Index
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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).
- undated works, when to use n.d. (no date), 10.43, 14.152, 14.276, 15.17, 15.41. See also access dates; publication date
- underlining, 2.14, 2.94, 13.8
- Unicode Consortium, 16.67
- Unicode standard, 2.15
- definition of Unicode, p. 904
- en dash and minus sign distinguished, 6.81
- “smart” apostrophes, 6.114
- “smart” quotation marks, 6.112
- spaces defined in, A.22
- special characters with Latin alphabet, table 11.1
- XML character references and, A.15
- uniform resource locators. See URLs (uniform resource locators)
- United Kingdom
- command papers, 14.314
- courts, 14.310
- legal cases, 14.310
- legislative bodies, 14.309–13
- Parliament of, 14.309–13
- statutes, 14.312
- unpublished documents, 14.315
- See also British style
- United Nations, 8.61, 14.302, 14.316, 14.317
- United States
- possessive form of, 7.19
- US, when to use, 10.33
- See also governmental entities; public documents
- United States Code (U.S.C.), 14.294, 14.301
- United States Congress
- bills and resolutions, 14.295
- debates before 1873, 14.299
- debates since 1873, 14.298
- documents and reports, 14.297
- fair use and, 4.90
- hearings, 14.296
- numbered electoral districts, 9.47
- numbers for successive terms and sessions, 9.46
- presidential vetoes, 14.301
- terms for, 8.61
- See also acts and treaties; laws and statutes; legal documents; legislation
- United States Constitution
- legal-style citation of, 14.292
- names for parts of, 8.79
- numbered divisions of, 9.29
- United States Copyright Office
- fair use and, 4.90
- online services and forms of, 4.47
- See also copyright
- United States courts
- lower federal, 14.290
- state and local, 14.291
- Supreme Court, 14.289
- United States House of Representatives
- members of, 8.21
- terms for, 8.61
- See also United States Congress
- United States Patent and Trademark Office, 8.152, 14.230, 15.50
- United States Postal Service, 10.28, 10.30, 10.34–35. See also postal codes
- United States Senate
- terms for, 8.61
- See also United States Congress
- United States Supreme Court, 4.86, 14.289
- United States vs. US, which to use, 10.33
- Universal Product Code. See bar codes
- universities
- nonexclusive licenses claimed by, 4.63
- in publisher’s name, 14.140
- special imprints of, 14.146
- student status terms, 8.28
- See also academic concerns
- unpublished and informally published materials
- copyright duration for, 4.25
- definitions, 14.153
- documentation of: article not yet accepted, 14.182; contracts, wills, and such, 14.231; format noted for electronic, 14.225; government and public, 14.304, 14.308, 14.315; interviews and personal communications, 14.219, 15.48; lectures and papers presented at meetings, 14.226; manuscript collections, 14.232–42, 15.49; musical works, 14.270; patents, 14.230, 15.50; poster papers, 14.227; theses, dissertations, working papers, and such, 14.224–29; US legislative documents, 14.304; websites and blogs, 14.243–46, 15.51
- fair use of, 4.81
- permission to use, 4.74
- titles of, 8.184
- Upanishads, 8.102, 14.255
- uppercase, defined, p. 904. See also capitalization; capital letters
- URLs (uniform resource locators), 14.4–5, 15.4, p. 904
- abbreviation of, 10.52
- authority and permanence, 14.9
- DOIs vs., 14.184
- listed in print journals, 1.78
- publisher’s, on copyright page, 1.21
- treatment in text: capitalization, 8.68; hyphenation, 2.12, 6.77, 7.42, 14.11–12; line breaks, 2.12, 7.42, 14.12; punctuation, 6.8, 14.11–12; slashes, 6.110; syntax, 14.11–12
- in web-based publications, 1.114
- as website identifier, 8.186
- usage. See word usage
- US vs. United States, which to use, 10.33