《MLA格式指南及学术出版准则》(第3版)是一本介绍学术著作和论文的出版过程以及写作格式的参考工具书，共有八章、两个附录和一个索引，内容涵盖学术著作出版和撰写规范、MLA格式的介绍等，是人文学科的研究生、教师、学者和各领域的专业作家的必备工具书。本书由美国现代语言协会编。

Foreword Domna C. Stanton

Preface David G. Nicholls

SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING

Scholars and Scholarly Publishing

Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications

Deciding to Submit a Manuscript

Placing a Manuscript with a Journal

 Scholarly Journals· Types of Scholarly Arficles·

 Selecting a Journal· Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal·

 Evaluation of a Manuscript· Acceptance of a Manuscript

Placing a Manuscript with a Press

 Scholarly Presses· Types of Scholarly Books· Selecting

 a Press· Submitting a Prospectus for a Book· Submitting

 a Manuscript to a Press· Evaluation of a Manuscript·

 Acceptance of a Manuscript

Production and Publication

 Copyediting· Proofreading· Preparing an Index·

 Design· Composition, Printing, Binding, Electronic

 Production· Marketing

Conclusion

LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING

Introduction

Copyright

 Development of Copyright Law in the United States·

 Subject Matter of Copyright· Ownership of Copyright·

 Co ownership of Copyright· Works Made for Hire·

 Material Objects· Term of Copyright· Registration of

 Copyright· Copyright Notice· Renewal of Copyright·

 Rights of Copyright Owners· Transfers and Terminations·

 Fair Use of Copyrighted Works· Requesting Permission·

 Damages for Copyright Infringement and Attorney's Fees·

 International Copyright· Copyright and Computer Networks

Publishing Contracts

 Books· Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works

Defamation

 Libel· Opinion· Truth as Defense· Actual Malice

Right of Privacy

 Emergence of Privacy Law· Unreasonable Publicity of

 Private Life· Publicity Placing Another in a False Light·

 Consent as Defense

Further Guidance

3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING

Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship

Language and Style

Spelling

 Consistency and Choice of Spelling· Word Division·

 Plurals· Accents· Umlauts· Ligatures and Other

 Special Characters

Punctuation

 Purpose of Punctuation· Commas· Semicolons·

 Colons· Dashes and Parentheses· Hyphens·

 Apostrophes· Quotation Marks· Square Brackets·

 Slashes· Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation

 Points· Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks

Italics

 Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters·

 Foreign "~Vords in an English Text· Emphasis

Names of Persons

 First and Subsequent Uses of Names· Titles of Persons·

 Names of Authors and Fictional Characters· Dutch and

 German Names· French Names· Greek Names·

 Hungarian Names· Italian Names· Russian Names·

 Spanish Names· Latin Names· Asian Names· Names in

 Other Languages

Capitalization

 English· French· German· Italian· Portuguese·

 Russian· Spanish * Latin * Other Languages

Titles of Works in the Manuscript

 General Guidelines· Italicized Tides· Titles in Quotation

 Marks * Titles and Quotations within Tides· Exceptions *

 Shortened Tides

Quotations

 Accuracy of Quotations· prose· poetry· Drama·

 Ellipsis· Other Alterations of Sources· Punctuation with

 Quotations· Translations of Quotations

Numbers

 Arabic Numerals * Use of Words or Numerals * Commas in

 Numbers· Percentages and Amounts of Money * Dates and

 Times of the Day· Inclusive Numbers· Roman Numerals

Romanization

Further Guidance

4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS

Introduction

Physical Characteristics of the Printed Manuscript

 Divisions of the Text * Margins· Text Formatting· Title and

 Author's Name * Page Numbers * Tables and Illustrations·

 Paper and Printing * Corrections and Revisions· Binding

Manuscripts for Publication

PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

Student Works as Professional Documents

Prescribed Guidelines

Selecting a Topic

Preparing a Prospectus

Special Format Requirements

 Theses and Dissertations as Published Works * Divisions of

 the Text· Page Numbers * Margins * Spacing * Binding

 of Print Copies· Submission of Electronic Fries

Publishing the Dissertation through proQuest

 Terms of Agreement· Abstract· Copyright· Permissions

6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF

 WORKS CITED

The Purposes of Documentation

Documentation and Ethics

MLA Style

The List of Works Cited

 Introduction· Placement of the List of Works Cited·

 Arrangement of Entries· Two or More Works by the Same

 Author· Two or More Works by the Same Authors·

 CrossReferences

Citing Periodical Print Publications

 Introduction· An Article in a Scholarly Journal· An Article

 in a Scholarly Journal That Uses Only Issue Numbers·

 An Article in a Scholarly Journal with More Than One Series·

 An Article in a Newspaper· An Article in a Magazine·

 A Review· An Abstract in an Abstracts Journal·

 An Anonymous Article· An Editorial· A Letter to the

 Editor· A Serialized Article· A Special Issue

Citing Nonperiodical Print Publications

 Introduction· A Book by a Single Author· An Anthology

 or a Compilation· A Book by Two or More Authors·

 A Book by a Corporate Author· A Work in an Anthology·

 An Article in a Reference Book· An Introduction, a Preface,

 a Foreword, or an Afterword· An Anonymous Book·

 A Scholarly Edition· A Translation· An Illustrated Book

 or a Graphic Narrative· A Book Published in a Second or

 Subsequent Edition· A Multivolume Work· A Book in a

 Series· A Republished Book or Journal Issue· A Publisher's

 Imprint· A Book with Multiple Publishers· A Brochure,

 Pamphlet, or Press Release· A Government Publication·

 The Published Proceedings of a Conference· A Book in a

 Language Other Than English· A Book Published before

 1900· A Book without Stated Publication Information or

 Pagination· An Unpublished Dissertation·

 A Published Dissertation

Citing Web Publications

 Introduction· A Nonperiodical Publication· A Scholarly

 Journal· A Periodical Publication in an Online Database

Citing Additional Common Sources

 A Television or Radio Broadcast· A Sound Recording· A Film

 or a Video Recording· A Performance· A Musical Score·

 A Work of Visual Art· An Interview· A Map or Chart·

 A Cartoon or Comic Strip· An Advertisement· A Lecture,

 a Speech, an Address, or a Reading· A Manuscript or

 Typescript· A Letter, a Memo, or an E-Marl Message· A Legal

 Source· An Article in a Microform Collection of Articles·

 An Article Reprinted in a Loose-Leaf Collection of Articles·

 A Publication on CD-ROM or DVD-ROM· A Digital File

A Work in More Than One Publication Medium

7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN

 THE TEXT

Parenthetical Documentation and the List of Works Cited

Information Required in Parenthetical Documentation

Readability

Sample References

 Citing an Entire Work, Including a Work with No Page

 Numbers· Citing Part of a Work· Citing Volume and

 Page Numbers of a Multivolume Work· Citing a Work

 Listed by Title· Citing a Work by a Corporate Author·

 Citing Two or More Works by the Same Author or Authors·

 Citing Indirect Sources· Citing Common Literature· Citing

 More Than One Work in a Single Parenthetical Reference·

 Citing a Book with Signatures and No Page Numbers

Using Notes with Parenthetical Documentation

 Content Notes· Bibliographic Notes

ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction

Time Designations

Geographic Names

Common Scholarly Abbreviations and Reference Words

Publishers" Names

Titles of Works

 Bible· Works by Shakespeare· Works by Chaucer·

 Other Works

Names of Languages

Proofreading Symbols

 Symbols Used in the Text· Symbols Used in the Margin·

 Sample Marked Proof

Appendix: Specialized Style Manuals

Sources of Examples in 3.4-5

Index