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Author Guidelines

Articles submitted for publication (containing approximately 12 typed pages / 25 thousand characters including spaces and footnotes) must be typed using Times New Roman 12 pt font on an A4 page with 1.5 line spacing and 2.5 cm margins on all sides. The text must be justified and saved as a .doc, .docx, .rtf or .odt file.

Please attach the following:

an abstract in English of up to 600 words;
3 to 6 keywords in English;
a list of works cited

Footnotes

Non-serial publication

The description of an article printed in a non-serial publication should contain the following elements in the indicated order:

— author’s first name initial and surname or authors’ first name initials and surnames separated by commas. If there are more than three authors, only include the first three, replacing the surnames of the remaining authors with [et al.];

NOTE: In footnotes, first provide the initial of the name and then the surname (J. Doe); in Works Cited, however, give the surname and then the full name of the author (Doe John).

— title of the work and, if applicable, the subtitle (separated from the title by a full stop) – in italics;
— in the case of a collective work, scientific editor’s first name initial and surname, preceded by the abbreviation comp. or ed., always follow the title of the publication (their order in Works Cited is determined by the title of the publication, not the surnames of the editors);

NOTE: In the case of the editor’s surname, first provide the initial of the first name and then the surname – be it in a footnote or in Works Cited.

— edition number in Arabic numerals, e.g. 2nd edition;
— parts of the publication in Arabic numerals, e.g. vol. 2, pt. 4;
— the name of the publisher; — publisher’s imprint (place and date of publication) and, in the case of its absence, the following abbreviations in square brackets: [n.d.] (no date of publication), [n.p.] (no place of publication), [n.p.d] (no place and date of publication);
— page number of a quotation in the footnote; when referring to a work but not quoting it, the description is preceded by the abbreviation cf. (compare).

Examples:

Footnotes

M. Esslin, An Anatomy of Drama, Sphere Books Ltd, London 1978, p. 40.
Cf. M. Esslin, An Anatomy of Drama, Sphere Books Ltd, London 1978, p. 40.
A. Greig, J. Taylor, T. MacKay, Doing research with children: A practical guide, London 2013, p. 123 et seq.
Polish Literature 1918–1975, vol. 1: 1918–1932, ed. A. Brodzka, H. Zaworska, S. Żółkiewski, [n.p.d.], p. 300–315.

Works Cited

Esslin Martin, An Anatomy of Drama, Sphere Books Ltd, London 1978.

Article in a non-serial publication

— the author’s first name initial and surname or the authors’ first name initials and surnames separated by commas;
— title of the article – in italics;
— [in:] followed by the title of the non-serial publication in italics;
— scientific editor’s first name initial and surname preceded by the abbreviations comp. or ed.;
— edition number in Arabic numerals, e.g. 2nd edition;
— parts of the publication in Arabic numerals, e.g. vol. 2, pt. 4;
— name of the publisher;
— publisher’s imprint (place and date of publication) and, in the case of its absence, the following abbreviations in square brackets: [n.d.] (no date of publication), [n.p.] (no place of publication), [n.p.d] (no place and date of publication);
— the page number of a quotation in the footnote; when referring to a work but not quoting it, the description is preceded by the abbreviation cf. (compare).

Examples:

Footnotes

M. Harris, Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers, [in:] A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, ed. B. Rafoth, 2nd edition, Heinemann, Portsmouth 2005, p. 43.
Cf. M. Harris, Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers, [in:] A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, ed. B. Rafoth, 2nd edition, Heinemann, Portsmouth 2005, p. 43.

NOTE: When referring to a chapter in a single author book, the following format is used:

D. Matthews, The Radical Alternative to Compromise: The Rise of Methodist Abolitionism 1832–1836, [in:] idem, Slavery and Methodism: A Chapter in American Morality 1780–1845, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1965, p. 113.

Works Cited

Harris Muriel, Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers, [in:] A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, ed. B. Rafoth, 2nd edition, Heinemann, Portsmouth 2005, p. 43.

Works in periodicals

— author’s first name initial and surname;
— title of the article in italics;
— title of the periodical in inverted commas;
— year of publication;
— volume or issue number.

Examples:

Footnotes

M. Renat, Manuscripts of violin works by Marceli Popławski from the collections of the National Library in Warsaw, “Edukacja Muzyczna” 2019, no. 14, p. 290.

Works Cited

NOTE: in Works Cited, provide the range of pages of the entire article in a periodical, as in the case of an article in a non-serial publication.

Renat Maryla, Manuscripts of violin works by Marceli Popławski from the collections of the National Library in Warsaw, “Edukacja Muzyczna” 2019, no. 14, pp. 289–312.

Works in annual journals

— author’s first name initial and surname;
— title of the article in italics;
— title of the annual journal in inverted commas;
— volume or issue number (Arabic numerals);
— editor’s first name initial and surname preceded by the abbreviation ed.;
— place and year of publication.

Examples:

Footnotes

J. Pichura, Accordion Music of Edward Bogusławski, “Scientific Works at the Jan Dlugosz Academy in Częstochowa. Series: Musical Education", vol. 4, ed. M. Kaniowska, A. Stachura-Bogusławska, Częstochowa 2009, p. 100.
A. Whittaker, Tinctoris and Signa Congruentiae: A New Perspective, “Early Music History”, vol. 38, ed. I. Fenlon, Cambridge 2019, p. 272.

Works Cited

Pichura Joachim, Accordion Music of Edward Bogusławski, “Scientific Works at the Jan Dlugosz Academy in Częstochowa. Series: Musical Education”, vol. 4, ed. M. Kaniowska, A. Stachura-Bogusławska, Częstochowa 2009, pp. 99–115.
Whittaker Adam, Tinctoris and Signa Congruentiae: A New Perspective, “Early Music History”, vol. 38, ed. I. Fenlon, Cambridge 2019, pp. 269–303.

Unpublished works, archive materials:

— name of the document; — author;
— place and date of creation;
— name of the place where it is stored (archive);
— file reference number

Example:

Annual Report of the Częstochowa Museum, Częstochowa 1.12.2007, State Archives in Czestochowa, file no. 25.

Typescripts/manuscripts:

— the author’s first name initial and surname;
— title of the work – in italics;
— information whether the work is a manuscript or a typescript;
— type of work (e.g. master’s thesis);
— in the case of a master’s thesis or a doctoral dissertation, provide the supervisor’s first name initial and surname; — the name of the institution in which the work was written or where it is stored;
— place and year of writing.

Example:

M. Considine, Australian insurance politics in the 1970s (typescript of a master’s thesis written under the supervision of John Doe), University of Melbourne, Melbourne 1986.

Interview:

— name and surname of the interviewee;
— place and date of the interview.

Example:

Interview with John Doe, Cambridge, 15.05.2008

Correspondence:

— name and surname of the author (the sender);
— name and surname of the recipient;
— place and date of writing.

Example:

Letter from John Doe to Adam Smith, London, 15.05.2008 r.

Website:

— website’s address, NOTE: In footnotes, it is preceded by the word “source:”;
— date of access.

Example:

Footnote

Source: www.cam.ac.uk [access: 13.05.2009].

Abbreviating footnotes

— When abbreviating footnotes, the Latin format should be used consistently throughout the work: ibidem; idem; eadem; op. cit.
— Full bibliographic description is only required for the first-time citation. Only the title is necessary for each subsequent reference to the same work. If the title is long, the ellipsis is used.

Examples:

A. Artaud, Theatre and its Double, trans. J. Błoński, Warsaw 1978, p. 78.
A. Artaud, Theatre and its Double, p. 79.
A. Carter, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories, Henry Holt and Company, New York 1996, p. 52.
A. Carter, Burning Your Boats:…, p. 53.

NOTE: The abbreviation op. cit. may be used in place of the title if only one work by a given author is cited in the article.

Example:

Artaud, op. cit., p. 79.

— If the same work is cited several times in a row, the Latin term “ibidem” is used.
— If more than one work by a single author is cited several times in a row, the Latin terms “idem” and “eadem” are used.

Examples:

M. Esslin, The Theatre of the Absurd, New York 1961.

Idem, An Anatomy of Drama, London 1978, p. 10.
Ibidem, p. 12.

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Note: Please check if the publications cited in the article have a DOI (digital object identifier). If so, please provide it in square brackets in Works Cited.

Example:

Footnotes:

P. Pekarčik, Peter Machajdik – composer, life and works, “Musical Education” 2018, no. 13, p. 99, [DOI: 10.16926/em.2018.13.05].

Works Cited:

Pekarčik Peter, Peter Machajdik – composer, life and works, “Musical Education” 2018, no. 13, pp. 97–106, [DOI: 10.16926/em.2018.13.05].

A DOI look-up service is available at: https://search.crossref.org/

Submissions

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