Research Papers/Bibliography Information

Fr. Jerry has prepared a handout, dated 11/11/2000, to assist you in writing your papers.  It is included here:

"The Blessed Edmund Rice School for Pastoral Ministry follows the policy of Barry University in asking that M.A. theses and research papers written by M.A. students follow the stylistic guidelines as set forth in:

Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. (Sixth edition).  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996.  ISBN:   0-226-81626-5 (cloth), 0-226-81626-3 (paper)

While one may be greatly aided by searching “Turabian” on the web, the Rice School urges its M.A. students to purchase a copy of this most helpful book.  It is easily found at bookstores.

Below are a few of the more commonly used stylistic points from Turabian.  The numbers in parentheses refer to the reference numbers in the left-hand margins in Turabian and not to the page numbers in Turabian. 

Footnotes or endnotes:

The first time a published work is cited, full reference should be given. (8.24)  (Thereafter, a shortened form is used.)

e.g.  (book):   David N. Power, The Eucharistic Mystery: Revitalizing the Tradition (New York: Crossroad, 1992), 187.

e.g.  (shortened form):  Power, 201. (If only that one work by Power has been cited.)

e.g.  (shortened form):   Power, The Eucharistic Mystery, 201.  (If more than one work by Power has been cited.)

e.g.  (article):   Herve Legrand, “The Presidency of the Eucharist According to the Ancient Tradition,” Worship 53 (1979):427.

Please be careful in citing an author of a chapter of a book who is not the editor of the book.  The work “in” is used. (8.25)

e.g.:   P.M. Gy, “Notes on the Early Terminology of Christian Priesthood,” in The Sacrament of Holy Orders, ed. Bernard Botte (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1962), 98.

Citations taken from secondary sources:

References to the work of one author as quoted in that of another must cite both works.  (8.148)  Note:  In M.A. theses, citations taken from secondary sources should ordinarily be avoided.  Try to find the primary source itself, if at all possible.

 
Cross-references:

Be attentive to the difference between “see” and cf.  (8.152).

Bibliography:

Only list the actual works cited.

The facts of publication (place, publisher, date) are not put in a parenthesis.

 
Ellipsis points:

When quoting an author, you must quote exactly (that includes capitalization, etc.).  Should you omit any words or phrases, you must so indicate by using ellipsis points.  (5.18).

e.g.:  An omission within a sentence is shown by three spaced dots:  In conclusion he stated, “What we require . . . is a new method.”  (5.19)

e.g.:  An omission following a sentence is indicated by four dots.  The first, placed immediately after the last word, is the period:   “When a nation is clearly in the wrong, it ought to say so. . . . I am only enunciating principles that we apply in our own case.”  (5.22)

 
Capitalization

Be consistent throughout in your usage of capitalization, especially with such words as:  Church (church), Trinity (trinity), etc.

A copy of Turabian may always be found on the reference shelf in the Library (Ref  LB2369 .T8 1996)

Also available in the Library are copies of past M.A. theses and Practicum reports which may help you as models for title page, layout, etc.”

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