Index
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- ultra, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
- un, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
- undated works, n.d. (no date) for, 10.48, 13.114, 14.44, 14.104, 14.128, 14.157, 14.163. See also access dates; publication dates
- under
- in index cross-references, 15.19–20
- as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
- in source citations for reference works, 14.130
- underlining (underscore)
- for emphasis, 7.52
- for hyperlinks, 7.59
- vs. italics, 2.18, 2.85, 2.102
- permissible changes to, 12.8
- as proofreaders’ mark for italics, 7.50
- in redlining, 2.89, 7.52
- unexpressed folios, 1.6–8, 1.17–18, 1.44, 1.52, 1.55, 3.6
- Unicode standard
- archaic letters in, 12.7
- boldface and italic letters in, 7.53
- characters not available in, 2.19, 2.142
- directional (“smart”) quotation marks and apostrophes in, 6.123, 6.125
- dot operator in, 10.63
- emojis in, 10.78
- en dash and minus sign distinguished in, 6.90
- fractions in, 9.17
- horizontal ellipsis character in, 12.68
- IPA phonetic symbols in, 11.24
- low line in, 6.99
- mathematical signs and symbols in, 10.70
- and non-Latin alphabets, 11.2, 11.79–80, 11.99, 11.120–21, 11.126–27, 11.132, tables 11.2–5
- numbers mentioned in text, 11.2
- overview of, 11.2
- spaces in, 6.128–29, table 6.2, 10.63
- and special characters in Latin alphabet, 11.2, 11.23, 11.77, 11.133, table 11.1
- stress marker in, 6.119
- 2-em and 3-em dashes in, 6.79
- uniform resource locators. See URLs
- unions, 8.71, 9.51
- United Kingdom
- CIP data program in, 1.38
- currency in, 9.22, 9.24, 9.27
- and Greenwich Mean Time, 10.47
- legal and public documents in (see under legal and public documents, source citations for)
- resources on military of, 10.17
- units of measurement in, 10.75
- See also British style
- United Nations, 8.63, 14.191, 14.206, 14.207
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 14.136
- United States
- abbreviation of, 10.4, 10.36
- legal and public documents in (see under legal and public documents, source citations for)
- as word, 7.20, 10.37
- See also governmental entities; legal and public documents; states (US); and headings beginning with “US”
- United States Code (U.S.C.), 14.183, 14.190
- units of measurement
- abbreviations for, 10.57–65; derived units, 10.63; grams, 10.61; non-SI units accepted by SI, 10.65; numbers with, 7.96 (sec. 1), 9.8, 9.18–19; periods with, 10.4, 10.72; plurals of, 10.73, 10.75; with prefixes, 9.11–12, 10.55–56, 10.61–62; referred to as symbols in SI, 10.2; for repeated quantities, 9.19; SI, 10.57–58; SI base units, 10.60; in tables, 3.57, fig. 3.13; technical, list of, 10.55; US, 10.72–76
- length, area, and volume, 10.74
- in metric system, 8.153, 10.55
- numbers with, 7.44, 9.8, 9.18–19, 10.55
- plurals of, 9.21, 10.73, 10.75–76
- spacing with, 6.127, 6.129, 7.44, 9.18
- symbols for, 3.57, fig. 3.13, 9.18–19, 10.58, 10.60–64
- in tables, 3.57, fig. 3.13
- in United Kingdom, 10.75
- weight and capacity, 10.75
- See also numbers
- Universal Product Codes. See bar codes
- universities
- abbreviation of, 10.48, 14.33
- names of, 8.69
- nonexclusive licenses claimed by, 4.69
- in publishers’ names, 14.33, 14.37
- student status terms, 8.30
- See also academic concerns
- unjustified text. See ragged right (flush left) justification
- unless, 5.207
- unpublished and informally published materials
- and copyright, 4.20, 4.27, 4.43, 4.50
- defined, 14.45
- fair use of, 4.92
- permissions for, 2.2, 2.4, 4.85, 4.87, 12.3
- preprints, 1.122, 4.66, 14.75–76
- source citations for, 14.114; articles not yet accepted, 14.75; books not under contract, 14.45; dissertations and theses, 14.113; file formats noted for, 14.123; interviews and personal communications, 14.108–11; lectures, papers, and posters presented at meetings, 14.115; legal-style citations, 14.193, 14.197, 14.205; manuscript collections, 14.119–29, 14.156; musical works, 14.156; and permanent records preserved by authors, 13.17, 14.104, 14.106; preprints, 14.76; private documents, 14.118
- titles of, 8.190, 14.114
- working papers, 14.116
- See also blogs and blog posts; correspondence; dissertations and theses; interviews and discussions; legal and public documents; manuscript collections; personal communications; websites and web pages
- until, 5.208, 9.62
- up, compound terms with, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- “up” style (capitalization). See title case
- Upanishads, 8.104, 14.141
- updates, dates of. See revision dates
- URLs (uniform resource locators)
- abbreviation of, 10.55
- cross-checking, 2.4, 2.37, 2.39
- DOI-based, 1.37, 1.88, 13.7
- and hyperlink text, 7.59
- and line breaks, 2.16, 6.120–21, 7.47
- link-shortening services for, 13.11
- manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.4, 2.16
- permalinks, 13.8, 13.17
- punctuation with, 2.16, 6.8, 6.12, 6.111, 6.120, 7.47, 13.12
- recommended use of in citations, 13.6, 13.14, 14.60
- short forms for, 13.9, 13.11
- for specific types of material: AI-generated content, 14.112; artworks, 14.133; blogs, 14.105; book reviews, 14.100; books, 14.2, 14.60; databases, 13.8, 13.10, 14.60, 14.64, 14.72, 14.157; dissertations and theses, 14.113; electronic mailing list subjects and threads, 14.107; electronic supplementary data, 14.14; individual reference entries, 14.132; interviews, 14.110; journal articles, 1.92, 13.110, 14.70 (see also journal articles, source citations for); journal home pages, 1.93; lectures and papers, 14.115; legal and public documents, 14.171, 14.177, 14.207; magazine articles, 14.87; manuscript collections, 14.119; multimedia content, 14.161; news articles, 14.89; patents, 14.158; periodicals, 14.63–64; publications in multiple formats, 13.14; reference works, 14.131; scanned electronic editions, 14.61; social media content, 14.106; websites and web pages, 14.104
- as website identifier, 8.193
- See also access dates; DOIs; electronic publications; hyperlinks
- US, United States, 10.37
- US Congress
- abbreviations for, 14.182, 14.184
- bills and resolutions of, 14.184
- copyright provisos of, 4.27, 4.30, 4.41
- debates before 1873, 14.188
- debates since 1873, 14.187
- documents and reports of, 14.186
- hearings of, 14.185
- members of, 8.23
- numbered electoral districts of, 9.48
- numbers for successive terms and sessions of, 9.47
- and presidential vetoes, 14.190
- and public-access policies, 4.70
- terms for, 8.63
- See also acts and treaties; legal and public documents
- US Constitution, 8.81, 9.30, 14.181
- US Copyright Office, 4.4, 4.19, 4.28, 4.49–53, 4.86, 4.99. See also copyright
- US House of Representatives, 8.23, 8.63, 14.182, 14.184. See also US Congress
- US ISSN Center, 1.36
- US Postal Service, 10.38, 10.39. See also postal codes
- US Senate, 8.63, 14.182, 14.184. See also US Congress
- US Supreme Court, 4.97, 14.178
- usage. See word usage
- usernames, 8.6
- UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), 10.47
- Uzbek language, 11.77