LibGuides: Citation Style Guide : Turabian

Turabian Manual for Writers

Resources

Turabian citation can be used for all subjects.

If you need more information than what is given in this guide, try the following sources:

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Staff (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by)
Call Number: REF LB2369 .T8 2013
ISBN: 0226816389
Publication Date: 2013-03-28
A little more than seventy-five years ago, Kate L. Turabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing.

Turanian Quick Guide

Notice

This is only intended to be a guide. Your professor may have specific or additional requirements not listed in this guide.

Turabian Citation Style

Note: The Turabian citation style is based on the Chicago citation style and includes minor modifications. You may use Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers for both Turabian and Chigaco styles reference.

Citations by Formats

Print books:
Print books are ones you can hold in your hands.

Format:

Author(s). Book Title. Edition number (only if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or Country) of publisher: Publisher's Name, copyright year.

Example:

Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2005.

Online Books: Online books are any that you need a computer to read. Sometimes they are referred to as eBooks or electronic books.
Format:		*Author(s). Book Title. Edition number* (only if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or Country) of publisher: Publisher's Name, copyright year. URL (accessed date).

Example:		*Collin, P.H. Dictionary of Business. 4th ed. London: A & C Black, 2006. http://www.credoreference.com/vol/525 (accessed February 9, 2009).*

Print Journals: Print journals are periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc. you can hold in your hands.
Format:		*Author(s). "Article Title." Journal Name* vol. no (date): inclusive pages.**

Example:		*Richards, Bernard. "Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Aesthetic Culture." Essays in Criticism* 58. no 4 (October 2008): 363-369.**

Online Journals: Online journals are periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc that you need a computer to read. Sometimes they are referred to as eJournals or electronic journals.
Format:		*Author(s). "Article Title." Journal Name* vol. no (date): inclusive pages. URL [accessed date].**

Example:		Gill, A.A. "Sicily Crypts - Where the Dead Don't Sleep." National Geographic 215. no. 2 (February 2009): 118-133. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com /2009/02/sicily-crypts/gill-text (accessed February 9, 2009).

Web Sites

Format:		Author (or, if no author is available, the name of the organization responsible for the site). "Title." Name of the Web site, URL (accessed date).

Example:		American Cancer Society. "Detailed Guide: Castleman Disease." Cancer Reference Information, http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=70 (accessed February 9, 2009).

Formatting Your Paper

Formatting

1" margins preferred
12pt font preferred
Doublespace

Page number

Flushed with the right margin.
Start with 1, title page does not count toward page count.

Header & Title

No header or title

Footnotes

Footnotes should be in they appear in the paper
Whenever you have a full bibliography at the end of your paper, use shortened footnotes.
If you do not have a bibliography, the first time a reference appears in your paper use a long or full footnote then use shortened footnotes for additional instances.
Ibid indicates that you are reusing the same source immediately before, but using a different page