Empowering Marginal Communities with Information Networking

Editor: Hakikur Rahman

Manuscript Organization & Submission Guidelines

The following items should provide you suggested guidelines for preparing your manuscript for submission to the above publication:

Describe the general perspective of this chapter. Toward the end, specifically state the objectives of the chapter.

Provide broad definitions and discussions of the topic and incorporate views of others (literature review) into the discussion to support, refute or demonstrate your position on the topic.

1. Issues, Controversies, Problems

Present your perspective on the issues, controversies, problems, etc., as they relate to theme and arguments supporting your position. Compare and contrast with what has been, or is currently being done as it relates to your specific topic and the main theme of the book.

2. Solutions and Recommendations

Discuss solutions and recommendations in dealing with the issues, controversies, or problems presented in the preceding section.

Discuss future and emerging trends. Provide insight about the future of the book’s theme from the perspective of your topic. Viability of a paradigm, model, implementation issues of proposed programs, etc. may be included in this section. If appropriate, suggest future research opportunities within the domain of the topic. 

Provide discussion of the overall coverage of the chapter and concluding remarks.

Your references should be fully documented and organized strictly in the APA style. Consult your library or contact Order Department, American Psychological Association, P.O. Box 92984, Washington, DC 20090-2984 or www.apastyle.org, for a copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – 5^th edition for APA style

Submitted manuscripts must be written in the APA (American Psychological Association) editorial style. References should relate only to material cited within the manuscript and be listed in alphabetical order, including the author's name, complete title of the cited work, title of the source, volume, issue, year of publication, and pages cited. Please do not include any abbreviations. See the following examples:

1. Example 1: Single author periodical publication.
   Smith, A.J. (2003). Information and organizations. Management Ideology Review. 16(2), 1-15.

2. Example 2: Multiple authors periodical publication.
   Smith, A.J., & Brown, CJ. (2003). Organizations and information processing. Management Source, 10(4), J1-88.

3. Example 3: Books.
   State author's name and year of publication where you use the source in the text.

See the following examples:

1. Example 1: In most organizations, information resources are considered to be a major resource (Brown, 2003, Smith, 2002).

2. Example 2: Brown (2003) states that the value of information is recognized by most organizations.

Direct quotations of another author's work should be followed by the author's name, date of publication, and the page(s) on which the quotation appears in the original text.

1. Example 1: Brown (2003) states that "the value of information is realized by most organizations" (p. 45).

2. Example 2: In most organizations, information resources are considered to be a major organization asset" (Smith, 2002, pp. 35-36) and must be carefully monitored by the senior management.

For more information please consult your library or contact Order Department, American Psychological Association, P.O. Box 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784, for a copy of their Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – 4^th edition for APA style. 

√   Three hard copies of the chapter should be included, meeting APA style guidelines.

√   Make sure complete editing of the chapter is conducted to ensure proper English language usage, grammatical structure, spelling and punctuation. Attention to these details will contribute to clear, concise communication of your ideas.

It is the author’s responsibility to obtain written permission to include any copyrighted materials in the chapter. The publisher of the book requires a copy of the written permission submitted with the final version of the chapter.

Upon acceptance, the author(s) will be required to sign a warranty that the chapter is original and has not been submitted for publication or published elsewhere.

All manuscript submission should be sent to:

hakik@sdnbd.org

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