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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure, or page numbers. See also glossary of key terms, pp. 823–40.
- EAN (European Article Number) bar code, 1.114–16, fig. 1.13
- earth
- capitalization of, 8.149
- geological terminology for, 8.142–45
- parts of, 8.47–54
- See also compass points and terms; geographical terms, abbreviations of
- abbreviations for, 17.42–43
- in bibliographies, 16.89
- in reference lists, 16.104
- See also collected works; derivative works; editors; multiauthor volumes
- definition of, p. 828
- in documentation: classical references, 17.254, 17.256, 17.258–62; legal style, 17.280; modern, with original date, 17.123–27; newspapers, 17.188; online, 17.143–47; other than first, 17.79; publication dates, 17.115; reference works, 17.238; reprints, 17.123–27; in text, 11.78, 17.79
- electronic book as, 1.121
- facsimile, 1.60
- preface for new, 1.51
- preferred treatment of, 1.22
- publication agreement on, 4.50
- on title page, 1.10
- titles of, 8.186
- anthology permissions and, 4.98
- biographical notes on, 1.14
- methods of, explained, 1.57
- preface by, 1.51
- responsibilities of (multiauthor book), 2.39–40
- style of, 2.52
- substantive editing by, 2.55–56
- See also authors; editor’s name; manuscripts, author’s responsibilities; manuscript editors; multiauthor volumes
- on cover or jacket, 1.110–11
- in documentation: abbreviation for, 16.89, 16.100, 16.104; author’s name and, 17.41–43, 17.45; bibliographies, 16.89; classical references, 17.254, 17.257; journal special issues, 17.170; multivolume work, 17.89; reference lists, 16.100, 16.104; series of volumes, 17.90–92; shortened, 16.44; “with assistance of” another, 17.44
- form of, 1.12
- for Journals of the Continental Congress, 17.305
- location of, 1.9
- in multiauthor volume, 1.89
- proofreading of, 3.17
- See also author’s name
- in ASCII, p. 838
- changes to, 2.5
- chapter titles and subheads in, 2.23–24
- as copyrightable, 4.3
- definition of, p. 829
- documentation and other apparatus in, 2.27–29
- errors in converting, 3.8
- extracts in, 2.25–26
- index submitted as, 18.134
- keyboarding guidelines for, 2.10–18 (see also keyboarding)
- numbering pages in, 2.21–22
- tables and illustrations in, 2.19, 2.22, 2.30–35, 12.25–27
- See also online editing
- articles (see articles, electronic; journals, electronic)
- authority of, 17.6
- books (see books, electronic)
- captions in, 12.35–36
- copyright of: authors’ electronic use of own work, 4.62; deposit requirements, 4.45; as implicit, 17.6; relevant law, 4.2; rights, 4.13–14, 4.33; rights licensing, 4.61; subsidiary rights, 4.60; U.S. Supreme Court on, 4.55
- design of, pp. 804, 806
- documentation, 17.4; accuracy of and changes in, 17.5; books, 17.142–47; CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, 17.271; databases, 17.356; informally published, 17.211, 17.234–37; journals, 17.180–81; locators, 16.14; magazines, 17.187; multimedia, 17.270; of multiple online sources, 17.7; newspapers, 17.198; public documents, 17.356; reference works, 17.239; text citation, 16.109, 17.181; titles, 16.18
- hyperlinks in: added to printed work, 4.60; benefits of, 1.170–71; cross-checking of, 2.37, 3.43; description of, 1.182, p. 831; home pages and, 1.118, 1.171, 1.174–76; illustrations and, 1.185; notes as, 1.131; orientation of user and, 1.135; possibilities in, 1.130, 1.170, 1.174; table of contents and, 1.126; tables and, 1.184
- illustrations in: callouts, 2.30, 2.33, 12.10; captions, 12.35–36; color, 1.185; listed, 1.127, 12.53; numbering, 12.12, 12.15; text references, 2.33, 12.11
- journals (see journals, electronic)
- length of, p. 807
- markup languages for, 2.91, p. 823
- preparation of, 2.1, p. 814
- accuracy and, 11.53
- comma with, 11.58
- definition and form of, 11.51–52
- for faltering or interrupted speech, 11.45
- inappropriate use of, 11.54
- in mathematical expressions, 14.23–24
- for missing or illegible words, 11.66
- permissible changes to, 11.85
- rigorous method, 11.62–65
- three-dot method, 11.55–56
- hyphens in, 6.82
- period (dot) in, 6.17
- appropriate use of, 6.87
- colon replaced by, 6.63
- and comma, 6.91
- definition of, p. 828
- for explaining or amplifying, 6.88
- in foreign languages: French, 10.34; Italian, 10.53; quotation of, 11.85; Russian, 10.120, 10.122; Spanish, 10.77–78
- marking manuscript for, 2.99
- question mark or exclamation point with, 6.92
- subject separated from pronoun by, 6.89
- with that is or for example, 6.44
- capitals for, 7.50
- in compounds, 6.85
- definition of, p. 828
- in indexes, 18.99
- marking manuscript for, 2.99
- with nothing following, 6.84
- other uses of, 6.86
- in series of musical pitches, 7.71
- slash to replace, 6.114
- as to, 6.83
- See also numbers: inclusive
- fuller information needed in, 16.62
- keyed to page numbers, fig. 16.12
- pros and cons of, 16.23–24
- classics, 17.261–62
- Old and Middle, 10.143–44
- See also British style
- in electronic books, 1.128
- and fair use, 4.78
- omitted in indexing, 18.109
- in scholarly references, 15.46, 15.52
- See also mathematical copy
- example of, fig. 1.12
- in converting electronic files, 3.8
- indexer’s notation of, 18.127
- marking multiple, 3.21
- proofreading for, 3.5
- responsibility for, 3.14–15
- revised proofs and, 3.18
- silent correction of, 11.8
- appropriate use of, 5.202
- indexing and, 18.116
- serial comma with, 6.23
- contractions in, 15.5
- currency and, 9.27
- time of day in, 9.44
- titles and subtitles in, 17.53
- See also British style
- historical, 8.81
- natural phenomena, 8.83
- religious, 8.116
- sporting, 8.84
- placement of citations in text and, 11.80
- in run-in quotations, 11.80
- in Russian, 10.121
- in Spanish, 10.76
- See also interjections
- in area or volume measurements, 15.73
- delimiters in rewriting fractions using, 14.48
- differential, 9.13
- See also mathematical expressions









