Student Publishing Guide
The purpose of the Publishing
Guide is to assist students in preparing reports that follow the conventions
of good writing and conform to the format used for manuscripts to be published
in the LBJ School's Policy Research Project Reports series. The Publishing
Guide contains information relevant to most phases of the report-writing process
and is accompanied by a Microsoft Word template that includes the electronic
styles required for PRP reports and recommended for other reports written
by LBJ School students.
Click on the title of each chapter to download the PDF file.
Chapter 1. Rules of Usage
is an editorial style manual on capitalization, punctuation, and other categories
of usage. This style is required for PRP reports published and distributed
by the Office of Communications but can be used for any report or paper.
Chapter 2. Endnotes describes
the endnote style required for PRP reports and provides examples of different
kinds of entries.
Chapter 3. Bibliography
describes the LBJ School's bibliographic style; bibliographies are optional
in PRP reports.
Chapter
4. Word Electronic Style Instructions provides guidelines
for using the various electronic style menu selections required for
PRP reports.
Chapter 5.
Endnote Setup describes how to set up defaults in Word for inserting endnotes.
Chapter 6. Creating Tables
and Figures gives general guidelines on using electronic styles to create
tables and figures.
Chapter 7. Reproducing Original
Documents and Graphics provides information on preparing preprinted source
material for inclusion in appendixes or as figures.
Appendix A. Bare Bones Guide
to Building a PRP Report is a quick reference to the topics covered in
chapters 4 and 5.
Appendix B. Bibliographic Information
Form for PRPs contains a series of forms for gathering the appropriate
information for a common assortment of bibliographic references.
Appendix C. Styles Used in
the LBJ Template explains the defined electronic styles.
Publishing Form. All manuscripts
must be submitted with a completed publishing form before the Office of Communications
can begin production.
LBJ Template for Policy Research Project Reports.
