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
A
References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure (fig.), or page number (p.). Page numbers in the online edition link directly to terms in the glossary (appendix B).
- a and an
- acronyms and, 10.9
- coordinate nouns and, 5.73
- in proper names, 16.88
- when to drop from titles in running text, 8.167–68
- which to use, a vs. an, 5.72
- See also articles (definite and indefinite)
- AAs (author’s alterations), 2.67, 2.131–32, p. 891
- abbreviations, general, 10.1
- chart labels, 3.43–44
- commas with: academic and professional designations, 10.4, 10.16, 10.20–21; addresses, mailing, 6.46, 10.28, 10.30; e.g. and i.e., 5.220; etc. and et al., 6.20; Inc., Ltd., and such, 6.48; Jr., Sr., and such, 6.47
- compound, 6.80
- definitions and uses, 10.2–3
- lists of: alphabetizing, 1.43, 14.55, 16.64, fig. 1.8, fig. 14.7; cross-checking, 2.29; format and placement, 1.43, 2.21, fig. 1.8; for frequently cited works, 13.65, 14.54–55, fig. 14.7
- numbers with, 9.16–17
- plurals of, 7.14
- publication details, 1.21
- punctuation with: ampersands, 6.21, 10.10; commas (see under commas with, above); hyphens vs. en dashes for compound, 6.80; periods with or not, 10.4; slashes, 6.107; surrounding text and, 6.117
- short title compared with, 14.54
- spelled out: capitals vs. lowercase, 10.6; guidance on, 10.3; marking manuscript for, 2.90; marking proofs for, 2.126
- typographic considerations: capitals vs. lowercase, 10.6; italic vs. roman type, 10.7; line breaks, 7.40; small vs. full-size capitals, 10.8, 10.24, 10.39, 10.42; space or no space, 10.5
- word division, 7.40
- See also acronyms; contractions; initialisms
- abbreviations, specific
- Bible: books, Apocrypha, 10.49; books, New Testament, 10.50; books, Old Testament, 10.48; books, citing in text and notes, 10.46; resources on, 10.45; sections and versions of, 10.51; short forms, 10.47
- binary systems, 9.11
- in documentation of: classical references, 14.258–59, 14.264, 14.266; dictionary and encyclopedia entries, 14.247–48; editor, translator, and such, 15.6, 15.15; English poems and plays (short forms), 14.268; frequently cited works, 13.65, 14.54–55, fig. 14.7; journal titles, 14.179, 15.13, 15.44; legal-style citations (see below); organization names, 15.36; publishers’ names, 14.139–40
- file formats (e.g., HTTP), 7.76
- genus, subspecies, and such, 8.120–23
- geographical terms: avenue, street, and such, 10.34; Canadian provinces and territories, 10.29; city plus state, comma with, 10.30; compass points, 10.35–36; country names, 10.32; latitude and longitude, 10.37; place-names with Fort, Saint, and such, 10.31; US, when to use, 10.33; US states and territories, 10.4, 10.28
- names and titles: academic and professional designations, 10.4, 10.16, 10.20–21; agencies and organizations, 10.24–25; author names, 1.18; civil titles, 10.13–14; firms and companies, 10.22–23; given names, 10.11; initials, 10.12; military, 10.15; Rev. and Hon., 10.18; Saint, St., and such, 10.26–27, 10.31, 11.29, 16.75, 16.90, 16.93; social, 10.16–17
- page, volume, and such, 14.157
- Rev. and Hon., 10.18
- scholarly words, 10.43
- scientific and technical: astronomical and astrophysical, 10.64–65; chemical elements, 10.66; latitude and longitude, 10.37; miscellaneous technical, list of, 10.52; periods omitted, 10.4; resources, 10.1; SI units, 10.52, 10.54–62; statistics, 10.53; US measurements, 10.67–71
- stub column of tables, 3.60
- time designations: a.m. and p.m., 9.38–40, 10.42; chronology systems, 9.35, 9.63, 10.39; days of the week, 10.41; months, 10.40; numerical, 9.31, 9.34, 9.36, 9.38–41; time of day, 10.42; units (seconds, minutes, etc.), 10.71
- See also postal codes; and under specific abbreviations (e.g., Jr. [“Junior”])
- abridgements
- editing materials from, 2.58
- abstractions, 8.36, 8.93
- abstracts
- copyright issues and, 4.60
- documentation of, 14.197
- submitted with manuscript, 2.3
- academic concerns
- course names, 8.85
- degrees and affiliations: abbreviations, 10.4, 10.16, 10.20–21; of author, 1.49, 1.88, 1.94; capitalization, 8.28, 10.20–21; in contributors’ list, 1.62, fig. 1.10; indexing of, 16.40; omitted in documentation of works, 14.72; use of, 1.18, 1.20
- institutions and departments: capitalization, 8.67, 8.84; in documentation of dissertations, theses, lectures, and such, 14.224, 14.226; place-names with, 6.46, 6.81; special imprints of, 14.146 (see also institutions; universities)
- letter grades, 7.60
- student status terms, 8.28
- subjects and disciplines: authorities in specific, 8.118; specific course names, 8.85; spellings peculiar to, 7.2; treatment of names, 8.84–85
- See also lectures and lecture series; universities
- accents. See diacritical marks; special characters
- access dates
- online legal and public documents, 14.282
- online reference works, 14.248
- undated online documents, 15.51
- acknowledgments
- of data sources, 3.75
- illustration credits in, 3.29
- material appropriate for, 1.42
- and indexing, 16.109
- of permissions, 4.98–99
- in preface, 1.40
- references to, 8.177
- separate section for, 1.41
- in table notes, 3.75
- in unnumbered notes, 14.50
- acronyms
- capitalization of, 10.6
- disease and medical terms, 8.143
- space omitted in, 10.5
- See also abbreviations; initialisms
- active voice, 5.18, 5.104, 5.115, 5.188
- acts and treaties
- See also legal documents; public documents
- AD (anno Domini), and such, 9.35, 9.63, 10.39
- additions and insertions
- marking manuscript for, 2.91–92
- stetting or reversal of, 2.127
- address, spoken. See dialogue; direct address; speech; speeches
- addresses, e-mail, 14.11
- hyperlinks to, 1.114
- hyphenation issues, 6.77
- line breaks in, 7.42
- punctuation of, 6.8
- addresses, mailing
- abbreviations: avenue, street, and such, 10.34; city plus state, comma with, 10.30; compass points, 10.35; provinces and territories (Canada), 10.29; states and territories (US), 10.28
- compass points in, 10.35
- numbers in, 9.51–53
- adjectives, 5.66–94
- adverbs compared with, 5.156
- articles as limiting adjectives: articles defined, 5.68; a vs. an, 5.72; coordinate nouns with, 5.73; definite, 5.69, 5.73; indefinite, 5.70–71; meaning affected by, 5.73–74, 5.76; omitted, 5.76; as pronoun substitute, 5.77; zero (implicit), 5.75
- avoiding biases in uses, 5.230
- coinage of, 8.59
- compound, 6.80
- dates as, 5.82
- definitions, 5.66
- degrees: comparative, 5.84, 5.86; equal and unequal comparisons, 5.87; positive or absolute, 5.83; superlative, 5.85–86; uncomparable, 5.88
- derivations: from legislative bodies, 8.61; from place-names (e.g., Californian), 5.67, 8.44; from proper names, 8.59–60
- ethnic and national group names with, 8.37
- functional variations of, 5.92–94
- idiomatic uses, 5.75
- infinitives as, 5.105
- as interjections, 5.210
- irregular, 5.86
- position: basic rules, 5.78; dates and, 5.82; meaning affected by, 5.74, 5.76; when modifying pronoun, 5.80; after possessive pronoun, 5.79; predicate, 5.78, 5.81
- pronominal, 5.65
- proper, 5.67
- repeated, 6.34
- sex-specific labels as, 5.226
- special types: coordinate, 5.90, 6.33; participial, 5.89, 5.109; phrasal (compound modifier), 5.78, 5.91, 7.81
- as verbs, 5.93
- administrative bodies, 8.62, 11.8. See also business and commerce; governmental entities; institutions; organizations
- adverbs, 5.153–68
- adjectives compared with, 5.156
- as conjunctions, 5.202
- definition, 5.153
- degrees: comparative, 5.160; intensifiers, 5.164; irregular, 5.162; positive, 5.159; superlative, 5.161; uncomparable, 5.163
- flat, 5.157
- formation of, 5.154–55
- infinitives as, 5.105
- as interjections, 5.210
- introductory phrases, 6.36
- participial phrases as, 5.109
- position: intransitive verbs modified by, 5.166; linking verbs and, 5.167; meaning affected by, 5.165; placement considerations, 5.165; in verb phrases, 5.168
- simple, 5.157
- suffixes, 5.154–55
- verb phrases modified by, 5.102
- advertisements in journals, 1.72, 1.78, 1.82
- African languages, 11.14–15. See also Arabic language
- afterwords, 1.26, 1.52, 14.91, 14.116
- agents, literary, 4.18
- age terms, hyphenation guide, 7.85
- ah, 6.37
- AH (anno Hegirae), and such, 9.35, 9.63, 10.39
- aircraft, 8.2, 8.115–16. See also vehicles and vessels
- a.k.a., 10.72
- Albanian language, 11.16–17
- alignment
- checking facing pages for, 2.114
- marking proofs for, 2.124
- all rights reserved, 1.19, 1.22, 4.40, figs. 1.1–4
- alphabetizing, 16.56, 16.62–67
- business names, 16.88–89
- dates, 16.65
- foreign words, 16.67
- glossaries, 1.60
- letter-by-letter: basics of, 16.58–59; bibliographies, example of, 14.60; word-by-word compared, 16.61, 16.123
- names: abbreviations and acronyms, 16.64; basic rules, 16.71–76; compound, 16.72; foreign, 16.67, 16.76–87; initials vs. spelled-out, 16.63, 16.79; list of contributors, 1.62, fig. 1.10; Mac or Mc with, 16.73; monarchs, popes, and such, 16.37; nobility, titles, and such, 16.38, 16.66; numerals in (e.g., Henry III), 16.66; O’ with, 16.74; with particles, 16.71, 16.84; personal, as corporate names, 16.89; Saint, St., and such, 16.75, 16.93; same, of person, place, and thing, 16.62
- names, foreign personal, 16.76–87; Arabic, 16.76; Asian, generally, 16.87; Burmese, 16.77; Chinese, 16.78; Hungarian, 16.79; Indian, 16.80; Indonesian, 16.81; Japanese, 16.82; Portuguese, 16.83; Spanish, 16.84; Thai, 16.85; Vietnamese, 16.86
- numerals, 16.65–66
- place-names, 16.90–93
- punctuation and, 16.59–61
- titles of nobility and such, 16.66
- alphabets
- in mathematical expressions, 12.12
- modernizing archaic letters, 13.7
- proofreading copy in non-Latin, 11.92
- See also Arabic language; Cyrillic alphabet; Greek language; Hebrew language; International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA); Latin alphabet; letters (alphabet); transliteration; Unicode standard; and names of other languages
- alterations
- definition, p. 891
- a.m. and p.m., 9.38–40, 10.42
- American Indians, 7.9, 8.37
- American Medical Association (AMA), 10.7, 14.3, 14.76
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 1.34, A.44
- American Psychological Association (APA), 3.46, 3.78, 14.3
- American Sign Language (ASL), 11.144–54
- Deaf and deaf, 8.42
- resources on, 11.146
- signed languages, defined, 11.144
- signs: components of, 11.145; compound, 11.148; glosses of, 11.147–54; handshapes, 11.151; lexicalized, 11.150; nonmanual, 11.154; pronouns, possessives, and reference, 11.153
- transcriptions and writing of, 11.146–54
- American Society for Indexing (ASI), 16.104
- ampersands
- changed to and, 8.163
- in company names, 10.23
- initialisms with, 10.10
- in Old and Middle English, 11.143
- in publishers’ names, 14.141
- serial comma omitted before, 6.21
- spacing with, 10.10
- in URLs and e-mail addresses, 7.42
- See also and; conjunctions
- and
- ampersand changed to, 8.163
- appropriate use of, 5.220
- coordinate adjectives separated by, 5.90
- in generic cross-references of indexes, 16.23
- or with, 5.220
- pronoun and antecedent with, 5.32–34
- in publisher’s name, 14.141
- sentences beginning with, 5.206
- serial commas and, 6.18–19
- slash instead of, 6.104
- two or more authors (or editors) in documentation, 14.76
- See also ampersands; conjunctions
- and if, 6.32
- and/or, 5.220
- and other stories, 14.100
- and so forth or and the like, 6.20, 11.35
- angle brackets
- for less than and more than, 3.81
- See also brackets
- animals
- domestic breeds, 8.128
- scientific names: authorities on, 8.118; author names in, 8.123; divisions higher than genus, 8.125; English derivatives from taxonomic system, 8.126; genus, species, and subspecies, 8.119–21; unspecified species and varieties, 8.122
- vernacular names, 8.127–29
- See also scientific and technical terminology
- animations, 1.100, 2.4. See also audiovisual materials
- Annals of the Congress of the United States, 14.299
- annotated bibliographies, 14.59, fig. 14.10
- annotations
- as copyrightable, 4.5
- See also documentation; notes
- announcements in journals, 1.83, 1.85, 1.93
- anonymity of research subjects, 13.47
- anonymous works
- abbreviation of anonymous, 10.43
- copyright of, 4.24
- documentation of: known authorship, 14.80, 15.33; unattributed interviews, 14.220; unknown authorship, 14.79, 15.32
- use of anonymous, 14.79
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute), 1.34
- anthologies
- author-and-title index of, 16.6
- as collective works, 4.8
- editorial additions bracketed in, 6.97
- material copyrightable in, 4.5
- permissions and fees for, 4.101
- aphorisms. See figures of speech; maxims
- Apocrypha
- abbreviations of books, 10.49
- capitalization, 8.105
- See also Bible
- apostrophes, 6.113–15
- in foreign languages: African languages, 11.15; Chinese, 11.104; French, 11.38; German, 11.43; Hebrew, 11.113; Italian, 11.53, 11.57–58; Japanese, 11.107
- and manuscript cleanup, 2.77
- marking on manuscript, 2.91
- marking on proofs, 2.129
- other punctuation with: generally, 6.115; periods or commas, 6.115; single closing quotation mark, 6.9
- in plurals: abbreviations, 7.14; letters as letters, 7.14, 7.59–61; noun coinages, 7.13; proper nouns, 7.8; words in quotation marks, 7.12
- in possessives: basic use, 5.50; compounds, 7.23; for . . . sake expressions, 7.20; general rule, 7.15; genitive case, 7.24; gerunds, 7.26; italicized or quoted words, 7.28; nouns, proper, 7.16–18; nouns ending in eez sound, 7.18; nouns plural in form, singular in meaning, 7.19; nouns used attributively, 7.25; of, 7.27; two nouns as unit, 7.22; words ending in unpronounced s, 7.17
- appendixes
- content and format of, 1.57
- figures or illustrations in, numbering of, 3.11
- indexing of, 16.109
- multiple, 1.47
- note materials moved to, 14.51
- numbering of, 8.178
- online alternative to, 1.57
- part title for, 1.47
- references to, 8.177
- running heads for, 1.13
- web-based publications, 1.117
- as work made for hire, 4.10
- appositives, 5.21, 6.23, 6.51
- Arabic language, 11.96–101
- capitalization, 11.100
- definite article, al, 11.99
- spelling, 11.98
- word division, 11.101
- arabic numerals
- building and apartment numbers, 9.53
- Chicago’s preference for, 9.66
- columns in tables, 3.54
- definition, p. 891
- documentation and references: chapters, figures, and such, 8.178, 14.154; classical Greek and Latin references, 14.256–66; parts of poems and plays, 8.182, 14.267–68; ranges (inclusive), 9.60–61, 14.155; volume numbers of multivolume works, 14.121–27; when to use, 14.154
- highways and streets, 9.51–52
- line breaks and, 7.39
- numbered divisions in publications and documents, 9.27–29
- roman numerals compared with, table 9.1
- spelled out: alternative rule, 9.3; beginning a sentence, 9.5; Chicago’s general rule, 9.2; consistency, readability, and flexibility, 9.7; direct discourse, 13.42; fractions, 9.14–15; hundreds, thousands, and hundred thousands (round numbers), 9.4; hyphens with, 7.85; marking manuscript for, 2.90; marking proofs for, 2.126; ordinals, 9.6; physical quantities, 9.13; to vs. en dash with, 9.59
- archaeology, 7.2, 9.35
- archival practices, 1.107, 2.86–87. See also backup copies
- archives
- electronic sources, 14.282
- articles (definite and indefinite)
- a vs. an, 5.72
- in blog titles, 8.187
- celestial bodies and, 8.137
- coordinate nouns with, 5.73
- definition, 5.68
- earth with, 8.139
- in foreign names for places and structures, 8.58
- gender indicated by, 5.14
- implicit, 5.75
- indefinite, 5.70–71
- indexing: articles disregarded, 16.48, 16.51–52, 16.56, 16.68, 16.88, 16.91; first lines, 16.144; organization and business names, 16.88; personal and foreign names, 16.76, 16.91–92; place-names, 16.91–92; in subentries, 16.51, 16.68, 16.129; titles of newspapers and periodicals, 16.48–49; titles of works, 16.51–52, 16.56
- as limiting adjectives: articles defined, 5.68; a vs. an, 5.72; coordinate nouns with, 5.73; definite, 5.69, 5.73; indefinite, 5.70–71; indefinite, in specific reference, 5.71; meaning affected by, 5.74, 5.76; omitted, 5.76; as pronoun substitute, 5.77; zero (implicit), 5.75
- names with: articles disregarded in alphabetizing, 16.88; capitalized or not, 8.67, 8.69; publisher’s, in documentation, 14.140; titles and the, 8.20, 8.29, 8.35, 10.18
- preceding mass noun followed by prepositional phrase, 5.9
- as pronoun substitute, 5.77
- in titles in running text, 8.167–68
- zero (implicit), 5.75
- articles (journal)
- copyright lines in, 1.97
- corrections to, 1.105
- illustrations and tables in, 1.99–100
- “in press” versions, 1.73
- making changes to after submission, 2.5
- subheads in, 1.91
- substantive editing of, 2.47–48
- table of contents in, 1.83
- titles: editing of, 2.55; note reference numbers and, 14.22; proofreading of, 2.110, 2.130; quotation marks for, 8.161, 8.175
- unique identifiers for, 1.74
- articles, documentation of, 14.171–72
- abstracts, 14.197
- authors’ names, initials, 15.43
- electronic enhancements to articles, 14.198
- forthcoming articles, 14.182
- installments of (several parts), 14.189
- newspaper and magazine articles, 15.47
- no volume number, or date only, 14.181
- papers presented at meetings, 14.226
- place of publication, 14.191
- preprints, 14.229
- previously published articles, 14.190
- special issues, 14.187
- supplements, 14.188
- titles of articles, 14.176–78; question marks and exclamation points in, 14.178; sentence-style capitalization, when to use, 15.45; shortened citations, 14.25, 14.28, 14.196; translated titles, 14.192, 14.194
- See also journals: titles
- articles, electronic
- abstracts of, 1.83
- copyright lines, 1.97
- forthcoming, 14.182
- maintaining context of, 1.80
- options for publishing, A.39
- page-numbering, 1.76
- in printed journal’s table of contents, 1.83
- publication history of, 1.98
- as version of record, 1.105
- web-based publication of, 1.111
- art styles and movements, 8.78. See also cultural movements and styles
- artwork
- author’s inventory of, 3.17
- commissioned, 3.32
- creators’ names, indexing of, 16.50
- cropping, scaling, and shading, 3.19
- definition, p. 891
- dimensions of original, noted, 3.27
- fair use of, 4.83
- identification for publisher, 3.16
- permissions for, 4.94–97
- prints vs. scans, 2.24
- professionally created scans, 3.15
- publisher’s check and inventory of, 3.18
- redrawn by publisher, 3.20
- titles of: cartoons, 8.194; exhibition catalogs, 8.195, 14.250; indexing, 16.50; paintings, statues, and such, 8.193
- use of term, 3.1
- in XML workflow, fig. A.5
- See also captions; illustrations
- as, as if, 5.181, 5.201
- ascender, defined, p. 891
- ASCII file (plain-text file), defined, p. 899
- Asian names
- Burmese, 16.77
- Indian, 16.80
- Thai, 16.85
- Vietnamese, 16.86
- See also South Asian languages
- ASL. See American Sign Language (ASL)
- as–so, so–as, 5.195, 5.214
- associations. See organizations
- asterisks
- in legal-style citations, 14.288
- astronomical and astrophysical terminology
- abbreviations in, 10.64–65
- descriptive terms, 8.141
- earth, 8.139
- Myr and Gyr, 9.10
- sun and moon, 8.140
- as well as, 5.133, 5.201, 6.18
- attribution
- moral right of, 4.15
- See also credits and credit lines; documentation; permissions
- audiobooks, 14.277. See also audiovisual materials; sound recordings
- audiovisual materials
- abbreviations for terms (e.g., DVD and MIDI), 10.52
- archival practices for, 1.107
- contributions to, as work made for hire, 4.10
- documentation of: author-date references, 15.53; basic elements to include, 14.274; books downloaded, 14.166; CD-ROMS, 14.166, 14.168; discographies, 14.275, fig. 14.12; DVDs and videocassettes, 14.279; electronic enhancements, 14.198; literary and lecture recordings and such, 14.277; musical recordings, 14.276; online multimedia, 14.280; podcasts, 8.187, 14.221; radio, 8.185, 14.221; slides and filmstrips, 14.278; sound recordings, 14.276–77; video recordings, 14.278–80
- electronic journals that include, 1.100
- subdivision of copyright for, 4.33
- subsidiary rights for, 4.60
- titles of, 8.192
- author-and-title index, 16.6
- author-date reference system
- agreement of text citations and reference lists, 15.20
- audiovisual materials, 15.53
- authors’ names: anonymous works, 15.32–33; different authors with same last name, 15.21; editor in place of author, 15.6, 15.15, 15.18, 15.35; examples and variations, 15.9; more than three authors, in-text citations, 15.28; more than three authors, reference list, 15.9, 15.12; organizations as, 15.36; proper form of name to use, 15.12, 15.43; pseudonyms, 15.34; single vs. several, order for, 15.16; 3-em dash for, 15.17–19
- basic format, 15.1, 15.5, fig. 15.1; authors’ names (see above); examples and variations, 15.9; in-text citation structure, 15.7, 15.21; page numbers and locators, 15.8; reference list entry structure, 15.6, 15.21
- cross-references, 15.37
- disciplines that use, 14.2
- edition, volume, or collection, 15.38–40
- examples and variations, 15.9
- legal and public documents, 15.54–55
- legal-style citations, 14.283
- multiauthor books, 15.10
- periodicals: abbreviated journal titles, 15.13, 15.44; initials for authors’ given names, 15.43; issue number in parentheses, 15.46; newspapers and magazines, 15.47; sentence-style capitalization for titles of works, 15.45
- publication date: basic structure and punctuation, 15.6, 15.9, 15.12, 15.24; editions with multiple, 15.38; forthcoming, 15.17, 15.42; letters in published collections, 15.40; multivolume works published over several years, 15.39; “no date,” 15.41; references arranged by, 15.17–19
- secondary sources, quotations from, 15.52
- syntactic considerations with, 15.27
- titles of books, 15.37
- unpublished and informally published materials, 15.48–51
- See also documentation; reference lists; text citations; titles of works in documentation; and specific materials to document
- authors
- biographical notes (see biographical notes)
- copyright (see copyright)
- field notes of, 13.47
- illustration credits and, 3.30, 3.32 (see also credits and credit lines)
- interviews by, 13.46 (see also interviews and discussions)
- notes of, 14.46
- papers in collection of, 14.242
- permissions as responsibility of, 3.28, 4.68–87, 13.3 (see also permissions)
- previous publications on copyright page, 1.17
- proofreading as responsibility of, 2.97–99
- warranties made by, 4.68
- author’s alterations (AAs), 2.67, 2.131–32, p. 891
- authorship, in copyright. See copyright
- authors’ names
- abbreviations of, 1.18
- alternative forms of, 14.86
- in books and periodicals: book review and book notes sections, 1.92; chapter opening page, 1.49; copyright notice, 4.41; covers and jackets, 1.66, 1.67, 1.68; epigraphs, 1.36; forewords and introductions, 1.39; journals and journal articles, 1.77, 1.83, 1.88, 1.94, fig. 1.11; multiauthor volumes, 1.37, 1.62, 16.115, fig.1.10; running heads, 1.77; in table of contents, 1.37, 1.83, fig. 1.11; title page, 1.18
- cross-checking of, 2.29
- documentation, author-date references: anonymous works, 15.32–33; basic form, 15.12; chronological order for single author with multiple titles, 14.67; different authors with same last name, 15.21; editor in place of author, 15.6, 15.15, 15.18, 15.35; examples and variations, 15.9; initials vs. full names, 14.73, 15.12, 15.43; more than three authors, in-text citations, 15.28; more than three authors, reference list, 15.9; organizations as authors, 15.36; proper form of name to use, 15.12, 15.43; pseudonyms, 15.34; same author, same year, 15.19, 15.28; single vs. several authors, order for, 15.16; 3-em dashes and, 2.13, 6.91, 15.17–19
- documentation, notes and bibliography: ad hoc handling of unusual cases, 14.89; alphabetical order, 14.57, 14.60–62, 14.65, 14.67, fig. 14.8; alternative real names, 14.86; anonymous works, 14.79–80; authors preferring initials, 14.73; in classical references, 14.258–59; descriptive phrase as “author,” 14.85; different coauthors with, 14.62; editor in place of author, 14.87; editor or translator in addition to author, 14.88; editor vs. author, 14.90; examples and variations, 14.18; in forewords, prefaces, and such, 14.91, 14.116; form of, generally, 14.72; in journal articles, 14.175–76; in magazine articles, 14.202; in magazine departments, 14.202; monarchs, saints, and such, as authors, 14.74, 16.42; in multivolume works, 14.122–24, 14.126–27; in newspaper articles, 14.203, 14.205–7; organization as, 14.66, 14.92; pseudonyms and cross-references, 14.81–84; punctuation of, 6.20, 14.63; in reference work entries, 14.247–48; repeated names, 14.64–67; in reviews, 14.214–16; shortened forms, 14.25–27, 14.196; single author, 14.75; single vs. several authors, 14.61; 3-em dashes and, 2.13, 6.91, 14.63–67, 14.79; in title of work, 14.78; two or more authors (or editors), 14.76; two or more authors (or editors) with same family name, 14.77; “with the assistance of” and such, 14.89
- hyperlinks from, 1.114
- in scientific names, 8.123
- uniform treatment across documentation systems, 15.2
- author’s review of copyedited manuscript, 2.2, 2.67–69, 2.85, 2.97
- communications and queries from manuscript editor, 2.53–54, 2.57–58, 2.61, 2.66, 2.83, 2.89, fig. 2.4; bias-free language issues, 5.224; cover letter and instructions, 2.67, 2.81; early contact, 2.65; on paper manuscripts, 2.89; sample of editing, 2.65
- version of record, 2.84
- automobiles, 8.116. See also vehicles and vessels
- auxiliary verbs. See under verbs
- awards and prizes
- announcements of, 1.93
- civic, 8.82
- military, 8.114
- axes, x and y, 3.42, 3.49, fig. 3.8
- Azeri language, 11.88–90