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citation styles: chicago/turabian

an overview of different citation styles with links to outside resources.

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about chicago and turabian

the chicago citation style is designed for the professional world, more than for academics. created by the university of chicago, it is primarily used for citing sources in history, humanities, sciences & social sciences. the turabian is a sort of short-hand or student version of chicago that is more geared towards academia. 

one of the stand out features of this citation style is its footnotes.

examples

when citing a scholarly journal, use the following formula for the footnote and the corresponding bibliographic entry (provided by purdue owl):

1. author name, "article title," journal title vol, no. x (pub year): page #

author name (last, first), "article title," journal title vol, no. x (pub year): page #

1. susan peck macdonald, “the erasure of language,” college composition and communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619.

macdonald, susan peck. “the erasure of language.” college composition and communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.

when citing a print book use the following formula for the footnote and corresponding bibliographic entry (provided by purdue owl):

1. first name last name, title of book (place of publication: publisher, year of publication), page number.

last name, first name. title of book. place of publication: publisher, year of publication.

1.  jack kerouac, the dharma bums (new york: viking press, 1958), 128.  

kerouac, jack. the dharma bums. new york: viking press, 1958.

when citing an online source like a website, use the following formula for the footnote and the corresponding bibliographic entry (provided by purdue owl):

1. firstname lastname, “title of web page,” name of website, publishing organization, publication or revision date if available, access date if no other date is available, url.

lastname, firstname. “title of web page.” name of website. publishing organization, publication or revision date if available. access date if no other date is available. url .

7. richard kimberly heck, “about the philosophical gourmet report,” last modified august 5, 2016, http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

heck, richard kimberly. “about the philosophical gourmet report.” last modified august 5, 2016. http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

chicago and turabian do not make use of in-text citations, relying rather on footnotes, numbered in order of appearance in the paper.

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