STYLE SHEET
1) PC diskettes
only; no Macs, please.
2) NO
underline; use Italics only.
3) Use MLA style
throughout [if you are unsure, consult a recent manual, 6th
ed or later].
4) Do NOT use
corchetes [«»]; use quotation marks [“
’’].
5) Do NOT list
Works Consulted [Obras Consulted]
or more
6) Be sure to use U.S.
Punctuation, especially comma and period preceding closing quotation marks.
7) Use Roman
numerals for centuries (e.g., XVIII, XX), not Arabic.
If referring to centuries as ordinal numbers—third, twelfth, twentieth,
etc.—spell out the words and do not
capitalize: [e.g., twenty-first century].
8) Be
consistent [e.g., don’t
spell out “translated by” or “traducido por” one time and then use
abbreviations another; or “Edición de” but also “ed. de”].
9) Do NOT cite
works in press or unpublished documents.
10) When deleting
part of the text in a quotation, follow MLA rules to enclose the ellipses [three
periods with spaces between] in brackets. If the deleted material ends a sentence, add a fourth period
following the closing bracket.
11) English,
Spanish, or Portuguese are to be in preference to any possible equivalents from
other languages [e.g., oeuvre, époque],
unless no equivalent exists.
12) Use single
quotes only inside of double quotes,
i.e., for one quotation within another.
13) When giving
pagination, cite complete numbers [e.g., 139-157, not 135-57; or 135-138, not
135-8].
14) Do not indent
and offset/single-space quotes of less than 5 lines; run on in the text in
quotation marks.
15) When citing
from the Internet [preferably only from recognized online journals], always
indicate the date of download.
16) Please note
the editors’ preference for citing from works
in print, not non-refereed and non-authoritative personal websites.
17) Do not use &
[spell out “and”] and do not use abbreviations in the text.
18) Use ENDNOTES only—no footnotes. Limit notes to 12 or less.