Research Guides: Theological Studies: Organize, write, cite

Organize with Zotero

Zotero Logo Zotero works through your browser and enables you to collect, organize and cite your sources in any writing style and integrates with MS Word, Google Drive, and LibreOffice to quickly generate foot- or parenthetical notes. See the full range of features and functions on the library's Zotero guide.

College Writing Center

The Writing Center is a free resource for undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines and skill levels. Writing Center consultants collaborate with student writers to develop the skills and processes that are conducive to effective writing. Learn more about the Writing Center and schedule an appointment.

Cite

The Chicago Manual of Style Online by University of Chicago Staff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780226104201
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
The Sixteenth Edition is available in book form and as a website. The same content from The Chicago Manual of Style is in both versions. The Chicago Manual of Style is the authoritative, trusted source that writers, editors, and publishers turn to for guidance on style and process. For the sixteenth edition, every aspect of coverage has been reconsidered to reflect how publishing professionals work today.
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Quick Reference LB2369 .M52 2016
Quick Reference books are located at the Research Help desk in the commons area of the library.

MLA Style Center
The official Modern Language Association site offers a variety of helpful resources including works cited templates and sample papers in MLA style.
Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Covers all aspects of using MLA style and citations.

Academic writing in theology and religion

From Topic to Thesis by Michael Kibbe
Call Number: BR118 .K53 2016
ISBN: 9780830851317
Publication Date: 2015-12-31
This affordable and accessible tool walks students through the process, focusing on five steps: finding direction, gathering sources, understanding issues, entering discussion and establishing a position. Its goal is to take students directly from a research assignment to a research argument--in other words, from topic to thesis. Author is a former BTS doctoral student.
Quality Research Papers by Nancy Jean Vyhmeister; Terry Dwain Robertson (As told to)
Call Number: Ref BL41 .V94 2014
ISBN: 9780310514022
Publication Date: 2014-02-11
This updated third edition of Quality Research Papers--fast becoming a standard reference textbook for writing research papers in the fields of religion and theology--gives improvements and added material for such things as the expanding field of online research and doing church-related research in a professional manner.

More books on theological writing.