All submissions must be accompanied by the following:

• 100-150 words abstract that describes the general content of the paper
• A list of 15-20 keywords that can be used to index the paper
• Brief bio-sketch of the author/s

While we do not have a specific word length requirement, we recommend that your papers are between 6,000 to 8,000 words, including your footnotes and reference list.

Consent and Permissions:

If your paper consists of interviews, please make sure you have express permission from the interviewees to publish their quotes and identifying particulars.

Images and multimedia

If you are using images, sound clips or video material that has been produced by someone else, you must take their express consent and written permission to do so. Images procured from various sources such as books/journals/online sources must be cited making use of the appropriate referencing format.

We encourage authors to make use of still images, sound and full-motion videos in their papers. You could share them with us using services like WeTransfer. Images should be submitted in JPG and GIF formats; sound files in WAVE or AIFF formats, and videos in MPEG4 format. Please clearly indicate in your paper where the images, sound clips and videos must be placed. Make sure that your paper flows well and is intelligible even without the multimedia elements, as some readers will not be able to see them due to hardware, software or bandwidth reasons.

Review

Each paper will be reviewed by a scholar with relevant expertise. Since we are a small team with limited resources, we expect you to give us at least six months to get back to you with feedback. We will actively work to reduce this period, as we streamline the back-end processes at our end.

Paper submissions should follow the following format:

Font and spacing

Font: Times New Roman

Size: 12

Line spacing: 1.5

Spelling and Grammar

Use British spelling – …ise, …yse endings

Use of Oxford comma is preferred

Numbering

Numbers One to Nine to be written in words 10 onwards to be written in numerals

Quotations

Quotations should be indicated by double quotation marks (“…”).

Quotes within quotes should be avoided but should be indicated by single quotation marks (‘…’).

For quotations longer than 50 words or 4 lines of text use block quotations – indented, italicized without double quotation marks.

Page numbers should be mentioned for all quoted text, wherever page numbers are available.

Referencing

Type of resource	Format	Bibliography Example	In text example
Book (1 author)	Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised, Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: publisher.	Neville, C. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism, 2nd Ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.	Neville (2010) argues that…   “Quotation” (Neville 2010: 76*)   *note: here 76 is the page number
Book (2 to 3 authors)	Family/Surname, Initials., Family/Surname, Initials. and Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised, Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher	Bradbury, I., Boyle, J. and Morse, A. (2002) Scientific Principles for Physical Geographers. Harlow: Prentice Hall.	Bradbury, Boyle and Morse (2002)…   As noted by Bradbury, Boyle and Morse (2002)   “Quotation” (Bradbury, Boyle and Morse 2002: 51)
Book (4 or more authors)	Family/Surname, Initials. et al. or and others. (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised, Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher.	Campbell, N. A. et al. (2008) Biology, 8th Ed. London: Pearson.	(Campbell et al., 2008)….   “Quotation” (Campbell et al. 2008: 76)
Edited Book/s	Family/Surname, Initials. (ed.) or (eds.) – in brackets for editor(s). (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised, Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher	Fontana-Giusti, G. (ed.) (2008) Designing Cities for People: Social, Environmental and Psychological Sustainability. London: Earthscan.	(Fontana-Giusti 2008)     “Quotation” (Fontana-Giusti 2008: 51)
Chapter in an edited book	Family/Surname, Initials of the author writing the chapter. (Publication year in brackets) “Title of chapter – in double quotation marks”. In: Family/Surname, Initials of author or editor of book (ed.) or (eds.). Book title – italicised. Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: Publisher.	Marshall, W. A. (1975) “The Child as a Mirror of his Brain’s Development.” In: Sants, J. & Butcher, H. J. (eds.). Development Psychology. Aylesbury, Bucks: Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd. pg. 76-80	As noted by Marshall (1975)….   “Quotation” (Marshall 1975: 76)
Corporate authors (groups, committees, companies)	Includes publications by Government departments, Committees: Country. Name Of Issuing Body. (Year of publication in brackets) Title of publication – italicised. Place of publication: Publisher. (Report Number – if applicable in brackets).	Great Britain. Department of Energy. (1977) Tidal Power Barrages in the Severn Trent Estuary: Recent Evidence on their Feasibility. London: H. M.S. O. (Energy Papers 23)	The Great Britain Department of Energy (1977) concluded that…   “Quotation” (Great Britain, Department of Energy 1977: 12)
Journal article (printed)	Author(s) of article’s Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) “Title of article,” Title of journal – italicised or underlined. Volume number (Issue number/month in brackets): followed by the page numbers of the article.	Trefts, K. & Blacksee, S. (2000) “Did you hear the one about Boolean Operators? Incorporating comedy into the library induction”, Reference Services Review. 28 (4): 369-378#.   # Here 28 is the Volume number, 4 is the issue number and 369-378 is the page range.	Trefts and Blacksee (2000) argue that….   “Quotation” (Trefts and Blacksee 2000: 376)
Journal article (electronic/online)	Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) “Title of article,” Title of journal – italicised. Volume number (Issue number/month in brackets): followed by the page numbers of the article. Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by the date viewed in square brackets].	Wilson, J. (1995) “Enter the Cyberpunk librarian: future directions in cyberspace” Library Review. 44 (8): 63-72. Available from: http://www.emeraldinsight.com. [Accessed: 30th January 2012].	Wilson (1995) argues that…..     “Quotation” (Wilson 1995: 66)
Newspaper (printed)	Author(s) of article’s Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) “Title of article,” Title of Newspaper – italicised [Place/edition of the paper], Day and month of the article. Page number of the article if applicable. Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by the date viewed in square brackets].	Randerson, J. (2008) “Researchers find fish that can count up to four,” The Guardian [London edition], 26th February. p.14. Available from: http://theguardian.co.uk. [Accessed: 22nd May 2012].   Note: If authors names are not mentioned use the name of the news agency or newspaper supplying the news.	Randerson (2008) argues that…..   “Quotation” (Randerson 2008: 14)
Newspaper (online)	Author(s) of article’s Family/Surname, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) “Title of article,” Title of Newspaper – italicised, Day and month of the article. Page number of the article if applicable. Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by the date viewed in square brackets].	Randerson, J. (2008) “Researchers find fish that can count up to four,” The Guardian [Online], 26th February. p.14. Available from: http://theguardian.co.uk. [Accessed: 22nd May 2012].	Randerson (2008) argues that…..   “Quotation” (Randerson 2008: 14)
Websites and online resources	Author of website Family/Surname, Initials or Website name if no author is available. (Year – in brackets) Title of the article/ page if available, date. website in italics. Any numbers if necessary or available if website is part of a series. Available from: complete URL. [Accessed: followed by date in square brackets].	Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India (2015) “Yoga: Its Origin, History and Development”, 23 April. www.mea.gov.in. Available from: http://www.mea.gov.in/in-focus-article.htm?25096/Yoga+Its+Origin+History+and+Development [Accessed: 10th May 2015].	…as reported by the MEA, Government of India (2015)     “Quotation” (MEA, Government of India 2015)
Films	Title – in italics or underlined. (Year of distribution in brackets) Material type. Directed by – name of director(s). [Format of source in square brackets] Place of distribution: Distribution company.	Chicken Run (2000) Animated Film. Directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park. [VHS] UK: Pathe Distribution.   Requiem for a Dream (2000) Film. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. [DVD] UK: Momentum Pictures	If you refer to a film in the body of your work, the title will need to be in italics:   …the animation movement (Chicken Run 2000)   …this is highlighted by Harry’s character in the film Requiem for a Dream (2000).

 

Note: This guide has been adapted with changes from Staffordshire University. Information Services Academic Skills Know-how. (May 2013) Harvard Referencing Quick Guide, Available from: https://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/harvard_quick_guide_tcm44-47797.pdf [Accessed: 10th May 2015].