Submission
guidelines
SIMILE
will accept only full-length articles of between 5,000 and 7,500 words.
Only articles that have not been published previously in any venue,
that have not been submitted elsewhere, and that are not under review
for another publication in any medium should be submitted. The editors
of SIMILE discourage the recycling of material in slightly altered
form from a previously published version; only original papers will
be published.
Copyright
in published papers will be vested in the publisher. Contributors
will be required to sign a publication agreement prior to publication
of accepted articles. Contributors also will be responsible for receiving
written permission from copyright owners to duplicate previously published
materials.
Format
of Submissions
Manuscripts
should be submitted concurrently in electronic and print formats.
Electronic
submissions should be sent as an attachment file to UNOSIMILE@mail.unomaha.edu.
It is preferred that electronic attachments be created with Microsoft
WORD 97 or higher.
Print
copies of manuscripts should be sent in duplicate to the Co-Editors,
SIMILE, School of Communication, University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Arts & Sciences Hall, 107-P, Omaha, Nebraska 68182-0112
All submissions
will be acknowledged electronically upon receipt, and a hard copy
acknowledgment will be issued upon request.
Manuscript
Preparation
All
copy, including references, must be double spaced with 1" margins.
The 1st page of the manuscript must contain the complete title of
the paper as well as the full names of the authors, their affiliations,
and complete addresses, including e-mail addresses. No identifying
marks are to appear on the succeeding pages. Include an abstract of
no more than 200 words on an unnumbered page directly preceding the
1st page of text. Page numbers should appear at the bottom center.
Figures
and tables should be submitted as individual, attached files with
the electronic submission and should be assembled at the end of the
manuscript with the print submissions. Figures and tables should be
labeled with an Arabic numeral assigned consecutively according to
their sequence in the article and with a caption. Approximate placement
of the figures and tables should be indicated in the text.
Photographs
and illustrations not generated electronically but which are suitable
for scanning may be submitted in paper format only. Dimensions of
these materials should not exceed 21.5 x 28 cm. Numerical designation,
caption, and the author's name should be written on the back in pencil,
as well as an indication of the orientation of the image.
References
Citations
and bibliographic references should follow the formats presented in
the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association (Washington, DC: 2001). References for electronic sources
should follow the APA guidelines available at http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html.
Citations in the text should be structured according to the author-date
method, and materials in the accompanying alphabetical reference list
should correspond only to the citations in the text. Contributors
are responsible for ensuring accuracy and agreement between the citations
in text and the reference list.
Reference
List Examples
Journal
article
Coleman,
B. (1999). Through the years we'll all be friends: The "Mickey
Mouse Club," consumerism, and the cultural consensus. Visual
Resources, 14, 297-306.
Newspaper
article
Harmon,
A., & Kuczynski, A. (2000, January 12). A bridge builder for corporate
culture: AOL president seen uniting new giant. New York Times, pp.
C1, C7.
Book
Bazalgette,
C., Bevort, E., & Savino, J. (Eds.). (1992). New directions: media
education worldwide. London: British Film Institute.
Article
/ Chapter in an edited book
Ponte,
A. (1999). Professional pastoral: The writing on the lawn, 1850 -
1950. In G. Teyssot (Ed.), The American lawn (pp. 88-115). New York:
Princeton Architectural Press.
Document
on a web site
Hamza,
M.K., & Alhalabi, B. (1999). Technology and education: Between
chaos and order. First Monday, 4(3). Retrieved January 22, 2000 from
the World Wide Web: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_3/hamza/index.html.
Additional
instructions for authors whose manuscripts have been accepted
When
preparing the final version of your manuscript, you must adhere to
APA style instructions and the following house-style conventions.
In case of conflict between APA and the house-style listed below,
the house-style shall take precedence. Otherwise, your manuscript
will be returned to you and will not be processed until these standards
are met.
All text
must be left-justified (including title, abstract, biographical note,
etc.). Single-space the text throughout the manuscript; double-space
between paragraphs. Headings of sections within your text should appear
in bold; this is the only instance of bolding allowed. Do not use
any special formatting; in particular, do not use section breaks;
page breaks; tabs; indents; or any other enhancements. Do not use
widow/orphan protection. Indicate the start of a new paragraph by
a simple hard return. Keep tables and charts to a minimum; ideally,
include any data that you currently have in tables or charts in the
text proper. Do not use footnotes; any textual material that is currently
in your footnotes and that you believe is crucial to your argument
should be included in the text proper. Long block quotes should be
integrated into your text and cut to an appropriate length of less
than 100 words. In your reference list, italicize the names of journals
and books.
Any
questions about the submission process, as well as general inquiries
about SIMILE, should be sent to UNOSIMILE@mail.unomaha.edu.
