Turabian Style

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Printable Examples

General Tips

There is a Bibliography format and a Notes format (as in Footnotes). Use a hanging indentation for the citation; use the author's full name(s) as given; do not italicize the period at the end of Title of Work; put Title of Article in quotation marks; do not italicize volume number after Title of Periodical; use full date of periodical issue.

Note Format Bibliography Format
Books

Albert Author, Title of Book(Place: Publisher, Year), Page.

Journal Articles

Albert Author, “Title of Article,” Title of Periodical xx, no. x (month year): Page.

Newspaper Articles

“Title of Article,” Title of Newspaper, Date (day month year), sec. #, p. #.

Electronic Documents

See handout (PDF).

 Books

Author, Albert. Title of Book. Place: Publisher, Year.

Journal Articles

Author, Albert. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical xx, no. x (month year): Pages.

Newspaper Articles

“Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper, Date (day month year), sec. #, p. #.

Electronic Documents

See handout (PDF).

Turabian Style Guides in Snowden Library

Turabian, Kate L. 2007.  A manual for writers of term papers, theses,
        and dissertations.  7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
        CALL NUMBER:  Ref. LB2369 .T8 2007 [RESERVES, & CITATION STATION]

Other Turabian Style Web Sites

Chicago/Turabian Documentation
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)
Bridgewater State College