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The purpose of the Writing Center is to help students improve in the critical task of academic writing. This content includes video tutorials, links to websites for further study, and explanations about Tutor.com.It also offers information about Turabian.

Writing Center

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Tutors are available: 

Monday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Tuesday: 9-11 a.m. - 12-4 p.m.

Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

As a commitment to student success, tutoring is available for Turabian, English grammar, Logos Bible Software, and for other general topics. The purpose of tutoring is to assist students in achieving greater competency in their studies as opposed to completing work for students. Peer tutors welcome the opportunity to serve you on campus or online, but they are also available on a limited basis. 

CCBS grants access to all students regardless of modality access to the library and other learning resources (including eBooks). As of 2025, the library houses over 13,000 volumes. The vast majority of all resources are in the area of biblical and theological studies, the major area of study at the institution. 

The library subscribes to the ATLA Religion Database with ATLAserials that provides more than 390 major religion and theology journals.

The library also offers EBSCO’s Religion & Philosophy Collection™ with extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. The collection has more than 300 full text journals.

Other student resources include EBSCO’s eBook Open Access Collection, which is created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers.

Beginning in Fall 2020, all degree-seeking students have access to the Logos Bible Software Remote Reference Library database that includes another 2,700+ resources including commentaries, journals, and more. 

Bible Translation students have access to Translator's Workplace, “a foundational library of reference materials selected for the work of Bible Translation.” This collection has been designed to meet the varying needs of translators worldwide and includes Bibles, Greek and Hebrew texts, dictionaries, commentaries, translation handbooks, articles and other reference materials. Notable publishers have permitted the use of resources within the TW collection to be distributed to those specifically assigned the work of Bible Translation. Click here for a list of resources and contact the Program Director for student access.

The library offers students interlibrary loan services through an agreement with Manna University and the Association of Christian Librarians. It also participates in ATLA’s reciprocal borrowing program that grants check-out privileges to each other’s students.

For a full description of the library and its policies, consult Section 4.1.7 Library and its accompanying sub-sections of the academic catalogs.

Writing Guidelines

Students are required to use the basic formatting in all assignments regardless of whether a professor requires it. For example, all assignments should have 1″ margins on all sides, use Times New Roman font (12 pt) for body text, and double-spaced. Additionally, students will find key abbreviations (including Bible abbreviations), comma usage, and more in Turabian. Sources should be cited using the Notes-Bibliography style. In this style, students include a footnote at the end of the sentence. The final page of the assignment will include a Bibliography of sources cited.

About Turabian

All students are required to use Turabian, 9th edition, and are encouraged to purchase the latest edition to keep it handy at all times. Another name for Turabian is the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. Turabian was the graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930–1958. While previous editions differed slightly, the CMS 17 and Turabian 9 are essentially the same.

Tutor.com

CCBS partners with Tutor.com to provide assistance with academic writing. Access is provided through the course page within the student’s Populi account. If the link is not provided, students need to contact the course instructor.

Each student receives a limited number of minutes per term. Students needing additional time need to contact their academic advisor. (The limitation is in place to prevent one student from using up all of the college's alloted hours).

Tutoring Options

  1. Connect with a Tutor Now — Students who want to interact with a live tutor should select this option. Within moments, a tutor will connect and assist with reviewing the paper. (Available 24/7)
  2. Submit a Paper for Review — Students who want someone to look over their work and get feedback the next day should select this option. Within a 24-hour window (usually much quicker), a tutor will review the paper, add comments, and return.

In addition to receiving valuable assistance in reviewing  papers, every session is recorded and may be reviewed any time after the session has been completed. 

Need Help?

Our library staff is available to assist with questions and to help you find resources.

Librarian: Kellie Tomita, ktomita@ccbs.edu or Library Assistant David Probus: dprobus@ccbs.edu

Telephone: (910) 323-5614