Style Manuals
Essential to this course:
- The College of Theology & Ministry opens new windowResearch and Writing Manual. A paper copy is available at the Library Services Desk.
See also:
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Turabian)8th ed. (2013)
LB2369 .T8 2013 Reference
Also, one copy on Reserve at Library Services Desk. - SBL Handbook of Style2nd ed. (2014)
- Guide to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. A guide to Chicago Manual of Style from Purdue OWL. Turabian is derived from Chicago.
- APA Formatting and Style GuidePurdue OWL Guide
Citation Tools
In the upper, right-hand corner of the ProQuest dissertation database, click the icon of a person and "Sign into My Research." First-time users may create an account. Thereafter, sign in as an existing user.
To add a citation of an item in a database to the bibliography of your research project, click the "cite" link or icon provided, select the desired citation style, and copy and paste the citation into the document. Please note: all machine-generated citations must be carefully proofread and corrected to conform to style manual guidelines.
To organize downloaded journal and book chapter PDFs, give it a file name that includes the author's last name and the first few words of the article or chapter title, then save to one of a set of folders in the cloud and/or on your hard drive that is arranged by the section of the research paper or assignment to which it relates.
The ORU J.D. McKean Library recommends Zotero as a personal citation management tool.