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CISS Style Guide
Currently, we are using the Globe and Mail Style Book as the general authority on spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, etc. (It is available for purchase from Globe and Mail Publishing, 444 Front St. W., Toronto M5V 2S9, for approximately $25). CP Caps and Spelling and The Canadian Press Stylebook provide a style that is virtually identical to the Globe's. Another good sources is Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
However, the following guidelines should be sufficient:
Format
Papers should be submitted in MS Word format (Times New Roman 12pt font, double spaced, justify) by email. Other formats will be accepted, but for the purposes of clean format translation, MS Word is best.
Figures in text
- 1 to 9: write out in full (one, two, three)
- 10 and above: use numeric forms unless they occur at the start of a sentence
- 1,000 and above: use commas to separate numbers, (i.e. 10,000 not 10 000)
- millions and billions: $5 million, $6 billion, $6-billion project
- years: for specific decades, write 1960s, not "1960's" or "sixties"
- Enumerating lists in text: for lists of numbered items embedded in text, set off numbers in full parentheses: (#) (Eg: There are three questions to be asked: (1) What is the initial cost?; (2) What parts will need to be replaced?; and (3) How soon can they be delivered?)
Dates
June 21 1973
Abbreviations
- Please avoid contractions except, of course, in quotes.
- No periods are used in abbreviations for the United States and United Nations--we use US and UN, not U.S. and U.N.
- Please be sure to use a person's full name on first reference
Titles
- Capitalize titles preceding a name (Former Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy) or when speaking of a particular person (e.g. ....meetings with Axworthy. The Former Foreign Minister told...), BUT, lowercase if speaking of the position generally (e.g. Under the Constitution, only the prime minister may...)
- In a departure from Globe and CP style, we use the following abbreviations of military rank: Gen, LGen, MGen, BGen, Col, LCol, Maj, Capt, LT, 2LT, CWO, MWO, WO, Sgt, MCpl, Pte
Miscellaneous
- Write "First World War" and "Second World War", not "World War Two" or "WWII"
- Unless it is part of a title, (US Defense Secretary, Dept. de la Defense), spell defence the English-Canadian way (with a "c", not an "s")
- In the same patriotic vein, a significant exception to CP style is that we retain our "ou's" (favour and colour, not favor and color)
Endnotes
- Please use endnotes, not footnotes or internal citations. Please use the following format:
24. David Albright, "A Proliferation Primer," Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 49 (June 1993); 16.
25. Norman Ross, The Politics of Uranium, (New York: Universe Books, 1982); 221.
26. This interpretation is found in Kenneth Boulding's "The Domestic Implications of Arms Control," Daedalus, (Fall 1960).
27. Interview, trade manager, Tenex Corporation (Moscow), London, UK, 7 September 1994.
Bibliography
- A bibliography is optional if all sources are identified in the notes. Please use the following format:
Loveman, Brian, "Protected Democracies and Military Guardianship: Political Transitions in Latin
America, 1978-1993." Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs 36, no. 2 (Summer 1994): 105-174.
Sieder, Rachel and Dunkerly, James, The Military in Central America: The Challenges of Transition, Occasional Papers No. 5, London: Institute of Latin American Studies, 1994.
Smiley, Donald V., The Federal Condition in Canada, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1987.
If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate to call us at 416.322.8128
We look forward to receiving your submission.
