.32
- alphabetizing, 2.69, 13.66, 13.69–71, 13.112, 13.114, fig. 13.8
- authors’ names in (see authors’ names, in source citations)
- chronological order for, 2.69, 13.70
- for each chapter in edited volumes, 1.70, 13.66, 13.111
- editing and checking, 2.37, 2.62, 2.69, 2.70, 2.85
- format of: basic structure of, 13.18, 13.66; examples of, 13.21–26, figs. 13.8–11; hanging (flush-and-hang) indentation, 1.70, 2.14, 2.28, fig. 13.8, fig. 13.10; headnotes, 13.67–68, fig. 13.9; manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.28, 13.69; sections, 13.67, fig. 13.9, 14.163; 3-em dashes, 2.17, 6.100, 13.69, 13.72–73; type size, 1.70
- format of term, 8.181
- as guides to further reading, 13.67
- and indexing, 15.32
- notes in relation to, 13.65
- omission of, 13.34, 13.78
- placement of in books, 1.4, 1.70, 13.66
- vs. reference lists, 13.70
- special types of: annotated, 13.68, fig. 13.10; bibliographic essays, 13.68, fig. 13.11; discographies, 1.70, 14.162–63; selected, 13.68, fig. 13.9; single-author, 13.68, 13.70
- subheads in, 13.67, 14.163
- submission of, 2.4
- symbols in, 10.49
- titles of works in (see titles of works, in source citations)
- works appropriate for inclusion in, 2.69
- as works made for hire, 4.10
- See also notes and bibliography system; reference lists; source citations; and specific types of sources
- billion, 5.254
- bills and resolutions, legislative, 14.184. See also legislation
- binary operations and relations, 6.130, 7.45
- binary systems, 9.12, 10.62
- bio, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
- biographical notes
- components of, 1.75
- on covers or jackets, 1.75, 1.79–80
- in edited volumes, 1.56, 1.71, fig. 1.10, 2.46, 13.59
- of editors, compilers, and such, 1.75
- in journals, 1.109, 13.59
- as metadata, 1.84, 1.109
- pagination omitted from, 1.8
- placement of in books, 1.4, 1.19, 1.75, 1.79–80
- proofreading, 2.113
- in self-published books, 2.3
- in unnumbered notes, 1.56, 13.59
- biographies, indexing, 15.78
- bioRxiv, 1.122
- BISAC subject codes, 1.84
- Black, black, 8.1, 8.39, 12.21
- blank lines, 1.64, 2.10, 2.103, 2.121
- block quotations
- beginning in text, 12.23
- capitalization in, 12.20
- converting to run-in quotations, 12.31
- defined, 12.9
- generic markup for, 2.85, 2.86
- indentation in, 2.14, 2.23, 12.22, 12.65
- manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.14, 2.23, 12.9
- from non-English materials, 7.55, 11.3, 11.13, 11.21
- note references or notes within, 12.7
- within notes, 13.41
- paragraphs within, 2.23, 12.22, 12.24–25, 12.32, 12.34, 12.65
- permissions for, 4.100, 12.3
- from poetry (see poetry: quotations from)
- proofreading, 2.118
- punctuation in: colons, 6.67, 6.69; editing, 2.67; ellipses, 12.65; periods, 12.17; quotation marks, 12.31
- vs. run-in quotations, 12.9–10
- text citations for, 12.81–83, 13.120
- text following, 2.15, 2.23, 12.24
- for text messages, 12.50
- See also quotations; source citations; text citations
- blogs and blog posts, 8.194, 14.103, 14.105. See also online publications; social media; URLs; websites and web pages
- Bluebook, The (Harvard Law Review Association), 14.170. See also legal and public documents, source citations for
- blurbs, 1.17, 1.79, 1.84, 12.21, 12.38. See also biographical notes; praise pages; promotion
- boats. See vehicles and vessels
- boldface
- in manuscripts, 2.18
- marking manuscripts for, 2.102
- marking proofs for, 2.136, 7.50
- proofreading, 2.118
- and punctuation, 6.3
- uses of: in computer terminology, 7.84; for emphasis, 7.50, 7.52; highlighting key terms, 7.58; in indexes, 15.39, 15.139–40, 15.142; in mathematical copy and expressions, 7.53, 7.73; in music dynamics, 7.80; in notes, 13.57, fig. 13.6; in tables, 3.61
- book, compound terms with, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- book design, 1.33, 2.3, 2.41, 2.79
- Book Industry Study Group, 1.84
- book notes sections, 1.103, 1.107
- book reviews, 1.96, 1.103, 1.107, 14.52, 14.100
- book-club rights, 4.112
- books
- abstracts of, 1.85, 2.29
- audiobooks, 1.2, 1.43, 1.64, 1.84, 2.144, 4.17, 14.58, 14.62, 14.164
- divisions of: for creative works, 1.42; for letters and diaries, 1.58; numbers for, 9.28; outline of, 1.4; overview of, 1.3; pagination of, 1.7–8; for poetry, 1.57; running heads in, 1.12; in tables of contents, 1.42, fig. 1.5. See also parts of below
- downloadable formats of, 14.58–59
- and electronic supplementary data, 1.66, 14.14
- errata in, 1.77
- ISBNs for (see ISBN)
- metadata for, 1.21, 1.84–85, 2.29, 2.81, 13.78
- pages of, 1.5
- pagination in, 1.6–9, 1.52, 1.55, 1.57
- parts of, 1.4; back matter (see back matter); chapter display, 1.8, 1.12, 1.16, 1.41, 1.52, 1.55–56, 2.37, 12.36; chapters, 1.55; conclusions, 1.4, 1.54, 1.59, fig. 1.5; division into, 1.54; epilogues, 1.4, 1.60; front matter (see front matter); galleries, 1.6; generic terms for, 3.5, 8.181, 14.12; illustrations and tables, 1.8, 1.44; introductions, 1.48, 1.53; main text, 1.4; markup for, 2.79; numerals for, 9.8; running heads, 1.10–16; second half titles, 1.4, 1.8, 1.52; subheads, 1.61–63; text breaks, 1.64, 2.10, 2.121; word-processor styles for, 2.20. See also divisions of above; and many of the above elements under their own headings
- print and electronic publishing model, 1.2, 14.58
- publication process and schedule, 2.2, fig. 2.1
- published in multiple formats, 1.2, 1.28, 14.58; and copyright, 4.35, 4.49, 4.112; ISBNs for, 1.22, 1.36, fig. 1.1, fig. 1.4; as separate editions, 1.28. See also multiple formats, books in; print and electronic publishing model
- reviews of, 1.96, 1.103, 1.107, 14.52, 14.100
- signatures in, 3.6, 14.53, 14.123
- source citations for, 14.2–62; author-date reference system of, 13.106–9; authors’ names in, 13.18, 13.22–23, 13.25, 13.74, 14.2 (see also authors’ names, in source citations); basic format of, 13.18; book-length works within, 14.11; on CD-ROMs and fixed media, 14.62; chapters of (see under chapters); consulted online, 14.60; ebooks, 14.2, 14.36, 14.58–59; editions of (see under editions); with editors, translators, and such, 14.5–6; electronic supplementary data for, 14.14; elements to include in, 14.2; examples and variations of, 13.22–25; ghostwritten, 14.7; introductions, prefaces, and such of, 14.12; letters in published collections, 14.13; locators in (see page numbers, in source citations); multivolume works, 14.18–24, 14.26–27, 14.43; non-English bibliographic terms and abbreviations in, 14.4; publication details in (see publication details); self-published, 14.36; series of, 13.88, 14.25–28; titles of (see titles of works, in source citations)
- See also authors’ names; covers of journals and paperback books; ebooks; electronic publications; hardcover books; online publications; source citations; titles of works
- Books, in publishers’ names, 14.33
- borne, compound terms with, 5.254, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- Bosnian language, 11.77
- botanical terminology, 8.120–31
- cultivated varieties (cultivars), 8.131
- in illustrations, figs. 3.3–4
- resources on, 8.120, 8.129, 8.131
- scientific names: authors’ names in, 8.125; for divisions higher than genus, 8.127; English derivatives from taxonomic system, 8.128; for genus, species, and subspecies, 8.2, 8.121–26, 8.128, 8.159–60, 8.175; for hybrids, 8.126; resources on, 8.120
- vernacular names, 8.129–31
- See also scientific and technical terminology
- both . . . and, 5.205, 5.251, 5.254
- Bowker Company, 1.36, 1.83
- BP (before the present) and such, 9.36, 9.66, 10.43
- braces, 6.108, 6.111
- brackets, 6.105–11
- angle, 2.35, 2.86, 3.84, 6.8, 6.108, 6.111
- font style for, 6.5
- other punctuation with, 6.110; commas, 6.18; ellipses, 11.35, 11.56, 11.72, 12.62–63, 12.67, 13.99; exclamation points, 6.77–78; parentheses, 6.103, 6.107, 13.41, 13.122, 14.16; periods, 6.13; question marks, 6.74; quotation marks, 12.74; summary of, table 6.1
- in quotations (see under quotations)
- in source citations: annotated bibliographies, 13.68; for authors’ names, 13.76, 13.81; for counted page numbers, 14.54; for editors’ or translators’ notes, 13.54; with ellipses in very long titles, 12.67, 13.99; legal-style citations, 14.195, 14.200; for non-English titles, 13.101; within parentheses, 13.41, 13.122, 14.16; for pseudonyms, 13.82–83, 13.126, 14.105; for publication details, 14.44
- uses of, other: with editorial interpolations and clarifications, 6.105, 6.110, 12.71; in mathematical expressions, 6.108; in music dynamics, 7.80; in phonetics, 6.109; in promotional copy, 12.38; with sic, 12.72; in transcriptions of discussions or interviews, 12.56; in translated text, 6.102, 6.106, 11.17; in URLs, 6.8
- See also parentheses; punctuation
- braille, 3.28, 4.112
- brand names, 8.147, 8.154–55, 12.51. See also company names; trademarks
- breathing marks, 2.85, 11.120, 11.122
- British Library, 1.38
- British style
- acronyms, 10.6
- contractions, 10.4
- dashes, 6.89, 6.91
- dates, 6.41
- double consonants in past indicative, 5.134
- millions, billions, and trillions, 5.254, 9.9
- parentheses as round brackets, 6.101
- parentheses within parentheses, 6.103
- past tense and past participle, 5.104
- periods as full stops, 6.12
- plurals, 5.17, 5.18
- quotation marks, 6.9, 12.30
- shan’t, 5.238
- spelling, 5.104, 15.29
- than with I, 5.189
- titles of nobility, 8.33
- unpronounced h, 7.32
- which and that, 5.254, 6.29
- See also European style; United Kingdom
- broadcast networks, channels, and such, 8.191, 10.30
- broadside layout for tables, 2.120, 3.52, 3.87–88, fig. 3.17, fig. 3.26
- brochures. See pamphlets, brochures, and reports
- Brown, brown, 8.39
- buildings
- names of, 8.58, 8.69, 8.174, 11.28–29, 11.68
- numbers of, 9.54
- religious, 8.102, 9.50
- bullets, 2.25, 6.141, 6.142
- Burmese names, 15.84
- business and commerce
- abbreviations used in, 10.77
- generic terms vs. proper nouns, 7.85
- in source citations, 14.33, 14.35, 14.98, 14.117–18
- titles and offices in, 8.28
- See also company names; governmental entities; institutions; organization names
- but
- for negation, 5.244
- punctuation with, 5.254, 6.22, 6.24, 6.49
- sentences beginning with, 5.209, 5.254
- but if, 6.28
- by, in long passive, 5.198
- bylaws, 9.30. See also legal and public documents