STH: Lutheran Resources

Using the Chicago Manual of Style: 

The humanities, like theology, use the Notes-Bibliography format of CMoS (chapter 14).

The CMoS Quick Guide is a great place to start for basic formats - books, journal articles, websites. Use the content list for Chapter 14: Source Examples: Citations to look up questions related to variation from those forms (ex: three authors rather than one, edited works, series, etc.) 

Scripture and Ancient Sources: 

• How to Cite the Bible. The Chicago Manual of Style covers scriptural references in sections 14.138-14.141. Bible abbreviations are covered in 10.50-10.54, including abbreviations for the Hebrew Bible (10.51), Apocrypha (10.52) and New Testament (10.53), as well as Bible versions (10.54)
• Classical Greek and Latin Sources (including Medieval). The Chicago Manual of Style covers Greek and Latin sources in sections 14.142-14.152.
• Ancient works reprinted online. The Chicago Manual of Style discusses "Freely available electronic editions of older works" in section 14.61.

At the end of each research paper is the Reference page- the place where you give credit where credit is due. Here you acknowledge the ideas of others, the scaffolding used to support your original idea, the thesis of your paper.

Plagiarism is a serious concern and one that the university takes very seriously. Plagiarism involves using the work of someone else and failing to give proper credit or acknowledgment, thereby claiming the information as your own. While professors will expect you to use outside sources when doing your research, they will also expect you to acknowledge the work of those authors you have chosen to use in your paper. At Boston University, all students are expected to have read or be familiar with the university policy on plagiarism.

From the Boston University Code of Academic Conduct: 

B. Plagiarism. Representing the work or ideas of another* as one’s own and/or using another’s work or ideas without appropriately crediting the source. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the following: copying the answers of another student on an examination; copying or restating the work or ideas of another person/persons or artificial intelligence software in any oral or written work (printed or electronic) without appropriately citing the source; using visuals, audio, or video footage that comes from another source (including work done by another student) without permission and/or acknowledgement of that source; and collaborating with someone else in an academic endeavor without acknowledging their contribution. Plagiarism can consist of acts of commission (appropriating the words or ideas of another as one’s own), or omission (failing to acknowledge/document/credit the source or creator of words or ideas). 

*“Another” may refer to anything that can be a source of information or work product, including (but not limited to) individuals, books, online sources, academic journals, and software/programs (e.g., artificial intelligence software/programs).

.https://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code