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Sources
While the list of acceptable sources
and the preparation of those sources can vary from publisher to
publisher, the following are general recommendations and expectations.
Acceptable Sources...
Web sites with .edu
(educational institutions) and .gov (governmental bodies) endings are
generally considered reliable sources of information. (Exception:
Student work presented on .edu web sites is not considered a reliable
source of information.)
Some .org web sites may be
reliable depending upon the organization
that maintains the site. (For example, both the American Lung
Association and the American Medcial Association maintain .org web
sites. Both of these sites would be considered reliable.)
Online Encyclopedias and
Dictionaries:
Professional journals (in
both print and electronic formats) are generally considered to be
reliable sources of information in the content area covered by the
journal.
Newspapers, magazines, and
other media (in both print and electronic formats) can be reliable
sources of information, although it is wise to find secondary and
possible terciary sources to allow for possible fact checking errors
and/or bias on the part of the media.
Books written by experts in
the field for an adult audience are considered reliable sources of
information.
Unacceptable Sources...
Wikipedia is NEVER an
appropriate source of information since the nature of a wiki allows
anyone to post and/or change information.
Most web sites with a .com
ending are not considered reliable sources
of information.
Most publishers do not
consider children's nonfiction to be reliable
sources of information.
Preparation of Sources...
The sources used by writers
in the preparation of manuscripts will eventually be used by fact
checkers to verify the authenticity and credibility of facts. As a
result, full-text
documentation must accompany all manuscripts submitted to WT
Editorial and/or Sunflower Publishing Services, Inc. Specific sentences
and/or paragraphs used by the writer to document facts should be
underlined so that the fact checker does not need to read the entire
document. Links
and bibliographic references are NOT sufficient!!
In order to save time, writers can submit source materials
electronically unless otherwise indicated in project notes. In general,
writers should submit one source file per manuscript.
Online
Sources: Copy the
full-text content from an online source and paste into a Word document.
Before the full-text content, insert the source's bibliographic
information including site name, page name, name of person/organization
maintaining site, and URL. Underline the specific content used to write
the manuscript. Then insert a rule line following the full-text content
before beginning the next source.
Print Sources: Print
sources should be scanned as PDF documents. Only scan the pages that
contain content used to write the manuscript. Underline the specific content used to
write the manuscript. Each
page should be clearly labeled with the file name of the manuscript to
which the source corresponds. A copy of the title page of books must
also be included. For other print sources, include full bibliographic
information on the first scanned page.
File Naming of Source Files: Use the file naming
procedure
specified for the project, but add "SOURCES" at the end of the file
name before the .doc or .pdf extension. If the same source is used to
write more than one manuscript, the full text of the source must be
copied for each mansucript.
Note: The
sites listed above are third party sites and have no affiliation with
WT Editorial or Sunflower Publishing Services, Inc. This information is
provided as a convenience to independent contractors.
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