Writing Center

This is a MS Word template for use in writing weekly reading summaries. Please note, this template is only a starting point. It is incumbent on each student to ensure their submissions match with the requirements of both the Style Guide and with the requests of individual professors.

This guide provides the basic instructions concerning the style and format of a student research paper for Southern California Seminary. The primary style and formatting reference manual for SCS is Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (8th edition). This guide will indicate any SCS idiosyncrasies as it relates

The instructions in the document provides a foundation for basic operations to using Microsoft Word regardless of what style manual you are using. Where different, instructions have been include for MAC Word users.

This guide provides the basic instructions concerning the style and format of a student research paper for Southern California Seminary. The primary style and formatting reference manual for SCS is APA’s Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition).

Below is a template you can use to format your research paper or any other papers you do using the Turabian style. This document is provided as a convenience and is only a starting guide. It is incumbent on each student to ensure that the final document meets with the SCS Turabian style guide also provided

Below is a template you can use to format your research paper or any other papers you do using the APA style. This document is provided as a convenience and is only a starting guide. It is incumbent on each student to ensure that the final document meets with the SCS APA style guide also provided