Introduction Biblical Studies and related disciplines have standardized their abbreviations in the Society of Biblical Literature’s Handbook of Style, 2nd edition (SBLHS2). The free Student Supplement to… Read more “Abbreviations”
Category: Style Guide
Unsuitable for Research
By Terance D. Espinoza, Ph.D. Do not use the following resources in preparation for a technical research paper. Many resources on this list are widely available online… Read more “Unsuitable for Research”
Basic Research Stages for Evidence-Based Research Papers
Preliminary Stage You may know nothing about the topic, or only have a vague sense of the topic. Any sort of resource is useful at this stage,… Read more “Basic Research Stages for Evidence-Based Research Papers”
Biblical Citation
Biblical Citations The following are the established conventions for how to cite the Bible in the body of a paper. Biblical citations should be parenthetical, in-text citations,… Read more “Biblical Citation”
Footnotes & Bibliography
Introduction The following contents reflect the latest style guide at https://nelson.libguides.com/styleguide. Where they disagree, go with the style guide posted at https://nelson.libguides.com/styleguide. When to Document Ideas Ideas… Read more “Footnotes & Bibliography”
Headings & Subheadings
Headings & Subheadings Headings & subheadings are effective tools to help the reader follow the paper. Use headline-style capitalization for all headers (A.2.2.4). Subheadings should have three… Read more “Headings & Subheadings”
General Formatting
What follows is taken directly from the Style Guide in use by the Department of Bible and Theology at Southwestern Assemblies of God University. The guide was… Read more “General Formatting”
Plagiarism
pla·gia·rism noun the cardinal sin of the academic world Start by looking over TurnItIn.com’s “Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging the 10 Types of Unoriginal Work.” Then watch Bainbridge State… Read more “Plagiarism”
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