Style & Writing Guides

The Chicago Manual of Style

• Online version
• Print version is in the AST Reference Collection: Z 253 U69 2003
• See also their online Citation Quick Guide

 

Turabian Style

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations by Kate Turabian

• A variation of The Chicago Manual of Style, which provides guidelines for specifically papers, theses and dissertations
• AST General & Reference Collection: LB 2369 T8 2007

 

Writing Guides and Resources

The Wholly Reliable Guide

• AST's in-house guide for writing academic papers

A Student's Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism

• Just one of many resources found at the Saint Mary's University Library Guides webpage

Refworks

• Online software for creating footnotes and bibliographies

The Term Paper

• AST Library online tutorial

How to write a literature review

• AST Library online tutorial

How to write an annotated bibliography

• Online guide from Cornell University Library

Writing an annotated bibliography

• Online guide from University of Toronto Writing Centre

 

Recommended Publications

Alexander, Patrick H. The SBL handbook of style: for Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and early Christian studies. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999.

• AST Reference Collection: PN 147 S26 1999

Barzun, Jacques. The Modern Researcher. 6th edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2004.

• AST Reference Collection: LB 2369 B28 2004

Badke, William B. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog. 2nd edition. Zondervan, 2004.

• AST Reference Collection: Z 710 B23 2004
• Online version (1st Edition of book)

Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis. New York: H. Holt, 1998.

• AST General & Reference Collection: LB 2369 B57 1998

Core, Deborah. The Seminary Student Writes. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, c2000.

• AST Reference Collection: BR 117 C67 2000