Portfolio

Project Management and Product Development

Including but not limited to recruitment, selection, and administration of freelance contributors, product conceptualization, market and project research, authoring, content and subject matter selection, editing, and submission of tagged files prepped for typesetting and publication.

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  Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (3-volume set; Gale, 2005)

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  Forty-one volumes of Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (Gale, 2004-11)

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  Seven volumes of Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Gale, 2011-13)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Garbage and Recycling (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Election Spending (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Welfare (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Feminism (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Urban Agriculture (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Charter Schools (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Arab Spring (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Birth Control (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Medical Marijuana (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Nuclear Power (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: The US Deficit (Greenhaven Press, 2013)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: The Death Penalty (Greenhaven Press, 2013)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Free Trade (Greenhaven Press, 2013)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Congressional Ethics (Greenhaven Press, 2013)

Writing and Compilation

Including but not limited to conceptualization, research, content selection, writing, editing, and review of final typeset pages.

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  Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (six-volume set; Gale, 2004)

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  Current Controversies: Sex Offenders and Public Policy (Greenhaven Press, 2007)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: School Funding (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Church and State (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Native Americans (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Alternative Medicine (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

Developmental Editing

Including but not limited to reviewing and providing substantive changes in a book’s organization, approach, and style, as well as providing feedback and guidance to authors.

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  At Issue: Should Character Be Taught in School? (Greenhaven Press, 2010)

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  Current Controversies: Nuclear Energy (Greenhaven Press, 2010)

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  At Issue: Homeland Security (Greenhaven Press, 2009)

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  At Issue: Beauty Pageants (Greenhaven Press, 2009)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Israel (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: The U.S. Intelligence Community (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Gambling (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Mental Illness (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Should Music Lyrics Be Censored? (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Current Controversies: The Tea Party Movement (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The Ethics of Medical Testing (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Stem Cells (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Social Issues in Literature: The Environment in Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

End-of-Production Services

Including but not limited to copyediting files (in XML tagged format) and manuscript, galley proofreading, and subject indexing for a number of titles within a series.

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  At Issue: Green Cities (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Food Safety (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Concealed Weapons (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The Ethics of Capital Punishment (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The BP Oil Spill (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: DNA Databases (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Drunk Driving (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: How Does Advertising Impact Teen Behavior? (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Human Embryo Experimentation (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Alcohol Abuse (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Organ Transplants (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Guns and Crime (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Cancer (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Gay Marriage (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Genetically Engineered Foods (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Do Veterans Receive Adequate Health Care? (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Foreign Oil Dependence (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Is Selling Body Parts Ethical? (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Does the World Hate the US? (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Is Foreign Aid Necessary? (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  At Issue: Are Government Bailouts Effective? (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

Projects Managed by Lynn M. Zott During Her Tenure at Gale

Managed flagship Gale literature reference series and served as project editor for The Beat Generation: A Gale Critical Companion, which was honored as an “Outstanding Reference Source” by RUSA (Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association).

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  The Beat Generation: A Gale Critical Companion, 3-volume set (Gale, 2003)

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  Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Gale, 1999-2004)

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  Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Gale, 1999-2004)

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  Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (Gale, 1999-2004)

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  Shakespearean Criticism (Gale, 1999-2004)

Indexing

Including but not limited to back-of-the-book title and topic indexing using SGML tagged data.

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  Fifty-six volumes of cumulative title and topic indexes for Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Gale, 2005-11)

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  Three volumes of title indexes for Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Gale, 2012-13)

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  Four volumes of title indexes for Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale, 2013)

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  Three volumes of title indexes for Children’s Literature Review (Gale, 2013)

Other Editorial Services

Including but not limited to research, copy editing, proofreading, and fact-checking for individual projects.

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  Top Stories 2010: Behind the Headlines (Gale/Cengage Learning, 2011)