Term Paper Style Guide

Common Abbreviation

op. cit. — the work cited
ibid. — the same place
anon.— anonymous
p. – page number; pp. page numbers
c. or ca.—circa (about; used only with dates)
cf—compare or confer
ch., chaps.—chapter, chapters
col., cols—column, columns
e.g.—exempli gratia (for example)
f., ff.—following page, following pages
fac.—facsimile

Footnotes

For a book:
Given-name Family-name, Titile of the Book (City: Publisher, year), p. number.
E.g. Winston King, Theravāda Meditation: The Buddhist Transformation of Yoga (Delhi: Motial Banarsidass, 1992), p. 15.
Second time appears at footnote: King, p. 25.
If you quote more than one works from Winston King, than second time: King, Theravāda, p. 25.

For an article:
Winston King, “Nāgārjuna is not a Mahāyānist” Buddhist Magazine 21 (October 1999) pp. 21-23.

For Internet:
Chisho Mamoru Namai, “On Mantranaya.” <http://www.padma.org/001/lab/onmantranaya.htm> Web, 14 Sept. 2013.

Bibliography

Books
Famliy-name, Given-name. Title of the Book. City: Publisher, Year.
E.g. King, Winston. Theravāda Meditation: The Buddhist Transformation of Yoga. Delhi: Motial Banarsidass, 1992.

Article: 
King, Winston. “On Nibbana” Buddhist Magazine, 21 (October 1951), pp. 21-23.

Internet:
Chisho Mamoru Namai, “On Mantranaya.” <http://www.padma.org/001/lab/onmantranaya.htm> Web. Feb. 28, 2014.

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