The Student Handbook specifies the Turabian Manual for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. as the official style guide for papers presented in classes at Nashotah House. However, some instructors may request that you observe certain conventions contained in the SBL Handbook of Style--particularly with regard to scripture references (SBLHS section 8.2) and journal abbreviations (SBLHS 8.4.1 and 8.4.2).

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7th ed.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Library Call Number: REF LB 2369 .T8 2007.

Alexander, Patrick H., ed. The SBL Handbook of Style : For Ancient Near Eastern,

Biblical, and Early Christian Studies. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999.
Library Call Number: Ref PN 147.S26 1999. Or, consult the online Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook

Web Guides for Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries in Turabian Style

• Nashotah House "Citation Guide" Handout
• Nashotah House "Writing a Research Paper" Handout
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Turabian Style Web Page

Software for Composing Bibliography and Notes in Turabian Format (all of these work with or as add-ins to Microsoft Word)

• Remember that each of the library's databases includes a tool for formulating citations in the Turabian style. When displaying the complete record for an item in one of the databases, you will find a citation link somewhere on the page, and clicking that link will display a correct bibliographic citation in Turabian style.
• ottobib (free service as of 7/20/2007)
• EazyPaper ($39.95+ one-time price depending on options). View the EazyPaper demo to determine if purchasing EazyPaper would help you.
• StyleEase for Chicago and Turabian Style ($35, one-time price).
• RefWorks ($100 annual subscription). View the RefWorks tutorial to determine if a subscription is right for you.
• Zotero (Free). Zotero may be used on both Mac and PC; however, only with the Firefox browser. According to its home page, Zotero is "a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself." A collection of Zotero tutorials will help you decide whether Zotero is right for you

A Microsoft Word Replacement for Scholars

• Nota Bene Some scholars prefer to use Nota Bene for word-processing because it is specifically designed with the needs of scholars in mind: citation creation and paper formatting, personal database, and other features are integrated into the Nota Bene software. With the student discount, the full scholar's version of Nota Bene may be purchased for $249 ($299 for added non-English language support).

Fonts for Inserting Greek and Hebrew Text

• SBL Fonts
• BibleWorks Fonts

A Tip for Using Greek or Hebrew Fonts:

Changing back and forth from Greek to English fonts can be very annoyingly time-consuming. Here’s a tip for MS Word users that will save you time and frustration. The idea is to set up “hot keys” which will allow you to change fonts in a couple of keystrokes without going to the Format or Font menus. Here goes:

1. In MS Office 2007, go to the main drop down menu (the one with Windows icon) [in MS Office 2003, you will start with "Tools" and go to "Options" then to "Customize"]
2. "Word Options" at the bottom of the drop down menu
3. "Customize . . ."
4. "Keyboard Shortcuts" "Customize" [a button on the bottom of that dialog box]
5. Under "Categories" scroll down to "Fonts"
6. Pick your preferred Roman (English) font from the choices in the left box
7. Enter a shortcut key combination (for example "Alt + 1")
8. If that key combination is unassigned, you can click on the "Assign" button

Now every time you hold down "Alt" and press "1" (using this example) the font in your document will automatically change. You can set up as many of these as you want. At a minimum, you will want to set up one for your default Roman (English) font and one for your Greek or Hebrew font of choice. Now you can change fonts "on the fly" without bothering with menus.