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Technological Usage and Terms
In print materials, do not include http:// or www in URLS.
- For more information, please visit emerson.edu.
In print materials, website and email addresses should be italicized within text. Lowercase all letters, unless the address is case-sensitive.
- To learn more about the Division of Student Affairs, visit emerson.edu/student-affairs.
In interactive PDFs, use regular font and a color to signify that the URL is active.
- To learn more about the Division of Student Affairs, visit emerson.edu/student-affairs.
If a URL has to be broken at the end of a line, break it at a period or a slash.
For more information, visit emerson.edu/
student-life/activities-organizations.
Terms
- CD, CDs
- cell phone
- database
- DVD, DVDs
- e-commerce, e-portfolio, e-newsletter
- fax
- homepage
- internet
- log in, log out (verb
- To log in, please enter your username and password.
- login (noun, adjective)
- To access Gmail, please enter your login and password.
- multimedia
- online
- sign up (verb, not hyphenated)
- smartphone
- URL, URLs
- username
- voicemail
- web, web address, web page, website
Telephone Numbers
Use hyphens in telephone numbers.
- 617-824-8427
When noting extensions in internal publications, use ext.
- Reach the emergency line at ext. 8888.
Television Stations
EIV, Emerson Independent Video, The Emerson Channel (also known as The Emerson Channels), emersonchannel.org, WEBN-TV, webn.tv
Theater/Theatre
At Emerson, the fields of study in Performing Arts are spelled with an -re: e.g., Musical Theatre, Theatre Education, Theatre/Design Technology.
Theater is the preferred spelling when used as a general noun.
Theaters
- Bill Bordy Theater and Auditorium (216 Tremont Street, first floor)
- Cutler Majestic Theatre (219 Tremont Street)
- Greene Theater (10 Boylston Place, sixth floor)
- Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre (559 Washington Street)
- Judee Wales Watson Theatre (80 Boylston Street, garden level)
- Robert J. Orchard Stage (559 Washington Street)
- Semel Theater (10 Boylston Place, third floor)
Theater District
The section of the city in which Emerson is located.
Time
When noting a time, use a.m. and p.m. (lowercased).
- 8:30 a.m.; 6:45 p.m.
If both times in an inclusive period are in the a.m. or p.m., only use a.m. or p.m. after the second time noted.
- 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Refer also to punctuation.
Titles
Preferred style is title case or headline style.
Italicize titles of books, magazines, newspapers, plays, movies, TV and radio series, blogs, and podcasts (single episodes are set in regular font and quotation marks).
- My favorite Will & Grace episode is "The Young and the Tactless."
TV networks and channels are set in regular font.
- The Discovery Channel, ABC
Most poem titles are set in regular font and quotation marks, unless it is a very long poem. Then the title is italicized.
- "Glory" by Robert Pinsky
- Dante's Inferno
Song titles should be set in regular font and quotation marks. Album titles are italicized.
- Derek's favorite song on Michael Jackson's Thriller album is "Billie Jean."
Titles of paintings, sculptures, and exhibits are italicized.
- Jing's favorite painting in the Impressionist wing is Monet's Rouen Cathedral: Full Sunlight.
- The Museum of Fine Art's newest exhibition, A New and Native Beauty, is quite popular.
Titles of theses, dissertations, lectures, and papers should be set in regular font and quotation marks.
- Helen's senior thesis, "All Good Things Are Wild and Free," won a national student award.
Most website titles should be set in regular font. If the site has a printed counterpart, italicize the title.
- Visit the Boston Cares website for more information.
- Please refer to the online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica.