Humanities and social science students use "Turabian" style, prepared by Kate Turabian, a dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago 1930-1958. She died in 1987 at age 94, soon after the 50th anniversary of the original publication of her book A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. This tip sheet highlights Turabian style, which is located in Reference at LB2369 .T929 M2
Highlights of Turabian style:
- source titles are italicized (not underlined like MLA); articles are in straight Roman type
- two styles of capitalization: "headline" style (major words) or "sentence" style (proper nouns).
- all numbers (pages, chapters, volumes) are in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3)
- two styles of notes: bibliographic and reference-list
- if no place of publication, display as N.p.: Bantam, 1910 (capital "N")
- if no date of publication, display as Chicago: Harper, n.d. (small "N")
"Bibliographic" style
(Notes are indented in first line, normal left-margin on second line. Bibliographic entries are normal left-margin in first line and indented in the second line. Use 'headline style' with all primary words capitalized.)
Books "Smith said that....."4
(citations)
4. John Smith, The History of Colorado [New York: Bantam, 1998], 48.
(bib. page)
Smith, John. The History of Colorado. New York: Bantam, 1998.
(multiple authors)
Smith, John, Joe Allen, Sue Murphy, and Chris Jacobs. The History of Colorado. New York: Bantam, 1998.
(online books)
Jones, Paul. The history of France. 2 vols. Denver: Red Diamond, 2008.
http://www.reddiamond.com [accessed Jan. 15, 2008].
Periodicals
(citations)
4. John Smith, "The History of Colorado," Journal of Colorado History 44, no. 3 [March 1998]: 117.
(bib. page)
Smith, John. "The History of Colorado." Journal of Colorado History 23, no. 3 [March 1998]: 115-120.
Online Subscription Databases
using the entire journal from an online source
(citations)
4. John Smith, "The History of Colorado," Journal of Colorado History 44, no. 3 [March 1998], under "Settings",
http://www.colorado.com/123.html [accessed 10 May 2008].
(bib. page)
Smith, John. "The History of Colorado." Journal of Colorado History 23, no. 3 [March 1998].
http://www.colorado.com/123.html [accessed 10 May 2008].
using selected pages from a subscription database (note the comma after pages)
Smith, John. The history of Colorado. Journal of Colorado History. 23, no. 3 [March 1998]: 642-655,
http://www.jstor.com/3234$5-a/ (accessed June 6, 2005).
using multiple articles from a single online subscription database
EBSCOHostWeb. http://web.ebscohost.com/
Newspapers
(citations) Smith, John. The history of Colorado. Rocky Mountain News. July 4, 2005.
CDROM/DVD
Oxford English Dictionary. 1999. 2nd edition. CDROM, version 2.1New York: Oxford University Press.
"Reference" style
Books
(citations) [Smith 1998, 47-48]
(reference list) Smith, John. 1998. The history of Colorado. New York: Bantam.
Note: Your reference list contains both cited sources and others you used but did not cite.
(multiple authors)
Smith, John, Richard Allen, Susan Murphy, and Chris Jacobs. 1998. The history of Colorado. New York:
Bantam.
(online books)
Jones, Paul. 2008. The history of France. 2 vols. Denver: Red Diamond.
http://www.reddiamond.com [accessed Jan. 15, 2008].
Periodicals
(citations) [Smith 1998, 215]
(reference list)
Smith, John. 1998. The history of Colorado. Journal of Colorado History 23, no. 3 [March]: 213-218.
Online Subscription Databases
using the entire journal from an online source
Smith, John. 1998. The history of Colorado. Journal of Colorado History 23, no. 3 [March].
http://www.colorado.com/123.html [accessed 10 May 2008].
using selected pages from a subscription database
Smith, John. 1998. The history of Colorado. Journal of Colorado History
23, no. 3 [March]: 213-218. http://www.ebscohost.com/em?=175/2355&2%AM (accessed April 25, 2008).
Jones, Bob. 2001. Financial aid for students. Journal of Administration 14, no. 2 [February]: 115-117.
http://www.jstor.com/2224 (accessed January 1, 2003).
using multiple articles from a single online subscription database
EBSCOHostWeb. http://web.ebscohost.com/ (accessed January 10-April 15, 2008)
Newspapers
(citations)
Smith, John. 2008. The history of Colorado. Rocky Mountain News. July 4.
CDROM/DVD
Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd edition. CDROM, version 2.1New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Revised March 2009