Style Guide

General Guidelines

• Include a copy of the required Cover Sheet as the first page of the submission.
• Use Microsoft Word.
• Set flush left, space-and-a-half with as little formatting as possible.
• Use only one space after a period.
• Use a common, sans-serif typeface, such as Calibri.
• Do not underline for emphasis.
• Double-check spellings of proper names.
• In instances of deliberately odd or unusual sentence structure or spelling, indicate by using [sic].
• Do not use the space bar to align or separate text. Use tabs instead.
• Set non-English words in Italics.
• Include the relevant accents or special characters for the discipline in which you are writing.
• Do not use indentations. Instead, use a double hard return after each paragraph.
   

Images

• Do not embed images into the document. Instead, submit images separately and in a JPEG format. 
• Print-worthy images must have a resolution of 300 dpi. If the image needs to be enlarged (and depending on the extent of the enlargement), it must have a significantly higher resolution than 300 dpi.
• Title each image as it is referenced in the manuscript, and include the student author’s last name, as in the example: Smith Figure 1.
• Use a sans-serif font (such as Calibri) on image captions, tables, graphs, etc. 
  Cite image sources as is appropriate for your discipline. 
   

Disciplinary Style Guidelines and Citations

• Art History: Chicago style
• Business and Economics: MLA or APA style
• Communication Studies: APA style
• Education: Citations for submissions should follow the appropriate journal style for your sub-discipline. Consult with your instructor.
• English: MLA or APA style
• Health-related Fields: AMA style
• History: Chicago/Turabian style
• Kinesiology, Therapeutic Recreation, Health, and Physical Education: APA style
• Math:
  • The American Statistical Association Style
  • The Mathematical Association of America
  • Association for Computing Machinery
• Modern Languages:  MLA style
  • Papers should be submitted in the language in which they were written, with a 150-word abstract in English
  • Properly format diacritical and punctuation marks
• Music: MLA or Chicago style
• Sciences: Citations for submissions should follow the appropriate journal style for your sub-discipline. Consult with your instructor.
• Social Sciences: APA style

View, download, print Incite Style Guide 2025-2026 (pdf).

Have Questions?

Dr. Hannah Dudley-Shotwell
Editor, Incite
shotwellhg@longwood.edu