A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

OERI
Publications
Guide

(October 1990,
Revised September 1999)

Contents

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction

• How To Use This Guide

• The Publication Process
  • Media and Information Services: What We Do
  • The Author
  • The Editor
  • Editing Levels
  • The Editor and the Author
  • How Long Does It Take?

• Preparing the Publication
  • Introduction
  • Submitting a Manuscript to MIS—A Checklist
  • Submitting a Completed Publication to MIS—A Checklist
  • Submitting Negatives to MIS—A Checklist
  • Preparing Computer Disks for Typesetting
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Parts of a Book
  • Writing Tips
  • Disseminating Your Publication

• The Guide
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Acknowledgments
  • Capitalization
  • Chapter Headings and Subheads
  • Compound Words
  • Contractors
  • Copyrights
  • Cross-References
  • Definitions
  • Errata Sheets
  • Figures
  • Footnotes and Notes
  • Hyphens
  • Internet Terminology
  • Lists
  • Numbers and Rounding
  • Punctuation
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • References
  • Survey Titles
  • Tables
  • Titles
  • Word Usage
  • Year Spans

• Appendix A: A Sample List of Abbreviations

• Appendix B: Where To Find Us

For the user's convenience we also provide this document in Portable Document Format (PDF) Part I (135K),
Part II (377K) for reading and printing with the Adobe Acrobat reader.

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Last updated:February 10, 2000(glc)