Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Journal of Brazilian Federal District Public Defensorship receives unpublished works written in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian.

Articles must have a minimum of fifteen (15) and a maximum of twenty five (25) pages, excluding bibliographical references, in accordance with the ABNT (Brazilian Association of Technical Norms) standards and the formatting rules listed below. Book reviews should be from 5 (five) to 10 (ten) pages.

At the discretion of the Editor, longer or shorter texts may be published.

To ensure confidentiality at the time of contribution evaluation, preserving the double-blind review, the author (s) should avoid any type of identification in the body of the text.



The text should contain:

a) title of the article in Portuguese (or in the language in which the text is written), maintaining direct relevance to the content of the article;

b) Translation of the title into English;

c) Abstract in Portuguese (or in the language in which the text is written) with a minimum of 50 (50) and a maximum of 100 (100) words;

d) Five key words in Portuguese (or in the language in which the text is written);

e) abstract (translation of the abstract into English);

f) Five keywords (translation of key words into English);

g) Bibliographical references at the end of the text, according to ABNT rules.

h) The citations should be made in the author's data. A footnote should be used for essential information to the article, which must strictly follow the ABNT standard, with font Times New Roman, size 10, single spacing, justified.

i) citations should be avoided in the body of the text, especially transcriptions.

Articles and revisions should note the following formatting:
• Sheet size: A4
• Margins: left = 2 cm (0,78 pol), right = 2 cm, upper = 2 cm and lower = 2 cm
• Source: Times New Roman, size 12
• Line spacing: 1.5 (one and a half).
• Alignment: Justified.
• Do not place spaces between paragraphs.

Title of the article / review: centralized, uppercase, bold, font size 14.

Summary, keywords, abstract, keywords: 4 cm indentation, left, justified, single line spacing, 11-point font

The quotes should be avoided. Use it only when they are essential to the content of the contribution. They should be incorporated in the body of the text, with the use of quotation marks, when they do not exceed 3 (three) lines. If they have 4 (four) lines or more, they should be highlighted, with a 4cm indentation on the left, justified, with single line spacing and font size 11.

REFERENCES

For references to works cited or mentioned in the text, the author-date system (APA) must be used. The name of the authors in the text should be made in a standardized way, mentioning their SURNAME, year of the work and page (eg SURNAME, YEAR, p.).

In this system, the indication of the source is made by the last name of each author or by the name of each responsible entity until the first punctuation mark followed by the publication date of the document and the page (s) of the citation , in the case of direct quotation, separated by commas and in parentheses;

 
Examples:

1) In the text: The library generally needs to function as a dynamic source of culture, which must meet the various needs of its patrons, whether children or adults, students or researchers. (CARVALHO, 1972, p. 28).

In the list of references: CARVALHO, Irene Mello. Introduction to the psychology of human relations. Rio de Janeiro: FGV, 1972.

2) In the text: Gil (1995, p. 67), in the data analysis, emphasizes that "the answers provided by the researched elements tend to be the most varied".

In the list of references: GIL, Antônio Carlos. Methods and techniques of social research. São Paulo: Atlas, 1995.

3) In the text: The user must be familiar with the techniques and routines of the library. For one of the functions of the library is to help the user to want and to get the information he needs. (LIMA, SOARES, 1983, p.98).

In the reference list: LIMA, Maria Consuelo Xavier; SOARES, Ana Maria. The librarian and the research development. Journal of the School of Library Science, UFMG. Belo Horizonte, v.12, n.1, p. 97-112, 1983.

Note: for three or more authors, the author can use the expression "et al" (eg AMARAL et al, 2018, p.320).

4) In the text: According to Lakatos and Marconi (1999), social interaction is the social action, mutually oriented, of two or more individuals in contact ...

In the list of references: LAKATOS, Eva Maria; MARCONI, Marina de Andrade. General sociology. São Paulo: Atlas, 1999.

5) In the text: "The author-date system should be used for the citations in the text and the numerical one for note

explanatory. "(BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS, 2002, NBR 10520).

In the list of references: ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE NORMAS TÉCNICAS. NBR 10520: presentation of citations in documents. Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 2002.

FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Footnotes should be made at the bottom of the pages, according to ABNT standards. Footnotes should note the following formatting. Source: Times New Roman, Size 10, Simple Spacing, Justified.

The complete references (Bibliographical references) should be presented in alphabetical order at the end of the text, increasing, also according to ABNT norms (NBR-6023).