The Center for Writing & Learning (CWL), located in Howarth 109, offers students opportunities to get help on all aspects of the writing process.  Services include:

• Writing Advisors who are selected through a rigorous application process and who are specially trained to help students get started on a paper, organize their thoughts, or improve their editing skills.
• Peer Tutors in a wide range of subjects who are nominated by professors in their disciplines and who are specially trained to help students individually or in small groups.
• Language Partners who work with multilingual students to help them navigate the conventions and quirks of academic English writing.
• Academic Consultants who are specially trained to help students improve their time management skills, organization, study skills, and test-taking strategies.

Sound Writing is the official writing handbook on campus, written by student writing advisors and specifically tailored to the needs of Puget Sound students and their faculty.

In addition to supporting the development of successful academic writing skills, Sound Writing also includes sections on research methods, writing in the disciplines, and more.

Sound Writing provides help with three citation styles: MLA, APA, and Chicago (notes & bibliography).

Current Edition: 2020

As a discipline, Religion typically follows the Humanities style of The Chicago Manual of Style , the contents of which are available completely online to the University of Puget Sound community. However, always confirm with your professors which citation style to follow!

Chicago style offers specialized guidelines for the citing of sacred texts:

• "References to the Jewish or Christian scriptures usually appear in text citations or notes rather than in bibliographies. Parenthetical or note references to the Bible should include book (in roman and usually abbreviated), chapter, and verse—never a page number." (Section 14.253)
  
  
•  Indicate which version/translation of the sacred texts you are using. (Section 14.254)
  

• "References to the sacred and revered works of other religious traditions may, according to context, be treated in a manner similar to those of biblical or classical works." (Section 14.255)