When writing and doing research, it’s important to recognize other people’s ideas and data you’ve used to support your information and claims. A "citation" gives proper credit to these individuals and organizations. It also assists readers in locating the direct details of that original source through your references.
There are different writing and citation styles offering specific rules. The most common of these are APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian. Your instructor will provide the required style in the course syllabus. The following links will give you more information pertaining to each style:
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) also offers comprehensive information for all these styles, with helpful examples.
As a part of SNC’s Core Curriculum, theological studies may require a need to cite the Bible in your research. However, as a compilation with many versions, citing the Bible can be tricky! The following guide can assist you in providing a proper citation for your required style:
There are several popular management tools available that can make citing your sources a bit easier. Zotero is a free program many people use not only for citation help but for organizing their research. To use it you need to install Zotero on your laptop and register the software.
When doing your research, MulvaSearch also provides a citation tool for sources located in the library databases. The Cite tool is located on the righthand side of the interface:
Click Cite and select + copy the corresponding citation style from the list:
**Remember to double check that an auto-generated citation is correct! While these tools are helpful, they are not always perfect.**
