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Portuguese Journal of Political Science and International Relations Guidelines for Style and References Footnotes Notes should be marked clearly in the text at the point of punctuation by superior numbers, and listed consecutively at the bottom of each page. References Please follow the Reference List Style, citing sources in parentheses in the text by author’s last name and date of publication. For bibliographic references follow these examples: Book
One author: Doniger, Wendy. 1999. Splitting the difference. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Two authors: Cowlishaw, Guy, and Robin Dunbar. 2000. Primate conservation biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Four or more authors: Laumann, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. 1994. The social organization of sexuality: Sexual practices in the United States. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter of a book Wiese, Andrew. 2006. “The house I live in”: Race, class, and African American suburban dreams in the postwar United States. In The new suburban history, ed. Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, 99–119. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Book published electronically Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. 1987. The founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/ (accessed June 27, 2006). Article in a print journal Smith, John Maynard. 1998. The origin of altruism. Nature 393: 639–40. Research Unit in Political Science and International Relations http://w ww.nic pri.uminho.pt | nic pri@eeg.uminho.pt | Tlf: +351 253601920
Article in an online journal Hlatky, Mark A., Derek Boothroyd, Eric Vittinghoff, Penny Sharp, and Mary A. Whooley. 2002. Quality-of-life and depressive symptoms in postmenopausal women after receiving hormone therapy: Results from the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (February 6), http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo (accessed January 7, 2004). Book review Gorman, James. 2002. Endangered species. Review of The last American man, by Elizabeth Gilbert. New York Times
Book Review, June 2. Web site Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. Evanston Public Library strategic plan, 2000–2010: A decade of outreach. Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).
For more information, you may wish to consult the 7th Edition of Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of
Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
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