STYLE GUIDE FOR MIN 690
Barry W. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Northeastern
Seminary (
The
20-page research paper should be submitted in electronic form—on a 3.5”
diskette or as an email attachment, in Microsoft Word.
The
research paper must not have graphics, unless these contribute to the substance
of the paper.
On
the first page of the paper, the title must be “all capitalized letters”
centered 1 inch below the top of the paper.
Your name must appear underneath, double-spaced below the title,
centered on the line. For example:
THE PERSONALISM OF BORDEN
PARKER BOWNE
Ivy T. League
Triple-space
after the author’s (your) name.
Indent
one TAB-space on the first line of each paragraph.
The
body of the text must be double-spaced.
The first page of the paper does not have a page number. Each succeeding page must be numbered. Place the number in the right corner of the page, using the settings on your word processor. Numbers must be Arabic (i.e., 2, 3, 4, etc. not ii, iii, iv). Do not use the abbreviation p. or the word “page.”
Footnotes
must be single-spaced, in 10-point Times New Roman or 10-point Arial or
10-point Courier.
The
font must be 12 point Times New Roman or 12-point Arial or 12-point
Courier. (Don’t even think about using Haettenschweiler.)
Font size and type must be consistent throughout the paper. Bold fonts are not permitted.
The
paper must have 1-inch margins on all sides.
Spelling
should conform to Webster’s Third International Dictionary. Canadian and other Commonwealth students may
use Anglicized spellings that conform to the Oxford English Dictionary.
The
research paper must not contain spelling or grammatical errors, and must be
written in complete sentences.
In
most cases, the paper should conform to the 6th edition of Kate L. Turabian’s Form and Style of Thesis Writing or
Carole Slade’s Form &Style (12th ed.). If a conflict occurs, prefer Slade. Better yet, use Citation 9.0 and take advantage of the form-and-style thesaurus
within the program. You can purchase Citation
9.0 from www.citationonline.net RWC
and NES students can download a free copy of Citation from Sprague Library’s home page.
Citation
of electronic resources should follow the class handout, “Suggestions for
Citing Electronic Resources,” or consult the Columbia Guide to Online Style (until
the 7th ed. of Turabian is released).
When making Scripture references, spell out the name of the biblical
book. At the end of the reference, state the name
of the translation in parentheses. To
eliminate ambiguity and to insure uniformity of style, do not abbreviate the
name of the translation. For
example: Galatians 6:7 (New Living
Translation)
Examples
of Proper Citation Form
Paul Livermore, “Judaism in the
First Century,” class lecture, BHT 511, Session 1.2 (Northeastern Seminary), 30
March 2004.
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