Margins
Main Text
All main text should be within the margins. Margins should be set to US letter paper size (8.5″ x 11″). All top and bottom margins should be set to 1″. Left-right margins should be set to 1.25″.
Headers and Footers
Only headers and footers may be outside of these margins.
Page and word limits
Page number limit
The number of pages to be included in the submission should be between 13 pages and 24 pages, for all text. This includes the reference section.
Word number limit
The number of words must be between 7000 to 12000. This includes the reference section.
Title font sizes (General)
Title
The Paper main title must be 18 point bold Adobe Garamond Pro, and must be centered. Uppercase all first letters of every word, except for function lexical items, e.g. of, the, and so forth
Author
The number of words must be between 3000 to 5000. This includes the reference section.
Affiliation
The affiliation text must be 10 point Adobe Garamond Pro and must be centered. After each Author, include author affiliation.
Main body font sizes
Size
All main body text should be 12 point font. All diagram font must be 9 point font. All Reference section font must be 11 point text.
Type
All main body text should be Times New Roman. All diagram font must be Times New Roman. All Reference section font must be Times New Roman.
Heading font sizes
Justifying Text
All text must be left justified. Every first paragraph of each section must not be indented. Every subsequent paragraph of each section must be indented by one tab. Every item within the reference section must be hanging.
Indenting Text
First lines of the first paragraph of every section must not be indented. The first line of every subsequent paragraph in each section must be indented by one tab.
Spacing
Title Spacing
All main and sub headings must be double spaced, with 12 point spacing.
Main Body Spacing
All main body text must be single spaced, with 12 point spacing.
References
Reference Spacing
All references must have single spacing only.
Examples Of References
Whole books
Grazer, B. and Smith, P. (2015). A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Edited books
Grazer, B. and Smith, P. (2015). A New Day. In D. Brown and S. Mane (eds,), A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (pp. 20-67). New York: Simon and Schuster,
E-books
Austen, J. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007. Kindle.
Borel, Brooke. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ProQuest Ebrary.
Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whale-proofs.html.
Journal Articles
Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.
LaSalle, Peter. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95–109. Project MUSE.
Satterfield, Susan. “Livy and the Pax Deum.” Classical Philology 111, no. 2 (April 2016): 165–76.
News or magazine articles
Manjoo, Farhad. “Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera.” New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.
Mead, Rebecca. “The Prophet of Dystopia.” New Yorker, April 17, 2017.
Pai, Tanya. “The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps.” Vox, April 11, 2017. http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.
Pegoraro, Rob. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.
Interviews
Stamper, Kory. “From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English.” Interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to-photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.
Website Content
Bouman, Katie. “How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole.” Filmed November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA. Video, 12:51.
http://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like
Google. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Yale University. “About Yale: Yale Facts.” Accessed May 1, 2017. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts.
Social Media Content
Chicago Manual of Style. “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993.” Facebook, April 17, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.
Rendering
Document Render
All documents must be provided in either MS Word or any similar editable document type.
Grammar and Punctuation
Authors must do their best to correct all grammar, typography, and punctuation. The GLOCAL editors will ensure that all text is edited following submission. However, uneditable texts will be returned to authors for revision and subsequent resubmission. Some editing will be provided, so as to increase the readability of the text.