III. Documentation Guidelines for Contributors

Editors’ Note

In days when publishers generally insist on manuscripts being camera-ready to cut down on production costs, it has become imperative that authors/editors prepare their texts in conformity with accepted style norms at the manuscript stage itself. It is, therefore, necessary to ensure that the submissions for inclusion in the book be in a uniform documentation style. In order to help our contributors prepare papers in the accepted style format, we have presented below broad guidelines for the most frequent documentation needs. These guidelines are based on the MLA style. Obviously the guidelines given below are to be used only as a reference tool. For help in regard to specific questions, contributors must consult the guidelines given in

Joseph Gibaldi, ed. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York:
Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
http://www.mla.org/style_faq



Broad Documentation Guidelines

1. Commas and full stops are to be placed inside quotation marks (as in "quotation marks," "quotation marks.").

2. For indented passages guidance could be had from
http://www.aresearchguide.com/5quoting.html

3. We prefer parenthetical documentation to foot-notes or end notes. Please look for examples at http://www.aresearchguide.com/9parenth.html

4. All references originating in the text, be they books or articles, works referred to or those not referred to, are to be arranged in the “Notes” at the end of the paper and the documentation style to be followed is as in the examples to be had at http://www.aresearchguide.com/sampleworks.html

6. Submissions are to be carefully checked for an error-free copy before sending them to the editors.