16 steps to the 16th ed.: A Sensitization Service of the IIR Library: Steps 1-4

 When the good folks who produce the Chicago Manual of Style released the 16th edition of the Style Manual, we decided to email every single academic staff member  and research assistant every day for 16 days to alert them to the significant changes within the Manual. This is captured in the style changes handout, 16 steps to the 16th ed.

16 steps to the 16th edition

 Step 1.       Use author’s full names {CMS rule 14.27 and 15.2}

Baylis, John, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens. The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2008.

 Step 2. Use italics to set off the titles of major works {CMS rule 8.2 and 8.154}

Jackson, Patrick Thaddeus. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations: Philosophy of Science and its Implications for the Study of World Politics. London: Routledge, 2011.

 Step 3. Use capital letters in book titles and subtitles {CMS rule 8.157 and 14.95}

Endo, Isaku, Jane Namaaji, and Anoma Kulathunga. Uganda's Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States, and South Africa: Challenges to Linking Remittances to the Use of Formal Services.  Washington, DC: World Bank, 2011.

Step 4. Use double quotation marks for the title of articles {CMS rule 8.161 and 14.176}

Taylor, Philip. “Public Diplomacy and the Information War on Terror.” In Soft Power and US Foreign Policy: Theoretical, Historical, and Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Inderjeet Parmar and Michael Cox, 152-164. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2010.

The full text of the Chicago Manual of Style is available online at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html