All papers should be typed, double spaced. Fonts
should be 10CPI [characters-per-inch] or 12CPI only, in a standard,
easy-to-read script [Times Roman, Helvetica, or Courier are preferable].
Margins should leave sufficient space for a reader’s comments: 1 inch [2.54 cm]
on top and bottom, 1.25 inches [3.17 cm] on left and right margins.
Please submit all papers with paper title, student’s
name, id number, course number, instructor’s name [eg. Prof. Smith] on the
first page or cover. All pages should be numbered sequentially.
All papers should be proofread for spelling,
grammar, and writing style. For style questions, please consult the free
on-line guide from Columbia University Press at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
All papers should be bound together (with a staple,
paperclip, etc.), not submitted loosely.
Acronyms may be used in footnotes and text. Their
first mention must be in spelled-out form: eg., Popular Movement for the
Revolution (MPR).
Date form in footnotes and text is 17 October 1947.
Students may use footnotes or end notes. Notes
should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. The first time any
reference is mentioned, give full bibliographic information. Thereafter, use a
short form. See the following examples.
For books:
1. Marc
Bloch, Feudal Society (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1961), pp. 10-15. (Use the edition you are
actually citing. It is only necessary to cite original editions in addition to
the ones used if that is important for your text.) OR, if more than three
editors:
Short form: Bloch, Feudal Society,
pp. 10-15.
2. Alexander
Dallin et al., eds., Diversity in International Communism: A Documentary
Record, 1961-63 (New York:
Columbia University Press, 1963), pp. 24-26. (For three or fewer authors, use
all names.)
Short form: Dallin, Diversity in
International Communism, pp. 24-26.
3. John
Stuart Mill, Autobiography and Literary Essays, ed. John M. Robson
and Jack Stillinger (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980), p. 15.
Short form: Mill, Autobiography,
p. 15.
4. Boleslaw
Szczesniak, ed. and trans., The Russian
Revolution and Religion, 1917‑1925 (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of
Notre Dame Press, 1959), pp. 175-79.
Short form: Szczesniak, Russian
Revolution and Religion, pp. 175-179.
For chapters in books:
5. Eric
J. Hobsbawm, “The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century,” in Trevor Aston, ed., Crisis in Europe, 1560-1660 (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969), p. 6.
Short form: Hobsbawm, “Crisis,” p. 6.
6. G.W.F.
Hegel, “The Philosophy of Fine Art,” trans. F.P.B. Osmaston, in Theories in Comedy, ed. Paul Lauter
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964), p. 351.
Short form: Hegel, “Philosophy of Fine
Art,” p. 351.
For reference to a
footnote:
7. Robert
A. Dahl, Democracy and Its Critics (New
Haven: Yale University Press, 1989), p. 164 n. 1.
Short form: Dahl, Democracy and Its
Critics, p. 164 n. 1.
For articles:
8. Simon
Kuznets, “Economic Growth and Income Inequality,” American Economic Review Volume
49 (March 1995), pp. 22-24. OR, if there is only a volume and number for
the issue:
9. Simon
Kuznets, “Economic Growth and Income Inequality,” American Economic Review Volume 49, Number 1 (1995), pp. 22-24.
Short form: Kuznets, “Economic
Growth,” pp. 22-24.
For newspaper articles:
10. “Head
of Soviet Atom Power Plants and Five Others Penalized by Party,” New York Times, 15 August 1986. OR, if
there is a specific author, begin with the name.
For unpublished papers:
11. Donna
Eberwine, “The Bulgarian Presence in Nicaragua.” (Paper presented at the
Conference on Eastern Europe’s Involvement in Central America, Washington,
D.C., 11-13 March 1986.)
If the book, chapter, or article has more than one
author, give the full names of all the authors. Use the original language of
the reference. Titles in languages that do not use a Latin alphabet must be
transcribed using the Library of Congress system of transcription.
If you are using primary archival sources, give the
source according to the relevant cataloguing system, and the location of the
archive. Newspapers, government documents, and unpublished sources must be
identified as completely and precisely as possible.
In subsequent citations, last names and brief
titles, not op. cit. or loc. cit., should be used. For example:
12. Bloch,
Feudal Society, p. 233.
13. Hobsbawm,
“Crisis,” p. 7.
14. Kuznets,
“Economic Growth,” pp. 23-26, esp. 25.
Bibliographies should be attached at the end of the
paper, under a center heading in bold-face script: Bibliography.
Bibliographical entries should be presented
alphabetically, last name first, in the following format:
Bloch, Marc. Feudal Society (Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1961).
Dallin,
Alexander, et al., eds., Diversity in International Communism: A Documentary
Record, 1961-63 (New York:
Columbia University Press, 1963).
For
information found on the WEB, please cite the author, title, date, and URL.
Anonymous,
“Spy Stories: Of Moles and Mole Hunters,” in Studies in Intelligence
(The CIA’s In-House Journal), Volume 36, Number 4 (1995). [http://www.odci.gov/csi/studies/95unclas/cra.html]