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Turabian (Chicago) Style Guide

This guide is based on the 7th edition of Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations (Mills Quick Reference 1st floor LB 2369.T8 2007) and The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (available online and in print at Mills Quick Reference 1st floor Z 253.C53 2003).

Note: There are two formats in Turabian: notes with bibliography (the format shown here and used for humanities and social sciences), and the parenthetical citations with reference list, used predominantly by natural and social sciences. For information on this second format, please consult the A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 

If the type of entry you need is not included here, please consult the resources listed in the "Additional Citation Guides" tab.

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Footnotes/Endnotes

Footnotes or Endnotes

  • Turabian style, notes with bibliography, is shown here. If you require the other form of Turabian, parenthetical citations with reference list, please consult Kate Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 7th ed. 2007 REF LB2369.T8 2007 Mills 1st floor (Research Help Desk)
  • Provide footnotes/endnotes, within the text, when quoting or paraphrasing someone else’s work
  • Footnotes/endnotes should direct the reader to the entry on the works cited

Example

Quote in-text

    British rule, observes Stuart Cary Welch, “seemed as permanent as Mount Everest.1

Footnote

     1. Stuart, Cary Welch, “India: Art and Culture. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985), 421.
 

 

Short Form Notes

Short Form Notes

  • a shortened note is a simplified form of a full note
  • if a source does not have an author (or editor) you can use a title-only note

Example of Short Form Note

    1. Stuart, “India: Art and Culture,” 421.
or
   1. Stuart, 421
  • if you cite a work that contains the same bibliographic information that appears in the previous note, you may use the abbreviation "Ibid" in your notes.

Example of “Ibid Note” Using Example Above

     1. Stuart, “India: Art and Culture,” 421
    2. Ibid, 422.

 

Preparing References/Works Cited

Preparing the Bibliography

Your bibliography should include all the sources you quoted, paraphrased, or summarized in your assignment. This listing appears at the end of your assignment. When formatting your bibliography follow these standards:

  1. Arrange sources in alphabetical order by last name of the author, editor or by title if no author exists.
  2. Double space between entries
  3. Indent the second and subsequent lines of each entry fives spaces from the left

Avoiding Plagiarism Checklist

  • Is each use of someone else’s material noted in your assignment?
  • Did you reference your sources for graphs, statistics and other borrowed data?
  • Are quotations from another persons’ work exact? Did you use quotation marks?
  • If you paraphrased or summarized someone else’s material did you use your own words and sentence structure?
  • Does your works cited include all the sources you referred to in your assignment?

 

Citing Print Sources

 Print Sources

 

Footnotes/Endnotes
 Bibliography

Book
Philip Ball, Bright Earth (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001), 140.
2 or 3 Authors
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), 52.
4 or more authors
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, et al., Like a Family (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987), 114-115.
Book with an Editor
Yves Bonnefoy, New and Selected Poems, ed. John Naughton (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995),35.
Essay or Chapter in a Book
John, Chasteen, “Neocolonialism,” in Born in Blood and Fire. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001), 190-91.
Academic Journal Article
Christopher S. Mackay, “Lactantius and the Succession to Diocletian,” Classical Philology 94, no. 2 (1999): 205.
Signed Article Daily Newspaper
Blair Kamin, “Wrigley Building Clearly a Landmark,” Chicago Tribune, July 1, 2005.
Book
Ball, Philip. Bright Earth. New York: Farrar,
     Straus and Giroux, 2001.
2 or 3 Authors
Bird, Kai, and Martin J. Sherwin. American
     Prometheus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
     2005.
4 or more authors
Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd, James Leloudis, Robert
     Korstad, Mary Murphy, Lu Ann Jones, and
     Christopher B. Daly. Like a Family. Chapel  
     Hill: University of North Carolina Press,
     1987.

Book with an Editor
Bonnefoy, Yves. New and Selected Poems.  

     Edited by John Naughton. Chicago:
     University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Essay or Chapter in a Book
Chasteen, John. “Neocolonialsm,” in Born in
     Blood and Fire. New York: W.W. Norton
     & Company, 2001.
Academic Journal Article
Mackay, Christopher S. “Lactantius and the
     Succession to Diocletian.” Classical
     Philology 94, no. 2 (1999): 200-225.
Signed Article Daily Newspaper
Kamin, Blair. “Wrigley Building Clearly a
     Landmark.” Chicago Tribune, July 1 2005.
 

 

 

Citing Electronic Sources

 Electronic Sources

Note: If the publisher or discipline requires it, or for especially time-sensitive data, record in parentheses the date the material was last retrieved.

Footnotes/Endnotes Bibliography

Website

Mary Rubio, “Montgomery, Lucy Maud,”

The Canadian Encyclopedia,
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
index.cfm.

Articles Accessed Electronically
Rob Fairmichael, “Northern Ireland Chooses New Possibilities,” Peace Magazine 14, no. 7 (1998): 23, URL.
Online Newspaper
Glenn Fleishman, “Revolution on the Radio,” New York Times, July 28, 2005, URL (accessed August 27, 2001).
Blogs and Wikis
Gary Becker, “The New American Dilemma,” The Becker-Posner Blog, entry posted March 6, 2006, URL (accessed March 28, 2006).

 
Website
Rubio, Mary. “Montgomery, Lucy Maud.”
     The Canadian Encyclopedia. 
     http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
     index.cfm.
Articles Accessed Electronically
Fairmichael, Rob. “Northern Ireland Chooses
     New Possibilities.” Peace Magazine 14,
     no.7 (1998): 23-24. URL.
Online Newspaper
Fleishman, Glenn. “Revolution on the Radio.”
     New York Times, July 28, 2005. URL
     (accessed August  27, 2001).

Blogs and Wikis
Becker, Gary. “The New American Dilemma.”

     The Becker-Posner Blog, entry posted
     March 6, 2006. URL (accessed March 28,
     2006).

 

Citing Other Sources

Other Sources

 Footnotes/Endnotes  Works Cited
Lecture
John Troutman, “Indian Blues: American Indians and the Politics of Music 1890-1935” (lecture, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, February 2, 2005).
Interview
Andrew Macmillan, interview by Jane Doe, Toronto, ON, March 5, 2007.
Television Program
Seinfeld, “The Opposite,” episode 86, September 22, 2005 (originally aired May 19, 1994).
Lecture
Troutman, John. “Indian Blues: American
     Indians and the Politics of Music
     1890-1935.” Lecture, McMaster 
     University, Hamilton, ON, February 2,
     2005.
Interview
Macmillan, Andrew. Interview by Jane Doe.
     Toronto, ON. March 5, 2007.
Television Program
Television Programs are not included in reference lists, only in footnotes.

 

Additional Citation Guides

Other Resources

  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
    REF Z 253 .C53 Mills: 1st Floor (Research Help Desk )
     

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on December 4, 2008 - 10:23.

note that the Chicago Manual of Style, besides being available as a hardcopy book in the reference section under the call no. given above, is now also available electronically to McMaster users, since the library has purchased a subscription.

Dana Hollander, Associate Professor, Religious Studies

Submitted by amanda (not verified) on December 5, 2008 - 13:42.
Excellent point, thanks for the heads-up, Dr. Hollander! I've updated the page and included a link to the online guide.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 12, 2009 - 06:22.

Thanks for the update, I was looking around for this myself.