HOUSE STYLE

Comparison of House Style Across Divisions

Division
Description

SAGE College

General editorial style

unless another is
noted on the BTF

American Psychological
Association 6th edition;
Chicago Manual of Style
16th edition; Associated
Press.

Citations/references

American Psychological
Association 6th edition

Corwin
Chicago Manual of Style
16th edition for text;
American Psychological
Association 6th edition
for references.

Word by word for entry

titles, cross references,
Further Readings
references, and index
entries (follows CMS
15th ed. style). Treat
numbers as if they were
spelled out.

Alphabetization style

Capitalization

SAGE Reference

Follow authors lead for

capping Black and White
in reference to race.

Entry titles, headings,

subheadings should be
initial capped, including
prepositions of four or
more letters and words
that immediately follow
a hyphen.

Follow authors lead for

capping Black and White
in reference to race.

Unless noted by the

Developmental Editor,
parenthetical cites
should instead be
worked into the text;
cites do not have to be
included in the Further
Readings unless
extracted/quoted text is
involved.

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Division
Description
Corporate identity

SAGE College
Use the allcap SAGE for
branding purposes. If CQ
Press is mentioned,
ensure that it is always
CQ Press and not simply
CQ.

Educational Language

SAGE Reference

Corwin
Use Corwin (rather than
Corwin Press) in all mentions
of the company, even in the
reference section.

Follow American Medical

Association style and
capitalize only the name of
the syndrome or disorder.
No possessive apostrophe
needed.
Use title case for legislative
acts but no other treatment.
Use personfirst language.
Refer to the person rather
than to the disability:
rephrase deaf student to be
student with a hearing
disability. Per the National
Association of Gifted
Children, gifted child is
acceptable.
Response to Intervention
should be abbreviated as RTI
rather than RtI. Tiers should
be listed as Tier 1, Tier 2,
etc. (rather than Tier I or
Tier One).
21st century as an adjective
(no hyphen)
Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)
adequate yearly progress
(AYP)

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Division
Description
Lists

SAGE College

SAGE Reference

Corwin

For a list introduced by a

complete thought
followed by a colon,
capitalize the first word
of each list item. If the
items are complete
thoughts, end them with
a period or question
mark as appropriate. If
the items are
incomplete thoughts,
delete all ending
punctuation. For a list
where the items
complete the thought
begun by the
introduction (i.e., the list
is introduced by an
incomplete thought),
there should be no
punctuation after the
introduction, and the
first word of each item
in the list should be
lowercased (unless it's a
proper noun/name) and
end with a comma or
semicolon, depending
on internal punctuation
within any item in the
list.

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Description
Table column heads

SAGE College

SAGE Reference

Corwin

Follow the prevalent

style of either initial
capping each word or
just the first word in a
column head. If a
predominant style isn't
obvious, initial cap each
important word.

Quotations that open

a chapter

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A chapter opening quote

from a famous person
may not need a
citation/reference;
check with the PE.

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