Parts and Processes of an Academic Text

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"The exclusive legal rights granted by a government to an author, editor, compiler, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to publish, produce, sell, or distribute copies of a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or other work, within certain limitations (fair use and first sale). Copyright law also governs the right to prepare derivative works, reproduce a work or portions of it, and display or perform a work in public." ODLIS

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"A person who prepares for publication the work(s) of one or more other authors. An editor may be responsible for selecting material included in a collection or for preparing manuscript copy for the printer, including annotation of the text, verification of the accuracy of facts and bibliographic citations, polishing grammar and style..." ODLIS

An Abstract

"A brief, objective representation of the essential content of a ...work. A well-prepared abstract enables the reader to 1) quickly identify the basic content of the document, 2) determine its relevance to their interests, and 3) decide whether it is worth their time to read the entire document." ODLIS

Appendix

"A part of a written work...containing complementary information such as statistical tables or explanatory material too long to be included in the text or in footnotes or endnotes... An appendix ... planned in advance as an integral part of the publication..." ODLIS

Blurb

"The publisher's description and recommendation of a new book, usually printed on the front flap of the dust jacket, portions of which may be used in advertisements published in book trade journals and review publications and in the publisher's catalog."
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Edition

"All copies of a book, pamphlet, single sheet, etc., printed from the same typographic image and issued by the same entity in the same format at one time or at intervals without alteration. An edition may consist of several impressions in which the text and other matter are not substantially changed." ODLIS

Foreword

"A type of introduction that provides information on the subject, scope, author and version/edition of a book. This precedes the main text and the introduction and is written by a person other than the book's author." ODLIS

Glossary

"An alphabetically arranged list of the specialized vocabulary of a given subject or field of study, with brief definitions, often appearing at the end of a book or at the beginning of a long entry in a technical reference work." ODLIS

Index

"An alphabetically arranged list of headings consisting of the personal names, places, and subjects treated in a written work, with page numbers to refer the reader to the point in the text at which information pertaining to the heading is found. In single-volume works of reference and nonfiction, any indexes appear at the end of the back matter. In a multivolume work, they are found at the end of the last volume. In very large multivolume reference works, the last volume may be devoted entirely to indexes." ODLIS

ISBN

"A unique (10 or 13 digit) standard number assigned to identify a specific edition of a book or other monographic publication issued by a given publisher, under a system recommended for international use by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1969." ODLIS

Preface

"A preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc." ODLIS

ISSN

"A unique standard number assigned by the International Serials Data System (ISDS) to identify a specific serial (periodical) title. Used to identify journals and magazines."

Peer Review

"The process used by publishers and editors of academic / scholarly journals to ensure that the articles they publish meet the accepted standards of their discipline. Manuscripts being considered for publication are sent to independent experts in the same field (the author's scholarly or scientific peers). They evaluate the quality of the scholarship, reliability of findings, relevance to the field, appropriateness for the journal, etc. Most, but not all scholarly journals are peer reviewed. " ODLIS

Style Manual

"A guide to a prescribed set of rules for typing research papers and theses, usually written for a specific academic discipline or group of related disciplines, covering the mechanics of writing (punctuation, capitalization, quotations, plagiarism, etc.), format (spacing, headings, tables and illustrations, etc.), and correct form of documentation (footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies). Examples include: Chicago Manual of Style,
MLA, APA, etc." ODLIS

Parts and Processes of an Academic Text

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