SOME FINE POINTS OF WiG YEARBOOK STYLE
(Updated as of January 2010)

Most of these have been arrived at in a process of discovering inconsistencies that show up from article to article. Some could be amended by editorial decision, but the basic expectation at Nebraska is that we adhere to MLA style where applicable.

ALL-IN-ENGLISH POLICY

In the text
All words, titles, and quotations, except poetry, should be in English, citing from a published translation where available; otherwise the author's own translation is needed, duly noted in a headnote in the "Notes" section, parenthetically if it is only one occurrence, or in the appropriate endnote.

If the author of the article includes his/her own translation into English of a quotation longer than a word or short phrase, please place the German original text in an endnote. Otherwise the German original can precede or follow within the sentence.

German words included in parentheses or brackets are in italics; German phrases, in quotation marks, are treated like quotations: no italics.

Poetry is quoted in the original, in verse form, with a translation using slashes in an endnote. There should be a space before and after each slash; double slashes for verse breaks.

If the author of an article omits information from a quotation, s/he should place the ellipses in square brackets.

Citing titles
Where a published English translation of a work exists, that title is cited first -- in italics or quotation marks, as the case may be -- with the German original, again in italics or quotation marks, following in parentheses. Further citations of this title should be in English.

Where there is no published translation, the German title is given -- in italics or quotation marks, as the case may be -- and an English translation, sans italics or quotation marks, follows in parentheses. Further citations are of the German title.

ENDNOTES
German quotations appearing in the endnotes also need to be translated.

IMAGES
The Yearbook can include black-and-white images. Each author is responsible for obtaining the necessary permission to reproduce any image(s). All images must be submitted as either TIF or JPEG files with a resolution no less that 300 dpi.

WORKS CITED
Women in German Yearbook (never WiG Yearbook) is treated as a book. The volume number is thus in italics and it is listed with editors and press.

Publisher data: The German names of cities are always used: München, Frankfurt a.M. (Not Fft/M.), Köln.