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  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Ensure that your submission is properly structured and organized for clarity and comprehensiveness.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations and figures (both properly numbered and with captions), and tables (properly numbered and in a tabular format) are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements (Chicago [Turabian] Manual of Style) outlined in the Author Guidelines. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

Submission should be properly structured and organized for clarity and comprehensiveness.

1. Research Article

  • Title (and subtitle if applicable) of the article
  • Author(s) name and institutional affiliation.
  • Abstract (100 words): Concise summary of objectives, methods, results, and implications.
  • Keywords: 3-5 keywords
  • Introduction: Context, problem statement, literature review, and hypothesis/research questions.
  • The main body of the article: (a) A discussion on methods, research materials used and methodology followed, (b) Interpretation of research material, comparison with prior research and its limitations, and broad arguments of the author.
  • Conclusion: Key takeaways and future research directions.
  • Acknowledgements
  • References: Citations of primary and secondary sources.

Citations should be in the form of footnotes, properly numbered and each page citation on the bottom of that very page.

2. Book Review

  • Bibliographic Info: Title, author, publisher, ISBN, etc.
  • Body: Overview of the book and reviewer's thesis, concise synopsis of content, evaluation of themes, arguments, style, and effectiveness, context within the author’s oeuvre or genre, final assessment and recommendation.

3. Interview

  • Title of the article: Should contain the name of the interviewee and the interviewer.
  • Introduction: Background on the interviewee and interview context.
  • Keywords: 3-5 keywords
  • Transcript: Edited Q&A, potentially grouped thematically.
  • Reflection/Conclusion: Insights gained and significance.
  • Optional: Follow-up questions, anecdotes, or photographs (place them within the text).
  • Acknowledgements

4. Translation

  • Source Text: Original work (if applicable).
  • Translator(s) name and affiliation.
  • Translator’s Note: Explanation of approach, challenges, and cultural considerations.
  • Keywords: 3-5 keywords
  • Introduction: Context about the original work and author.
  • Translated Text: The translated content.
  • Commentary: As footnotes at specific places.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Optional: Side-by-side text comparison.

5. Commentary

  • Title (and subtitle if applicable) of the article
  • Author(s) name and institutional affiliation.
  • Abstract (100 words): Concise summary of objectives, methods, results, and implications.
  • Keywords: 3-5 keywords
  • Introduction: Topic presentation and clear stance.
  • Body: Evidence-supported arguments, and counterarguments addressed.
  • Conclusion: Restated position and implications.
  • Acknowledgements
  • References: Citations, if used.

Citations should be in the form of footnotes, properly numbered and each page citation on the bottom of that very page.

6. Photo Essay

  • Title & Introduction: Theme and purpose.
  • Author(s) name and institutional affiliation.
  • Abstract (100 words): Concise summary of objectives, methods, results, and implications.
  • Keywords: 3-5 keywords
  • Narrative Flow: Logical progression (chronological, thematic, etc.). Place curated sequenced images within the text, with descriptive captions.
  • Conclusion: Reflection on the message.
  • Acknowledgements
  • Optional: Technical details (camera settings, locations).

The suggested structure is provided for reference purposes only. Authors may adapt the format to suit their submission, provided it maintains clarity and coherence. These guidelines aim to assist prospective authors in organizing their work effectively to enhance communication and presentation. This submission should be formatted in the following portrait size: 26 cms * 19 cms.

CHICAGO (TURABIAN) STYLE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS

CITATION QUICK GUIDE
Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citation

The following examples illustrate the notes and bibliography style. Sample notes show full citations followed by shortened forms that would be used after the first citation. Sample bibliography entries follow the notes. For more details and many more examples, see chapters 16 and 17 of Turabian. (For examples of the same citations using the author-date system, go to Author-Date: Sample Citations.)

BOOK

NOTES

  1. Katie Kitamura, A Separation (New York: Riverhead Books, 2017), 25.
  2. Sharon Sassler and Amanda Jayne Miller, Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships (Oakland: University of California Press, 2017), 114.

SHORTENED NOTES

  1. Kitamura, Separation, 91–92.
  2. Sassler and Miller, Cohabitation Nation, 205.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
Kitamura, Katie. A Separation. New York: Riverhead Books, 2017. Sassler, Sharon, and Amanda Jayne Miller. Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017.

CHAPTER OR OTHER PART OF AN EDITED BOOK

In a note, cite specific pages. In the bibliography, include the page range for the chapter or part.

NOTE

  1. Mary Rowlandson, “The Narrative of My Captivity,” in The Making of the American Essay, ed. John D’Agata (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 19–20.

SHORTENED NOTE

        2. Rowlandson, “Captivity,” 48.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Rowlandson, Mary. “The Narrative of My Captivity.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 19–56. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

To cite an edited book as a whole, list the editor(s) first.

NOTE

  1. John D’Agata, ed., The Making of the American Essay (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016), 19–20.

SHORTENED NOTE

       2. D’Agata, American Essay, 48.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

D’Agata, John, ed. The Making of the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016.

TRANSLATED BOOK

NOTE

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words, trans. Ann Goldstein (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016), 146.

SHORTENED NOTE

       2. Lahiri, In Other Words, 184.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Lahiri, Jhumpa. In Other Words. Translated by Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

E-BOOK

For books consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. For other types of e-books, name the format. If no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter or other number in the notes or, if possible, track down a version with fixed page numbers.

NOTES

  1. Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, trans. Constance Garnett, ed. William Allan Neilson (New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917), 444, https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.
  2. Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001), 88, ProQuest Ebrary.
  3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007), chap. 3, Kindle.

SHORTENED NOTES

  1. Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, 504–5.
  2. Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, 100.
  3. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, chap. 14.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007. Kindle.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, edited by William Allan Neilson. New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917. https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ProQuest Ebrary.

THESIS OR DISSERTATION

NOTE

  1. Guadalupe Navarro-Garcia, “Integrating Social Justice Values in Educational Leadership: A Study of African American and Black University Presidents” (PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016), 44, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

SHORTENED NOTE

  1. Navarro-Garcia, “Social Justice Values,” 125–26.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Navarro-Garcia, Guadalupe. “Integrating Social Justice Values in Educational Leadership: A Study of African American and Black University Presidents.” PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles, 2016. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

In a note, cite specific page numbers. In the bibliography, include the page range for the whole article. For articles consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. Many journal articles list a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). A DOI forms a permanent URL that begins https://doi.org/. This URL is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser’s address bar.

NOTES

  1. Ashley Hope Pérez, “Material Morality and the Logic of Degrees in Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau,” Modern Philology 114, no. 4 (May 2017): 874, https://doi.org/10.1086/689836.
  2. Shao-Hsun Keng, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem, “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality,” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 9–10, https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
  3. Peter LaSalle, “Conundrum: A Story about Reading,” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95, Project MUSE.

SHORTENED NOTES

  1. Pérez, “Material Morality,” 880–81.
  2. Keng, Lin, and Orazem, “Expanding College Access,” 23.
  3. LaSalle, “Conundrum,” 101.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

LaSalle, Peter. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95–109. Project MUSE.

Pérez, Ashley Hope. “Material Morality and the Logic of Degrees in Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau.” Modern Philology 114, no. 4 (May 2017): 872–98. https://doi.org/10.1086/689836.

Journal articles often list many authors, especially in the sciences. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the bibliography; in a note, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”). For more than ten authors (not shown here), list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by et al.

NOTE

  1. Jesse N. Weber et al., “Resist Globally, Infect Locally: A Transcontinental Test of Adaptation by Stickleback and Their Tapeworm Parasite,” American Naturalist 189, no. 1 (January 2017): 45, https://doi.org/10.1086/689597.

SHORTENED NOTE

  1. Weber et al., “Resist Globally,” 48–49.

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Weber, Jesse N., Martin Kalbe, Kum Chuan Shim, Noémie I. Erin, Natalie C. Steinel, Lei Ma, and Daniel I. Bolnick. “Resist Globally, Infect Locally: A Transcontinental Test of Adaptation by Stickleback and Their Tapeworm Parasite.” American Naturalist 189, no. 1 (January 2017): 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/689597.

NEWS OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are cited similarly. Page numbers, if any, can be cited in a note but are omitted from a bibliography entry. If you consulted the article online, include a URL or the name of the database.

NOTES

  1. Farhad Manjoo, “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera,” New York Times, March 8, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet- on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.
  2. Erin Anderssen, “Through the Eyes of Generation Z,” Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 25, 2016, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/through-the-eyes-of- generation-z/article30571914/.
  3. Rob Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple,” Washington Post, July 5, 2007, LexisNexis Academic.
  4. Vinson Cunningham, “You Don’t Understand: John McWhorter Makes His Case for Black English,” New Yorker, May 15, 2017, 85.
  5. Dara Lind, “Moving to Canada, Explained,” Vox, September 15, 2016, http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11608830/move-to-canada-how.

SHORTENED NOTES

  1. Manjoo, “Snap.”
  2. Anderssen, “Generation Z.”
  3. Pegoraro, “Apple’s iPhone.”
  4. Cunningham, “Black English,” 86.
  5. Lind, “Moving to Canada.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Anderssen, Erin. “Through the Eyes of Generation Z.” Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 25, 2016. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/through-the-eyes-of- generation-z/article30571914/.

Cunningham, Vinson. “You Don’t Understand: John McWhorter Makes His Case for Black English.” New Yorker, May 15, 2017.

Lind, Dara. “Moving to Canada, Explained.” Vox, September 15, 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11608830/move-to-canada-how.

Manjoo, Farhad. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet- on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

Pegoraro, Rob. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

Readers’ comments are cited in the text or in a note but omitted from a bibliography.

NOTE

       1. Eduardo B (Los Angeles), March 9, 2017, comment on Manjoo, “Snap.”

BOOK REVIEW

NOTE

  1. Fernanda Eberstadt, “Gone Guy: A Writer Leaves His Wife, Then Disappears in Greece,” review of A Separation, by Katie Kitamura, New York Times, February 15, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/books/review/separation-katie- kitamura.html.

SHORTENED NOTE

       1. Eberstadt, “Gone Guy.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Eberstadt, Fernanda. “Gone Guy: A Writer Leaves His Wife, Then Disappears in Greece.” Review of A Separation, by Katie Kitamura. New York Times, February 15, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/books/review/separation- katie-kitamura.html.

WEBSITE CONTENT

Web pages and other website content can be cited as shown here. For a source that does not list a date of publication, posting, or revision, include an access date (as in the Columbia example).

NOTES

  1. “Privacy Policy,” Privacy & Terms, Google, last modified April 17, 2017, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
  2. “History,” Columbia University, accessed May 15, 2017, http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html.

SHORTENED NOTES

       1. Google, “Privacy Policy.”
       2. Columbia University, “History.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Columbia University. “History.” Accessed May 15, 2017. http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html.

Google. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

AUDIO VISUAL CONTENT

NOTES

  1. Kory Stamper, “From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English,” interview by Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017, audio, 35:25,
    http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to- photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.
  2. Beyoncé, “Sorry,” directed by Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles, June 22, 2016, music video, 4:25, https://youtu.be/QxsmWxxouIM.

SHORTENED NOTES

       1. Stamper, interview.
       2. Beyoncé, “Sorry.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Beyoncé. “Sorry.” Directed by Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles. June 22, 2016. Music video, 4:25. https://youtu.be/QxsmWxxouIM.

Stamper, Kory. “From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English.” Interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25.
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to- photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT

Citations of content shared through social media can usually be limited to the text (as in the first example below). A note may be added if a more formal citation is needed or to include a link. In rare cases, a bibliography entry may also be appropriate. In place of a title, quote up to the first 160 characters of the post. Comments are cited in reference to the original post.

TEXT

Sloane Crosley offers the following advice: “How to edit: Attack a sentence. Write in the margins. Toss in some arrows. Cross out words. Rewrite them. Circle the whole mess and STET” (@askanyone, Twitter, May 8, 2017).

NOTES

  1. Pete Souza (@petesouza), “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit,” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016, https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.
  2. Chicago Manual of Style, “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993,” Facebook, April 17, 2015, https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.

SHORTENED NOTES

       1. Souza, “President Obama.”
       2. Michele Truty, April 17, 2015, 1:09 p.m., comment on Chicago Manual of Style, “singular they.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY

Chicago Manual of Style. “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993.” Facebook, April 17, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Personal interviews, correspondence, and other types of personal communications—including email and text messages and direct messages sent through social media—are usually cited in the text or in a note only; they are rarely included in a bibliography.

NOTES

  1. Sam Gomez, Facebook message to author, August 1, 2017.
  2. Interview with home health aide, July 31, 2017.

REVIEW ARTICLES

This section contains works that focus on reviewing a corpus of work or presenting a historiographical essay.

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