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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).
- l. (line) and ll. (lines), 14.163
- labels
- captions compared with, 3.21
- in charts, abbreviations, 3.43–44
- marked on line art to be redrawn, 3.20
- See also keys to illustrations (legends)
- labor unions, 8.69, 9.50
- landscape, defined, p. 897
- LaTeX, 12.2, 12.9, A.34, fig. 12.3, table 12.1
- Latin alphabet
- IPA notation, 11.13
- languages using, generally, 11.9–11
- See also transliteration; and specific languages
- Latin language, 11.59–64
- capitalization, 11.59
- for provisional chemical elements, 10.66
- roman type for terms in, 7.53
- titles of works in, 11.59
- latitude, 10.37. See also compass points and directions
- laws and statutes
- bills and resolutions compared, 14.295
- Canadian, 14.306–7
- short forms for names, 14.287
- UK, 14.312
- US federal, 14.294
- US state and municipal, 14.300
- See also legal documents; public documents
- laws and theories
- mathematical, 12.56
- schools of thought, 8.78
- scientific, 8.147
- layout, defined, p. 897
- leaders (several spaced periods), 3.62, fig. 3.16. See also ellipsis points; suspension points
- leading
- history of term, A.3
- least, 5.85–87, 5.161
- leaves, book, 1.3. See also folios; page numbers (folios)
- lectures and lecture series
- treatment in text, 8.86
- See also speeches
- legal cases
- documentation: abbreviations, 14.286; basic elements, 14.288; Canadian cases, 14.306; italics, 14.284; notes and text citations, 15.54–55; short forms, 14.287; UK courts, 14.310; US courts, 14.289–91
- treatment in text, 8.81
- legal documents
- Canada: legal cases, 14.306; resources and reference works on, 14.281, 14.305; statutes, 14.307; unpublished, 14.308
- contracts, wills, and such, 14.231
- international entities, 14.316–17
- numbered divisions in, 9.29
- online resources, 14.317
- United Kingdom: command papers, 14.314; legal cases, 14.310; online sources, 14.309; parliamentary debates, 14.313; parliamentary publications, 14.311; resources and reference works on, 14.281, 14.309; statutes, 14.312; unpublished, 14.315
- United States: abbreviations, 14.293; bills and resolutions, 14.295; congressional reports and documents, 14.297; debates before 1873, 14.299; debates since 1873, 14.298; generalist and secondary source writing about, 14.303; hearings, 14.296; laws and statutes, 14.294; municipal ordinances, 14.300; notes and text citations, 15.54–55; state laws, 14.300; unpublished, 14.304
- See also laws and statutes; legal cases; legal-style citations
- legal-style citations
- abbreviations in, 14.286
- constitutions, 14.292
- note form, 14.283
- page numbers and locators, 14.285
- short forms, 14.287
- typefaces, 14.284
- when not to use, 14.303
- See also courts; laws and statutes; legal cases; legal documents
- legends, defined, 3.7. See also captions; keys to illustrations (legends)
- legislation
- abbreviations, 14.293
- bills and resolutions, 14.295
- debates on, 14.298–99
- formal and generic names for, 8.79–80
- generalist and secondary source writing about, 14.303
- hearings on, 14.296
- published text of, 14.294–95
- short forms for names, 14.287
- state, 14.300
- See also acts and treaties; laws and statutes; public documents
- legislative and deliberative bodies
- hearings of, 14.296
- names and terms for, 8.61
- See also laws and statutes; legislation; public documents
- length (measurement). See International System of Units (Système international d’unités, SI); measurement, US; metric system
- length (publications)
- books, A.18
- running heads, 2.73
- table titles, 3.52–53
- less, 5.84, 5.86–87, 5.160, 6.42
- less, fewer, 5.220
- letters (alphabet)
- archaic, 13.7
- hyphens to separate, 6.77
- as letters, 7.59
- marking spacing changes between, 2.122
- for multiple appendixes, 1.57
- in music writing, 7.67–71
- names of (spelled-out pronunciations), 7.64
- for notes applying to parts of tables, 3.77
- possessives of, 7.16
- in rhyme schemes, 7.65
- in run-in lists, 6.123
- as scholastic grades, 7.60
- as shapes (e.g., S curve), 7.63
- spellings for, 7.64
- standing for proper names (e.g., A——), 7.62
- See also alphabetizing; alphabets; capital letters; diacritical marks; initialisms; initials
- letters (correspondence)
- chronological order, 1.51
- copyright issues, 4.19
- documentation of: approach and resources, 14.232, 14.239; date forms, 6.45, 9.32; examples, 14.240–41; “private collection” or “author’s possession” and such, 14.242; published collections, 14.117, 15.40; shortened citations, 14.117; unpublished collections, 14.222
- editorial clarifications to, 13.58
- missing or illegible words, 13.57
- multiple paragraphs quoted, 13.33
- permissible changes, 13.7–8
- sic in, 13.59
- letters to the editor, 1.95, 14.208. See also editorials
- LexisNexis, 8.153, 14.271, 14.282, 14.288
- libel, 4.51, 4.68
- libraries, 14.271, 16.58. See also archival practices; manuscript collections
- Library of Congress, 1.33, 4.46. See also Cataloging-in-Publication (CIP) data
- licenses for copyrighted works
- alternative arrangements for, 4.57
- electronic works, 4.60–62
- exclusive vs. nonexclusive, 4.34
- goals of parties to, 4.35
- handling requests for, 4.66
- payment for, 4.36
- rights file as record of, 4.67
- termination of, 4.37
- universities’ claim to, 4.63
- “life plus seventy” rule, 4.22, 4.24–25
- ligatures, 7.46, 11.40, 11.142, p. 898
- like, as, 5.181, 5.220
- line art
- definition, p. 898
- publisher’s redrawing of, 3.20
- See also illustrations
- line editing. See manuscript editing
- line numbers
- avoiding use of l., ll., 14.163
- edition number with, 14.267
- footnotes keyed to, fig. 14.5
- format of, 14.163
- frequent references to single source, 13.65
- as locators, 14.48
- punctuation of, 9.55
- lines (rules)
- avoided in illustrations, 3.19
- lines (text)
- in cleanup process, 2.77
- indention, symbol for, 2.123
- marking manuscript for, 2.95
- proofreading of, 2.113–14
- See also justification; leading; spaces and spacing
- links. See hyperlinks
- lists, 6.121–26
- as alternative to tables, 3.51
- elided in mathematical expressions, 12.19
- format, 2.21
- as quoted material, 13.10
- stub entries as, in tables, 3.58
- titles and offices of people in, 8.19
- lists of abbreviations
- cross-checking, 2.29
- lists of illustrations and tables
- artwork inventory linked to, 3.17
- captions shortened for, 3.39
- for electronic works, 1.100
- for galleries, 3.38
- proofreading of, 2.112
- See also credits and credit lines
- literary agents, 4.18
- literary works
- copyright registration forms for, 4.47
- cultural terms for (e.g., deconstruction), 8.78
- dialect in, 5.218
- sound recordings of, 14.277
- trademark protection and, 4.16
- See also block quotations; classical works; fiction; plays; poetry; quotations; titles of works
- literature cited. See documentation
- loc. cit., 10.43, 14.31
- locators
- in captions (e.g., above, left), 3.24
- in classical references (see classical works: documentation)
- in electronic works: accession numbers for databases, 14.224, 14.272; section headings as, 14.17, 14.174; URLs and DOIs, 14.184 (see also hyperlinks)
- in index entries (see index entries: locators)
- in legal-style citations, 14.285
- See also page numbers (folios)
- logo, publisher’s, 1.18, 1.66–68
- longitude, 10.37. See also compass points and directions
- lowercase letters
- abbreviations ending with, 10.4
- for chart labels, 3.43
- definition, p. 898
- for foreword, index, and such, 8.177–78
- for generations, 8.41
- in index entries, 16.9–12
- for kinship terms, 8.35
- marking manuscript for, 2.94
- marking proofs for, 2.128
- for socioeconomic class, 8.40
- words with nonliteral meanings but derived from proper names, 8.60
- See also sentence-style capitalization
- Ltd., 6.48, 10.22, 14.140, 14.142
- -ly, words ending in
- adjectives with, 5.155
- hyphenation not needed with, 7.81–82
- lyrics, fair-use doctrine and, 4.80. See also musical works