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Instructions for Authors of Articles

See also instructions for:

  1. Length: Because we are a web-based journal, length is very flexible. In general, articles of about 2000 words seem to work well; however, if you need more space to describe your ideas, feel free to write a longer article.

  2. Format: Please see the guidelines below for the format for citations and bibliographies.

  3. HTML: Please do not mark up your paper in HTML. You can send it either as ASCII text or as an attached e-mail file. We will mark it up and format it in a standard style.

  4. Images: If your paper includes images, including screen shots, please send them as separate GIF or JPEG files. Do not simply include them as part of a Word document. Images should be sized no larger than 600 pixels wide. If you did not create the graphic or illustration yourself, include written copyright permission for reproduction of the illustrations from the copyright holder.

Layout of Article:

Title
Author(s) including title(s), institution(s), and e-mail address(es)
Abstract
Body of Paper
References

References:

References should be cited in the text in the following form:
Smith (1982)
Smith (1982a,b)
Smith (1983, 1984)
Smith and Jones (1984)
(Smith & Jones 1984)
(Smith 1984)
(Smith 1984; Jones 1987)
(Smith et al. 1988) for more than 2 authors

At the end of the paper references should be listed alphabetically in the section entitled References in the following standard form, giving journal titles in full. Please italicize or underline titles of books and journals.

Lancaster, F.W. 1972. Vocabulary Control for Information Retrieval. Washington, D.C.: Information Resources Press,

Markham, J.W. & Hagmeier, E. 1982. Observations on the effects of germanium dioxide on the growth of macro-algae and diatoms. Phycologia 21(2):125-131.

Starr, S. 1982. Databases in the marine sciences. Online Review 6(2):109-125.

Webster, J. 1994. Endangered information: searching the grey literature in the Pacific Northwest. In: Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (ed. by J.W. Markham & A.L. Duda), pp. 119-135. Fort Pierce, Fla.: IAMSLIC.

Citing Internet Sources

Scott, D., et al. 1997. Internet Based Collaborative Learning: An Empirical Evaluation. AusWeb97 Conference Program and Papers. [Online]. Available: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/proceedings/donscott/index.html [December 6, 1997].

For examples of other formats for citing Internet resources see A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities.

Submit articles in electronic form to:

Andrea L. Duda
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
aduda@istl.org

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