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Religious Studies: Citing Sources

Research resources for Religious Studies majors and those researching aspects of religious or spiritual life

Citing Sources

Citation Management Software

Zotero--See the College of Wooster Libraries Guide to this free software that can help you organize, cite, and share your research resources online, including easy creation of bibliographies and in-text citations. 

Style Manuals/Handbooks

Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed)

Available in WOO Main, WOO ReadyRef, WOO Reserves under call number  Z 253 .U69 2017 

Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers  (8th ed by K. L. Turabian)

Available in WOO ReadyRef, WOO Reserves under call number  LB 2369 .T8 2013

MLA Handbook [Modern Language Association] (8th ed)

Available in WOO Main, WOO ReadyRef, WOO Reserves under call number   LB 2369 .G53 2016

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed,)

Available in WOO Main, WOO ReadyRef, WOO Reserves under call number BF 76.7 .P83 2020

Online Citation Guides

APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab)

Citing Sources (Duke University)

Citing Your Sources (UC Berkeley)

Online Guides for Citing Special Types of Resources

APA Style Help (American Psychological Association)

Citing Art Works and Images  an archival file from the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), c2005