The Chicago manual of style

The publishing process

Books and journals

Overview

The parts of a book

The parts of a journal

Considerations for web-based publications

Manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and proofreading

Overview and process outline

Manuscript preparation guidelines for authors

Manuscript editing

Proofreading

Illustrations and tables

Overview

Illustrations

Tables

Rights, permissions, and copyright administration / by William S. Strong

Overview

Copyright law and the licensing of rights

The publishing agreement

Subsidiary rights and permissions

The author's responsibilities

Style and usage

Grammar and usage / by Bryan A. Garner

Grammar

Word usage

Punctuation

Overview

Punctuation in relation to surrounding text

Periods

Commas

Semicolons

Colons

Question marks

Exclamation points

Hyphens and dashes

Parentheses

Brackets and braces

Slashes

Quotation marks

Apostrophes

Multiple punctuation marks

Lists and outline style

Spelling, distinctive treatment of words, and compounds

Overview

Plurals

Possessives

Contractions and interjections

Word division

A and an, o and oh

Ligatures

Italics, capitals, and quotation marks

Compounds and hyphenation

Names and terms

Overview

Personal names

Titles and offices

Epithets, kinship names, and personifications

Ethnic, socioeconomic, and other groups

Names of places

Words derived from proper names

Names of organizations

Historical and cultural terms

Calendar and time designations

Religious names and terms

Military terms

Names of ships and other vehicles

Scientific terminology

Brand names and trademarks

Titles of works

Signs and mottoes

Numbers

Overview

Numerals versus words

Plurals and punctuation of numbers

Inclusive numbers

Roman numerals

Abbreviations

Overview

Names and titles

Geographical terms

Designations of time

Scholarly abbreviations

Biblical abbreviations

Technology and science

Business and commerce

Foreign languages

Overview

Titles and other proper names

Languages using the Latin alphabet

Languages usually transliterated (or romanized)

Classical Greek

Old English and middle English

American sign language

Mathematics in type

Overview

Style of mathematical expressions

Preparation and editing of paper manuscripts

Quotations and dialogue

Overview

Permissible changes to quotations

Quotations in relation to text

Quotation marks

Ellipses

Interpolations and clarifications

Citing sources in text

Foreign-language quotations

Documentation

Documentation I: notes and bibliography

Source citations: an overview

Notes and bibliography: basic format, with examples and variations

Notes

Bibliographies

Books

Periodicals

Interviews and personal communications

Unpublished and informally published material

Special types of references

Audiovisual materials

Legal and public documents

Documentation II: author-date references

Overview

Author-date references: basic format, with examples and variations

Reference lists and text citations

Author-date references: special cases

Indexes

Overview

Components of an index

General principles of indexing

Indexing proper names and variants

Indexing titles of publications and other works

Alphabetizing

Punctuating indexes: a summary

The mechanics of indexing

Editing an index compiled by someone else

Typographical considerations for indexes

Examples of indexes

Appendix A: production and digital technology

Overview

Markup

Design

The electronic workflow

Options for presenting content

Print technologies

Appendix B: glossary.

Part 1: The publishing process. Books and journals --

Manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and proofreading --

Illustrations and tables --

Rights, permissions, and copyright administration / by William S. Strong --

Part 2: Style and usage. Grammar and usage / by Bryan A. Garner --

Punctuation --

Spelling, distinctive treatment of words, and compounds --

Names, terms, and titles of works --

Numbers --

Abbreviations --

Lanugages other than English --

Mathematics in type --

Quotations and dialogue --

Part 3: Source citations and indexes. Notes and bibliography --

Author-date references --

Indexes.