Op. Cit. Style Sheet

Manuscripts should conform to the latest edition of the MLA Handbook as adopted by Op. Cit style sheet. All contributors should familiarize themselves with the following guidelines and attempt to follow them to the letter. Disregarding the instructions below will regretfully result in delays and add extra time to the reviewing process.

COVER PAGE:

• TITLE OF THE ARTICLE

• AUTHOR (also indicate the way you want your name in the citation)

• AFFILIATION

• SHORT BIO (500 characters without spaces).

MANUSCRIPT:

• Title: Times New Roman; uppercase and lowercase characters; size 14; centred; bold.

• Text: Times New Roman, size 12; 1.5 spaces; justified.

• Sub-paragraph: avoid using automatic numbering.

• Sections: avoid using only uppercase characters.

• Tabs: Do not indent paragraphs. Use first line indentation - 1cm.

• Note numbers: Write the note number after the text. Do not separate it from the text with one space.

• Footnotes: Times New Roman, size 10; single space; justified. Use them just as content notes to provide supplemental information to the reader; otherwise use parenthetical reference in the text.

QUOTATIONS:

• Quotations with 4 or more lines: do not use quotation marks; indent to the left, 1.75 cm; set off from the text; size 12; 1 space.

• Quotations in the text: use quotation marks and, if you use punctuation marks after the quotation, place them after closing the quotation marks.

• Parenthetical references in the text: in brackets/parentheses, author’s last name and page number. Separate author’s last name and page number with one space: ex.: (Postman 3-4)

• a. One work by the author of two or more works: place a comma after the author’s last name, add a shortened version of the title of the work, and supply the page number(s): ex.: (Toffler, Future 211)

• b. When using the author’s name in your sentence: place only the page number(s) of the source in parentheses: ex.: (25)

• Interpolations: use [ ].

• Omissions: use [...].

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS (up to 6)

Times New Roman, size 11; single space; justified.

LIST OF WORKS CITED

• Works cited: at the end of the document. Paginate this section as a continuation of the text; Times New Roman; size 12; Hanging 1.27 cm.

• Order: list entries in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author. If you are listing more than one work by the same author, alphabetize the works according to the title.

• BOOKS: When citing a book, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name (publication date). Book Title. Additional information. City of publication: Publisher. Medium of publication.

• a. A book by one author: Light, Richard J. (2001). Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Print.

• b. An anthology or compilation: Valdez, Luis, and Stan Steiner, ed(s). (1972). Aztlan: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature. New York: Vintage-Knopf. Print.

• c. A work in an anthology: Silko, Leslie Marmon (1991). “The Man to Send Rain Clouds.” Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land. Ed. Wesley Brown and Amy Ling. New York: Persea, 191-95. Print.

• d. A translation: Giroud, Françoise (1986). Marie Curie: A Life. Trans. Lydia Davis. New York: Holmes. Print.

• e. A book with a title in its title: Habich, Robert D. (1985). Transcendentalism and the Western Messenger: A History of the Magazine and Its Contributors, 1835-1841. Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Print.

• f. More than one book by the same author: Type 5 dashes _____

• ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS: When citing an article in a periodical/journal, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name (date). “Article title.” Periodical/journal title volume.issue: pages. Medium of publication.

• Example: Duvall, John N. (1994). "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White Noise." Arizona Quarterly 50.3: 127-53. Print.

• INTERNET OR WEB SOURCES: When citing information from Internet or World Wide Web sources, provide the following information: Author’s last name, first name (date of electronic publication). “Article title” or Book title. Publication information for any printed version. Or subject line of forum or discussion group. Indication of online posting or home page. Title of electronic journal. Page numbers or the numbers of paragraphs or sections. Name of institution or organization sponsoring Web site. Date of access to the source <URL>.

• Note: For other entries not mentioned above, please consult: Trimmer, Joseph F. (2004). A Guide to MLA Documentation. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.

PROOFS

The Executive Editorial Board is responsible for proofreading and copyediting galley proofs, thus ensuring that the reproduction of the texts selected for publication is accurate and correct; exceptionally and upon explicit and justified request, proofs will be sent to the authors.