COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
(Note spacing and periods)
AD __________
a.m.__________
anon. _________
app.__________
art./arts. ______
assn. _________
aux. __________
b. ___________
BA __________
BC___________
BCE__________
bib. __________
bibliog. _______
BS___________
c. or ca. _______
cent./cents. ____
ch./chs. _______
col./cols. ______
coll. __________
Cong._________
cont. _________
d. ___________
dept. _________
ed. cit. ________
e.g. __________
esp. __________
et al. _________
etc. __________
ex.___________
fig. __________
govt. _________
hr./hrs. _______
HR __________
ibid. _________
i.e. __________
inc. __________
irreg. _________
JD___________
Jr. ___________
lang. _________
LC___________
ltd. __________
loc. cit.________
MA __________
anno Domini—“in the year of the Lord” (use before numerals: AD l4)
(A.M.) ante meridiem—“before noon”
anonymous
appendix
article(s)
association
auxiliary
born
Bachelor of Arts
before Christ (used after numerals: 14 BC)
before the Common Era
biblical
bibliography
Bachelor of Science
circa–“about” (used with approximate dates)
century/centuries
chapter(s)
column(s)
college
Congress
continued, contents
died
department
editio citato—“edition cited”
exempli gratia–“for example”
especially
and others
et cetera—“and so forth”
example
figure
government
hour(s)
House of Representatives
ibidem—“in the same place”
id est—“that is”
incorporated, including
irregular
Juris Doctor—“Doctor of Law”
junior
language
Library of Congress
limited
loco citato—“in the place cited”
Magister Artium—“Master of Arts”
MD ___________Medicinae Doctor—“Doctor of Medicine”
min./mins. ______minute(s)
misc. __________miscellaneous
mo./mos. _______month(s)
mph __________miles per hour
MS ___________Magister Scientiae—“Master of Science”
narr. __________narrated by, narrator
natl. __________national
no. ___________number
op. cit. _________opere citato—“in the work cited”
obj. ___________object, objective
obs.___________obsolete
OED __________Oxford English Dictionary
op. ___________opus
orig. __________original
p./pp. _________page(s) (omitted before page number unless needed for clarity)
PhD __________(Ph.D.) Philosophiae Doctor—“Doctor of Philosophy”
poss. __________possessive
p.m. __________(P.M.) post meridiem—“after noon”
prod. __________produced
PS____________postscript
pseud. _________pseudonym
pt.____________part
pub./publ. ______published by, publisher, publication
qtd. ___________quoted
r. ____________reigned
rec. ___________recorded
reg. ___________registered, regular
rept. __________reported by, report
resp. __________respectively
rev. ___________revised by, revision, review
rpm___________revolutions per minute
rpt. ___________reported by, reprint
sec./secs. _______second(s)
sec./sect. _______section
ser. ___________series
sic____________“thus so” (in square brackets)
sing. __________singular
subj. __________subject
supp. __________supplement
trans. _________translated by, translator, translation
univ. __________university
v./vv.__________verse(s)
vers. __________version
vol./vols. _______volume(s)
wk./wks. _______week(s)
writ. __________written by, writer
yr./yrs. ________year(s)
revised January 2004
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