Citation & Reference Builder

• Author(s) — APA: use Last, I. I. format (e.g., Bauckham, R.). Chicago: use full name (e.g., Richard Bauckham).
• Chapter Title = the title of this chapter only — not the book title.
• Editor(s) — APA: use initials + surname (e.g., M. Bird). Chicago: use full name(s) (e.g., Michael Bird).
• Title of the Edited Book = the title of the whole book, in sentence case.
• Chapter Page Range = the full page span of the chapter (e.g., 55–72). Goes in the reference list / bibliography.
• Page(s) You Are Citing = the specific page you are quoting (e.g., 58). Goes in the in-text citation or footnote only.
• Publisher = the publishing company of the edited book.
• City of Publication = enter the city only (Chicago style only).

• Author = the original compiler, not the reviser. For BDAG that is Walter Bauer; put Danker in the Editor field.
• Word / Entry = the headword you looked up (e.g. ἀγάπη, חֶסֶד). Greek or Hebrew script is fine, or transliterate it.
• Abbreviation = BDAG, HALOT, LSJ, TDNT. In Chicago footnotes the abbreviation plus s.v. ("under the word") is the normal short form.
• Chicago footnote form: BDAG, s.v. “ἀγάπη,” 6.
• Because a lexicon is a well-known reference work, many lecturers accept the footnote alone without a bibliography entry — check your unit guide.

These are cited by title, not by a personal author — so leave the Author field blank.
• Title = the name of the work / version (e.g., The New Oxford Annotated Bible, A Prayer Book for Australia, Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II).
• Editor(s) — for study Bibles, name the general editor(s) if given (e.g., Michael D. Coogan). Optional for prayer books and hymnals.
• Version / Edition — e.g., 5th ed., NRSV, Revised Standard Version.
• Passage / Section cited — for a Bible, cite the book, chapter and verse in the in-text citation or footnote (e.g., John 3:16). For a hymn or prayer, name the item or number. Many lecturers do not want standard Bible translations (NIV, NRSV, ESV) in the reference list at all — you simply name the version in your text or footnote. Add a reference-list entry only when you are discussing a specific edition (such as a study Bible with its own editors and notes), or when your unit guide asks for one. Check your unit outline first.

The author is usually the church body, not a person (e.g., Uniting Church in Australia). Enter that organisation in the Author field.
• Title = the name of the document (e.g., The Basis of Union).
• Publisher / Issuing body = the church or assembly that published it (e.g., Uniting Church Assembly, Uniting Church Press).
• Section / Paragraph cited = the numbered paragraph or clause, if the document is divided that way (e.g., para. 3).

The author is the commission or body, not a person. Enter it in the Author field (e.g., Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse).
• Title = the full title of the report or volume (e.g., Final report: Volume 16, Religious institutions).
• Publisher / Issuing body = the government or agency that published it (e.g., Commonwealth of Australia).
• Report / Volume number = a series or volume identifier, if given.
• Section / Page cited = the specific page or paragraph you refer to.

Cite the student who wrote it as the author.
• Title = the title of the thesis, in sentence case (italicised in both styles).
• Degree & Type = the kind of thesis (e.g., PhD diss., ThM thesis, MTh thesis, DMin diss.).
• Institution = the university or college that awarded the degree.
• Database / Repository = if you read it online, name the database (e.g., ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) or paste the repository URL. Leave blank for a print copy consulted in a library.

These follow SBL / Chicago conventions and differ from a modern translated book.
• Author = the ancient author (e.g., Augustine, Eusebius). Leave blank for anonymous works.
• Title of the Work = the ancient work itself (e.g., City of God, Confessions), italicised.
• Passage / Book.Chapter.Section = the internal reference, using arabic numerals (e.g., 8.3.5) — this, not a page number, is how classical works are cited.
• Translator = the translator of the edition you used, if named.
• Series & Volume = the collection and volume, if applicable (e.g., NPNF 1/1, ANF 8, Loeb). For ANF/NPNF, give the series abbreviation, volume and page in the form NPNF 1/1:252.
• Publisher / Place / Year = for a standalone critical edition. You may leave these blank when citing only through a series like ANF/NPNF.

• Author = who presented or wrote it.
• Title = the title of the paper (in quotation marks in the output, like an article).
• Meeting / Event & Location = the conference or occasion and where it was held (e.g., Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Antonio).
• Date = the year (put a fuller date in the Meeting field if you have it).
• For an unpublished manuscript rather than a delivered paper, put the holding institution or "unpublished paper" in the Meeting / Event field.