Naad -Nartan
Journal of Dance and Music
ISSN 2349 - 4654 (Print)
UGC CARE Listed
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) zenodo.org
Naad Nartan Journal of Dance and Music
Guidelines on Paper Writing
The paper should not exceed 3000 words and should compulsorily follow the format given below :
I. Introduction: Which should incorporate
- Introduction to your topic, including background of the study
- Research problem
- Objectives of the study
- Hypothesis
- Relevance of the study
II. Research Methodology
III. Results
IV. Discussions
Reference Guidelines
- MLA Style (8th Edition) is recommended for referencing.
- Please use In-Text citations wherever required.
- The Reference list or The works cited list has to be given at the end of the paper.
- If you want to provide relevant information besides citations, please use footnotes.
Please follow the examples for citations and references given here:
1. Book, Single Author
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Edition, Publisher, Year of publication.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name Page)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name (Page)
For Two Authors
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name, and Author’s First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Edition,
Publisher, Year of publication.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name and Last Name Page)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name and Last Name (Page)
Multi Author:
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name, et al. Title of Book. Edition, Publisher, Year of publication.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name et al. Page)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name and others (Page)
2. Journal Article, Single Author
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. Volume, no. Issue,
Month Year of publication, pp.Pages, https://doi.org/DOI.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name Page)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name (Page)
3. Online Video
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Video.” Website, uploaded by Uploader,
Day Month Year of publication, URL.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name Timestamp)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name (Timestamp)
4. Webpage
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Work.” Website, Day Month Year of publication, URL.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name
5. Newspaper article
Works Cited entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Newspaper, Day Month Year of publication, URL.
Parenthetical: (Author’s Last Name)
Narrative: Author’s Last Name
6. Interviews
a. Personal Interviews:
Works Cited entry
Name of interviewee, Interview conducted by, Date of interview
Streefkerk, Raimo. Interview Conducted by Shona McCombes, 20 July 2019.
Name of interviewee
(Streefkerk)
b. Published Interviews:
Work Cited entry
Spark, Muriel. “Unsentimental Voyager.” Interview by Stephanie Merritt. The Guardian, 10 Sep. 2000, www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/10/fiction.murielspark.
(Spark)
For further details on the MLA style of referencing, please refer to the following links:
- https://www.scribbr.com/category/mla/
- https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html
- https://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-format/mla-citation/
The authors may like to see a published article in Naad Nartan for their reference-
Author can click article mentioned below for MLA style:
https://naadnartan.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mayank-Shah.pdf
Note:
- Authors are requested for a plagiarism and AI detection check before submitting their Papers.