School of Religion & Philosophy Wayland Baptist University

Turabian 9TH Edition Guidelines School of Religion & Philosophy

Wayland Baptist University

2018

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Turabian Style The School of Religion and Philosophy uses Turabian 9th edition as a style guide for all papers and research projects. You will need to purchase this book to understand these guidelines.

Purchasing Information Kate L. Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 9th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. ISBN: 13: 978-0-226-49442-5 (cloth) ISBN: 13: 978-0-226-43057-7 (paper) ISBN: 13: 978-0-226-43060-7 (e-book)

Who was Kate Turabian? "Kate Larimore Turabian (1893?1987) was the graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago for nearly three decades, from 1930 to 1958. She was also the editor of official publications for the university.

Born and raised on Chicago's South Side, Laura Kate Larimore graduated from Hyde Park High School. When a serious illness prevented her from attending college, she took a job as a typist at an advertising agency, where she worked alongside a young Sherwood Anderson.

Kate Larimore met her husband, Stephen Turabian, in 1919 and began working at the university as a departmental secretary a few years later. In 1930 she became the university's dissertation secretary, a newly created position in which every accepted doctoral thesis had to cross her desk. It was there in 1937 that she wrote a small pamphlet describing the university's required style for writing college dissertations. That pamphlet eventually became A Manual for Writers and has gone on to sell more than nine million copies in nine editions. Turabian also authored The Student's Guide for Writing College Papers.

Turabian's 1937 booklet reflected guidelines found in the tenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style--an already classic resource for writers and editors published by the University of Chicago Press (now in its seventeenth edition). The Press began distributing Turabian's booklet in 1947 and first published it in book form in 1955 under the title A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Over time, Turabian's book has become a standard reference for students of all levels at universities and colleges across the country. Turabian died in 1987 at age ninety-four, a few months after publication of the book's fifth edition." (History of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers University of Chicago Press, accessed August 21 2018, ).

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Turabian and Chicago Style The Turabian Manual is a detailed guide to using Chicago Style. The Chicago

Style Manual is expensive and over 1000 pages. Many schools require students to use Turabian rather than the full Chicago Style because of its relative brevity and ease of use.

Turabian Overview Turabian is organized in three parts with an appendix. Part 1 provides guidelines

for research and writing. This is an excellent student guide and something every student should read; however, this guide will focus on parts two, three, and the appendix.

Part 2 provides guidelines for citing the sources of the information you use in your paper. Chapter 16 gives the basic form of the notes-bibliography style, and chapter 17 gives examples for citing specific types of sources. These two chapters are central to understanding the requirements for your paper.

Chapters 18 and 19 are concerned with the author-date style of citation. Because the School of Religion and Philosophy requires notes-bibliography style, do not use the guidelines in these chapters.

Part 3 has to do with general style. It covers spelling, punctuation, names, special terms, titles of works, numbers, abbreviations, quotations and tables and figures.

The appendix covers general formatting requirements.

School of Religion and Philosophy Requirements Several sections of Turabian provide options for formatting depending on the

requirement of the school using this style. This section provides the specific requirements of the School of Religion and Philosophy. Length

The length of papers does not include the cover page, appendices, or bibliography. Most professors will provide specifications for the length of the paper. In general it is 2500 to 4000 words for undergraduate students and 5000 to 7000 words for graduate students. Notes-Bibliography Style

Papers and projects must use the notes-bibliography style of citation (see chapters 17 and 18). Turabian provides two options within this style, endnotes and footnotes. Papers in the School of Religion and Philosophy must use footnotes. General Formatting

Margins A.1.1 Leave a margin of 1 inch on all four edges of the page.

Typeface A.1.2 Choose a readable typeface (also called font) such as Times New Roman, Courier New, or Helvetica. Avoid ornamental typefaces. All text size should be 12 point

Spacing and Indentation A.1.3 Double space all text except block quotations, footnotes, and bibliography pages. Indent all paragraphs one tab (For additional guidelines, see section 25.2.2, and A.2.1).

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Pagination A.1.4 Number all pages with Arabic numerals starting on the first page of text (number 2 counting the title page). Do not number the title page. Page numbers should be placed flush right in the header (at the top of the page).

Title Page Follow the example on page 391 (Figure A.1).

Sections and Subsections Follow the guidelines given in section A.2.2.4 on page 404.

Varying Course Requirements It is your responsibility to review the guidelines set by each professor before you

submit any assignments. Guidelines set by professors always take precedence over the guidance provided here.

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Turabian 9th Edition Format Checklist Each item on the checklist is followed by the Turabian section number describing the formatting requirements.

General Formatting

1. ___1 inch margins on the right, left, top and bottom sides of each page of the manuscript A.1.1

2. ___The font is the correct size and style: A readable font such as Times New Roman or Arial. Use the at least ten-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman for the body of the text A.1.2

3. ___The manuscript is double-spaced throughout with exceptions listed in rule A.1.3

4. ___The title page is not numbered, and each following page numbers beginning with the number 2 are at the top of the page, and flush right. A.1.4

5. ___There is only one space after punctuation marks including commas, colons, semicolons, punctuation at the end of sentences, periods in citations, and all periods in the References section A.1.3

6. ___Arabic numerals in parentheses have been used to indicate a series of events or items within a paragraph 23.4.2.1

7. ___Words are not broken (hyphenated) at the end of a line 20.4.1

8. ___All units of measurement are spelled out fully 24.5

9. ___Arabic numerals have been used correctly to express: a. numbers are fully spelled out from one to one-hundred 23.1.1 b. numbers that immediately precede a unit of measurement 23.1.1 c. numbers that represent fractions and percentages 23.1.3 d. numbers that represent times, dates, ages, participants, samples, populations, scores, or points on a scale 23.1.1, 23.1.5

10. ___The Bible and other sacred works are: a. Not listed in the bibliography 16.2.3, 17.8.2 b. When citing names of whole books or chapters of the Bible, Apocrypha, or Qur'an, they are spelled out fully in the text of the paper, but not italicized 24.6 c. Biblical passages are cited by verse (see 17.8.2 and 19.8.2) d. Names of numbered books are numbered using Arabic numerals (1 Kings) 24.6 e. Arabic numbers are used to indicate chapter and verse with a colon between them. 24.6 f. Versions of the Bible cited is identified 24.6

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