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Authors Guidelines for ArticlesWe welcome articles for inclusion in ReSource magazine and provide the following guidelines in order to speed up processing.ARTICLES: The Editor invites original, previously unpublished, submissions under the following categories: Personal Development & Self Help Life & Business Coaching Leadership Skills Business Development NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Hypnosis Health & Wellbeing Education & Training Alternative Therapies Spirituality Financial and Money If you have an idea for a feature or article, which does not fall into a category listed here, please contact us and we will be pleased to consider your proposal. email the editor@resourcemagazine.co.uk Articles can be: Presentations of new research and ideas Applications of work in the any area Reviews or accounts of workshops and seminars Case studies or client histories Conceptual issues related to your field (e.g. philosophical, theoretical, and political) Topical issues of interest. Book reviews are also welcome. The Author shall on submission, state that the material is original or if the material has been published previously, when and where this has occurred. Note: Articles written as advertorials cannot be considered for publication. Please see our Advertising Rate Card for applicable charges. REFERENCES: Reference in articles can be made to authors own or other referenced publications, including forthcoming publication of their books or brief information on how to 'find out more' about their work. The editor reserves the right to edit this information. References must be included for all articles where reference is made to work produced and published by others. See HARVARD REFERENCING below. AUTHOR DETAILS: Include name, address and contact details of all authors including daytime telephone number and email address, and a brief bio (up to 150 words) and photo(s) where possible. NUMBER OF WORDS: Include a summary or abstract of no more than 150 words giving the key points of your article. Total number of words should normally be between 2000 - 2500 for articles and features and 1000 words for short reports and reviews. Articles of 3,000 words or more are unlikely to be published as a single piece; however, the author should structure the piece as two or three parts for publication. ReSource will consider longer pieces (up to 12,000 words) for publication as standalone Special Research Reports or Monographs. The maximum number of plain text words per page, using 10pt Times Roman Font in the publication, will be 900 approx. 'Pull Quotes', Pictures or diagrams will reduce this number. Write in non-sexist and non-discriminatory language. TEXT FORMAT: Do not spend too much time laying out the body text in any specific way (unless already prepared) as this will generally be removed or adjusted for insertion into the columns on the page. The normal presentation of text will Times New Roman 10pt. Varying size fonts, bold titles, italicised, Bullet pointed text, etc., which you provide, will generally be followed. Pages should be numbered. SEPARATE TABLES / BOXES / FIGURES etc: Please ensure that the location of these is clearly identified, e.g. as a figure 'x' in the text and on the separate item, if in a box, approximately where this should be positioned relative to the rest of the text. Tables or text in separate panels will usually be reproduced as supplied. Attach tables and figures at the end of the article, indicating in the text where these should go. Provide all material by email, remembering to include all necessary files. 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HARVARD REFERENCING: To avoid the possibility of accusations of plagiarism for either the Author or the Publisher, proper referencing of sources for quoted works must be followed to comply with copyright legislation. References should be presented in Harvard Style See: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/libdocs/hsl-dvc1.html ReSource magazine standard format is to show all outside sources to which you have referred at the end of your piece in an alphabetical list with the following information. Reference Format: 1. name/s of author/s 2. date of publication 3. title of publication 4. place of publication 5. publisher / organisation 6. edition, if other than first 7. type of medium ( 8. name or site address on internet (if applicable) 9. date item retrieved The following are some examples of references, however, this list is not exhaustive and many combinations could occur; refer to the website referenced above. Online: Allaway, David. (1997) Buddhism and the struggling student. URL: http://www.langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/feb/buddhism.html [June 2001] Book published online: Ashby, Ross W. (1957) An Introduction to Cybernetics London: Chapman & Hall http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/books/IntroCyb.pdf [July 2001] Booklet published online: BACP (2002) Guidance Booklet on Counselling in Schools (ed. Janette Newton & CIE Executive Committee) http://www.cie.com [October 2002] Book - Single Author: Bandler, Richard. (1993) Time for a Change. Capitola, Ca: Meta Publications Book - Two Authors: Bandler, Richard; Grinder, John (1975) The Structure of Magic: a book about language and therapy California: Science & Behaviour Books Book - Three Authors: Gomm, Roger; Hammersley, Martyn; Foster, Peter. (2000) Case Study Method London: Sage. Journal - Two Authors: McConnell, Anne Ruth; Sim, Allan J. (2000) Evaluating an innovative counselling service for children of divorce. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. Vol. 28, Issue 1. P. 75, 12 pp Book - One Author 2nd Edition: Maslow, Abraham H. (1968) Toward a psychology of being (2nd edit) New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold Book - Citing an author whose work is in a compilation work: McGuiness, J.B. (2000) The Therapeutic Climate: In C. Feltham & I. Horton (Eds) handbook of Counselling & Psychotherapy. London: Sage. Referencing within the Body of the Text: Include a reference so that the reader can source the material easily. The following is an example from within the text. Bandler and Grinder, in Frogs into Princes say of systemic change: "Everything is going to interact in a system.." Bandler and Grinder (1979: p.133) Note: If the quote is sourced from the internet and there is no page number, include the date (Month/Year) of access, as pages may change, be removed or relocated.. CONTACT US: answering service: Tel. 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