Writing
Most papers at DTS should conform to the format detailed in A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate Turabian. The resources below will make this much easier.
Style Guides
- Chicago Manual of Style is the basis for Turabian. CMS is a guide for publishing, while Turabian is a guide for student writing. We don't have online access to Turabian, so you may want to use CMS. This link uses the 18th edition of CMS by default, but you can also switch to the 17th ed.
- Turabian supplement. This is the authoritative DTS supplement to Turabian. It explains which Turabian options to use and it provides additional rules specific to DTS. The Writing Center will be releasing a Style Guide that will replace the Turabian supplement.
- Turabian Template with Explanation for papers
- Doctrinal Synthesis Paper Template (ST5101-5106)
- Thesis-Dissertation Template
- Bibliographic citation management software. Introduction to software used to help you create footnotes and bibliographies.
- Introduction to Zotero. Zotero generates footnotes and bibliographies according to Chicago/Turabian style.
- Import RIS records into EndNote. How to transfer citations from WorldCat and EBSCO into EndNote citation management software.
- Importance of Unicode Fonts. The problem of document portability. Links to recommended fonts.
Templates
There are three templates.
The library no longer maintains the templates. The Writing Center has taken over that responsibility. See https://students.dts.edu/services/writing/#templates. You may have to scroll up two lines to see links for all three templates.
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