U.S.Studies Online: The BAAS Postgraduate Journal
E-Notes for Contributors
Postgraduate Status:
Articles submitted to U.S. Studies Online are considered to be eligible if they were written at the time that the author was registered for a postgraduate degree (MPhil, PhD, MA) at an institution of higher education.
Submitting:
Articles should be the original work of the author and not currently under consideration for publication by any other publication. Articles should be 5000-6000 words long (excluding notes) and must be submitted electronically. If the article is accepted for publication the author will be asked to submit an electronic version in both Microsoft Word (PC or Mac) and Text Only format.
Format:
In general footnotes should be used sparingly. Automatic footnoting should be avoided. This means do not use the Insert footnote/endnote function to automatically number and superscript your notes. Instead, add the note number by hand in brackets following your citation. At the end of the article, again type the footnote number out by hand, followed by the note itself. A typical in-text note, therefore, would appear as follows:
Jane Doe said that she ‘wasn’t feeling secure in her position’.[1]
The Editor(s) will return files that do not follow this instruction and ask that the electronic version be amended accordingly. To get a further idea, please refer to previous articles in U.S. Studies Online.
Illustrations:
Illustrations are welcomed. If an article containing illustrations is accepted for publication the author will be asked to provide each illustration as a separate file together with the text file. Pictures should be in any of the following formats: jpeg, gif, bmp. You will need to obtain copyright clearance for all images.
References:
U.S. Studies Online adheres to British spelling and grammar conventions. We use the MHRA style guide in matters of citation format and grammar practises. If you are unfamiliar with this style guide, you can access it on-line at http://www.mhra.org.uk/Downloads/index.html
References in footnotes should adhere to the following format:
Books: Author Name, Book Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), Page Reference.
For example: Jonathan Dollimore, Sexual Dissidence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), p. 141.
Journal Articles: Author Name, ‘Article Title’, Journal Title, Volume and issue (Date of publication), Page spread (specific page reference).
For example: Peter Stoneley, 'Rewriting the Gold Rush: Twain, Harte and Homosociality', Journal of American Studies, 30:2 (1996), 189-209 (p. 190).
The format for other resources such as chapters in books and so forth can be found at the MHRA site.
Authors should not submit a supplementary bibliography. All bibliographic material should be contained in the footnotes.