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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a Cambria 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Anonymity

In order to ensure anonymous peer review, do not include the name of author(s), or any information that would identify the author(s), anywhere in the document.

When referencing other publications by the author, use “Author” and year in the references and bibliography, instead of the authors’ name, article title, etc.

When referring to the university or library where the author works, remove the identifying part of the name, such as “University of XXX” or “XXX Library.”

Author names should be removed from the properties for any files submitted.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must declare any conflict of interest to the editors at the time of submission. If the article is published, the declaration will be clearly indicated on the published paper with links to details (if necessary). Please seek advice from the editorial team if you are unsure of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

Layout

The text must be double-spaced, use a Cambria 12-point font, and employ italics rather than underlining (except with URL addresses). All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end. Do not include headers or footers, with the exception of page numbers.

Abstract

Article submissions must include an abstract of about 200 words.

Remember that a well-written abstract will promote readership of your article. An effective abstract will do the following:

  • It must motivate: Why do we care about the problem and the findings?
  • It must provide a problem statement: What problem are you trying to solve?
  • It must describe an approach: How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem?
  • It must describe the results: What are the findings?
  • It must summarize the conclusions: What are the implications of your findings?

Length

The article is 3,000 to 6,000 words and no more than 10,000 words. Book reviews are about 1,000 words. For articles, the abstract is about 200 words and follows the suggestions in item 9 of the Submission Preparation Checklist.

Languages

Submissions are accepted in English only.

Citations and Spelling

The journal uses the APA Style (American Psychological Association) as described in the most recent edition of the APA Style.

The submission must include a bibliography of all works cited. Use endnotes rather than footnotes.

Matter that the author has taken word-for-word from another source must be enclosed in quotation marks (or clearly set off in an indented paragraph) and fully and accurately cited in the  bibliography. Quotations that run longer than three lines should be set off in an indented paragraph of their own. Ideas, arguments, and other matter that the author has paraphrased, arranged, or used from another source must be fully and accurately cited in the bibliography.

Where available, provide URLs or DOIs for works cited.

Spelling follows the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed. (2004). If more than one spelling is provided there, use the first one.

Images

Any image files must be supplied in a standard format such as .jpeg or .tiff, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (600 dpi or higher is preferred). Please use the following file-naming convention, matching the sequence of each image’s presentation in the article:

example_image_1

example_image_2

Copyright

It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to use any material, such as images, for which the author is not the creator. The author will pay any associated costs. Brief quotations do not require copyright permission. Author are encouraged to seek permissions as early as possible. A copy of the email/letter from the copyright holder, granting permission for re-use, should accompany the manuscript in order to demonstrate that permission to reproduce the copyrighted material has been received.

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