The following post is intended for use by my theological students. The post comes from an answer to a student about a specific concern. The response grew to the larger topic of citation management systems. We trust this might be of assistance to others.
ON CITATIONS AND FORMATTING KEYWORDS: TURABIAN, STYLE GUIDE, CITIES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, CITATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, ZOTERO, ENDNOTE, ERSKINE, STUDENTS, FAQ, 9th EDITION, CONCORDIA, PATCH, FIX, FOOTNOTES, PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL ARTICLES, FORMATTING
To your writing question: check with the Turabian-Chicago style guide and you will see that if no city of publication is listed, then, of course, you can’t enter it. If you use Zotero, the free online bibliography reference generator and library storage software; or, Endnote, the premier software (but with a cost of around $60 or so—student price—but one I urge my students to consider). When one clicks on the, e.g., Safari or Chrome add-on icon (Zotero or Endnote add-ones, both are available), the respective program will automatically place the citation in your selected library group (e.g., “My Module 1 Library,” or “Vocation class”), and format it according to your settings. Endnote has an advantage of also having a “Cite-While-You-Write” add-on for Word and Apple Pages. Zotero has one, too, but not quite as intuitive to research writers, in my humble opinion.
- Zotero.com
- Endnote.com
- There are numerous guides on citation management software systems like Endnote and Zotero.nHere is a good (and familiar to me) help page from the library system at UNC Chapel Hill (includes how-to videos): https://library.unc.edu/support/citing/
- Here is a good video on using Zotero for theological higher education. Thanks to the library team at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: https://sbts.libguides.com/zotero