Pacific Institute Style & References Guide Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3 Updated ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Style ................................................................................................................................................... 3 References ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Spelling............................................................................................................................................... 4 Publications ............................................................................................................................... 4 Timeline ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Copy Editing ................................................................................................................................... 4 Publication Layout .......................................................................................................................... 4 Copy Editing and Layout Cost ............................................................................................................. 4 Copy Editing and Layout Cost .......................................................................................................... 4 Printing In-House ............................................................................................................................ 4 Publication Checklist .......................................................................................................................... 4 Authors .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Organizations to Be Listed on Cover ................................................................................................ 4 Organization Logos ......................................................................................................................... 4 Author Biographies ......................................................................................................................... 5 About Pacific Institute and Any Other Organizations or Advisory Committees ................................. 5 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ 5 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ................................................................................................ 5 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... 5 List of Figures ................................................................................................................................. 5 List of Tables ................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 5 Text Body ....................................................................................................................................... 5 References...................................................................................................................................... 5 Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Glossary .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Terms for Index .............................................................................................................................. 5 Copy Editor Finalization Checklist ...................................................................................................... 5 Layout Finalization Checklist .............................................................................................................. 6 Style ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Numbers ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Monetary Units .................................................................................................................................. 6 Capitalization ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Titles and Offices ............................................................................................................................ 7 Rivers ............................................................................................................................................. 7 “Scare Quotes” ................................................................................................................................... 7 Regions ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Quotation Marks ................................................................................................................................ 8 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 8 General........................................................................................................................................... 8 Pacific Institute ............................................................................................................................... 8 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 9 Tables and Figures .......................................................................................................................... 9 Section Headings, Table and Figure Titles........................................................................................ 9 1 Titles............................................................................................................................................... 9 States ............................................................................................................................................. 9 I.e. and E.g. ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Acronyms and Abbreviations Guide in Publications ......................................................................... 9 Seasons ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Newspapers ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Magazines ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Radio ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Titled versus Entitled........................................................................................................................ 12 Hyphens ........................................................................................................................................... 12 Age ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Percent ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Multiple Spellings ............................................................................................................................. 13 Dependent Clauses........................................................................................................................... 13 Compound-Modifiers ....................................................................................................................... 13 Serial Comma ................................................................................................................................... 14 Semi-Colon ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Footnotes ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Photo Captions ................................................................................................................................. 15 In-Text Citations .....................................................................................................................