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REL 317 / GLST 241-03: Islam (Professor Nickel, Fall 2024)

This is a general course guide for Religion 317: Islam. It has ideas about how to find topics, conduct research effectively, take notes, and write papers. It also contains links to print and digital resources on topics related to Islam.

Bibliography

Bibliography of Common Sources

Journal Article: 

Format: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume #, issue # (year): page #s. 

Example: Perry, Heather B. “Information Literacy in the Sciences: Faculty Perception of Undergraduate Student Skill.” College & Research Libraries 78, no. 7 (2017): 964-977. 

Book: 

Format: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. edition. City of Publication: Publisher, year. 

Example: Francis, Mary. The Fun of Motivation: Crossing the Threshold Concepts. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017. 

Example: JAMA Network. AMA Manual of Style. 11th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Catechism of the Catholic Church:

Format: Title. Edition. Publisher, year. 

Example: Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (United States: United States Catholic Conference, Inc.--Libreria Editrice Caticana, 2000). 

Edited Book (each chapter has a different author):

Format: Last Name, First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book, editors, page #s of chapter. City of Publication: Publisher, year. 

Example: Hinchliffe, Lisa J., and Beth Hoag. "Learning, Leading, and Information Literacy." In Learning Beyond the Classroom, edited by Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan, 3-10. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020.

Book Chapter (4-10 authors): 

Format: Last Name, Frist Name, Second Name, Third Name, and Fourth Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book, edited by First Name Last Name, #-#. City of Publication: Publisher, year. 

Example: Arnold, Amber, Barbara Dohrmann, Ruth Cross, and Marion Dohr. "How Librarians Can Save Us All." In Books, Coffee, and Dogs, edited by Audra Reinders, 85-110. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020.  

Multivolume Book: 

Format: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Volume #, Title of Series. City of Publication: Publisher, year. 

Example: Harrington, Wilfrid J. Revelation. Vol. 16, Sacra Pagina. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993. 

Website: 

Format: Last Name, First Name. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization. Copyright date. URL .

Example: Reinders, Audra. "Fair Isle Knitting Basics." Knitting World. Knitting World, 4 October 2021. https://www.knittingworld.com/fairislebasics

Website (Corporate Author):

Format: Corporate Author. "Title of Web Page." Copyright date. URL. 

Example: Association of European Knitters. "Knitting to Relieve Stress." 3 December 2019. http://www.aoek.org/knittingtorelievestress

Lecture Notes:

Format: Giltner, T. Alexander. “Title of Lecture.” Class Lecture, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN, Month Day, Year.

Bible: 

The Bible is referenced in footnotes but not in the bibliography at the end of your paper. 

Notes

Notes for Common Sources

Journal Article: 

Format: 1. First Name Last Name, "Title of Article," Title of Journal volume #, issue # (year): page #. 

Example: 1. Heather Brodie Perry, “Information Literacy in the Sciences: Faculty Perception of Undergraduate Student Skill,” College & Research Libraries 78, no. 7 (2017): 973. 

Book: 

Format: 1. First Name Last Name, Title of Book (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page #. 

Example: 1. Mary Francis, The Fun of Motivation: Crossing the Threshold Concepts (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2017), 24. 

Catechism of the Catholic Church:

Format: 1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. (United States: United States Catholic Conference, Inc. – Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000), page #.

Second Time Mentioned: 1. CCC paragraph #. 

Edited Book (each chapter has a different author):

Format: 1. First Name and Second Name  "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book, editors (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page #. 

Example: 1. Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Beth Hoag, "Learning, Leading, and Information Literacy," in Learning Beyond the Classroom, eds. Silvia Vong and Manda Vrkljan (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020), 5.

Book Chapter (4-10 authors):

Format: 1. First name et al., "Title of Chapter," in Title of Book, editors (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page #.

Example: 1. Amber Arnold et al., "How Librarians Can Save Us All," in Books, Coffee, and Dogs, ed. Audra Reinders (Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020), 87.  

Multivolume Book:

Format: 1. First Name Last Name, Title of Book, volume #, Title of Series (City of Publication: Publisher, year), page #. 

Example: 1. Wilfrid J. Harrington, Revelation, vol. 16, Sacra Pagina (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993), 5.

Website: 

Format: 1. First Name Last Name, “Title of Web Page,” Publishing Organization. Copyright date, URL.

Example: 1. Audra Reinders, "Fair Isle Knitting Basics," Knitting World 4 October 2020, https://www.knittingworld.com/fairislebasics

Website (Corporate Author):

Format: Corporate Author, "Title of Web Page," Copyright date, URL. 

Example: Association of European Knitters, "Knitting to Relieve Stress," 3 December 2019, http://www.aoek.org/knittingtorelievestress.

Lecture Notes:

Format:  T. Alexander Giltner, “Title of Lecture” (Class Lecture, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN, Month Day, Year).

Bible: 

1. 1 Thess. 2:13 (New American Bible).

2. John 3:16 (NAB). 

TWITTER

Below is a suggested style for citing a twitter feed:

2. Garrett Kiely, Twitter, September 14, 2011, 8:50 a.m., http://twitter.com/gkiely.

Title page

Formatting your Title Page

  • Start your title about 1/3 of the way down the page
  • Center the text

 

Student's Last Name 1

 

 

 

Title of Paper

Student's Name

Class Name

Professor's Name

Date Turned In 

 

Grammar

Format

  • Garamond or Times New Roman, 12-point font
  • 1-inch margin all around
  • Double Space entire paper
  • Remove extra space between paragraphs (see below)
  • Use the Tab button to indent paragraphs--one tab per indent 
  • Page Number on top right of page with last name (Insert page number and then manually type in Last Name--make sure the font of your last name and page number is the same font as the text of your paper)

 

Style

Style

Oxford Comma: Always include a comma before the and when you are listing 3+ items. 

Example: I need to write my theology paper, do the dishes, and finish my laundry. 

Semicolons: Use a semicolon to join two independent clauses. You can either use a stand-alone semicolon or a semicolon + conjunctive adverb+ a comma. 

Example: I need to wash the car; I also need to do the grocery shopping. 

Example: I need to wash the car; furthermore, I also need to do the grocery shopping. 

Numerals: Write out numbers under 1,000. Never start a sentence with a numeral. 

Example: There were fifty-seven students who showed up for the movie night. 

Quotations: Use a double quotation for direct quotes. Use a single quotation for a quote that appears within another quote. 

Example: According to Daniel Arnold, "each team member should 'notify the moderator' upon arrival."  

Footnotes: To insert a footnote in Microsoft Word, go to References and then Insert Footnote. 

Footnotes should appear after the end-of-sentence punctuation.