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Turabian Manual

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: LB 2369 .T8 2013
ISBN: 9780226816388
Publication Date: 2013 8th Edition

Turabian Format

The discipline of History uses Turabian format for citing sources. Turabian is a derivative of the Chicago style. Use Turabian for footnotes/endnotes, not parenthetical citations.

Use the N format for footnotes/endnotes and B for a bibliographic entry. Some of the major differences between the formats are:

Indentation: The first line of a footnote is indented, while subsequent lines are not. Conversely, the first line of a bibliographic citation is not indented, while subsequent lines are.
Name Order: Footnotes list author as first name last name, whereas bibliographic citations list author as last name, first name.
Punctuation: Footnotes use more commas and bibliographic citations use more periods.

The following examples of the most commons types of citations are taken/adapted directly from the 8th edition (2013) of the Turabian manual. For additional examples, consult chapter 17 (pages 164-215) of Turabian or the online guide at http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html.

Book, Single Author 17.1.1	N: 1. Harriet Murav, Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011), 219-220. B: Murav, Harriet. Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011.
Book, Multiple Authors 17.1.1	N: 2. Donald R. Kinder and Allison Dale-Riddle, The End of Race? Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012), 47. B: Kinder, Donald R., and Allison Dale-Riddle. The End of Race? Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012.
Book, Editor or Translator in Addition to Author 17.1.1.1	N: 3. Elizabeth I, Collected Works, ed. Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 102-4. B: Elizabeth I. Collected Works. Edited by Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Book, Editor or Translator 17.1.1.2	N: 4. Seamus Heaney, trans., Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (New York: W. W. Norton, 2000), 55. B: Heaney, Seamus, trans. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. New York: W. W. Norton, 2000.
Book, Later Edition 17.1.3	N: 5. Paul J. Bolt, Damon V. Coletta, and Collins G. Shackelford, Jr., eds., American Defense Policy, 8th ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), 157-58. B: Bolt, Paul J., Damon V. Coletta, and Collins G. Shackelford, Jr., eds. American Defense Policy. 8th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Chapter in a Book 17.1.8	N: 6. John Demos, "Real Lives and Other Fictions: Reconsidering Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose," in Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other), ed. Mark C. Carnes (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 132-145. B: Demos, John. "Real Lives and Other Fictions: Reconsidering Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose." In Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other), edited by Mark C. Carnes, 132-145. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.
Journal Article 17.2	N: 7. Saskis E. Wieringa, "Portrait of a Women's Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia," Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-86. B: Wieringa, Saskia E. "Portrait of a Women's Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia." Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-93.
Book Review 17.5.4	N: 8. Joel Mokyr, review of Natural Experiments of History, edited by Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson, American Historical Review 116, no. 3 (June 2011): 754. B: Mokyr, Joel. Review of Natural Experiments of History, edited by Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson. American Historical Review 116, no. 3 (June 2011): 752-55.
Thesis or Disssertation 17.6.1	N: 9. Karen Leigh Culcasi, "Cartographic Representations of Kurdistan in the Print Media" (master's thesis, Syrsacuse University, 2003), 15. B: Culsaci, Karen Leigh. "Cartographic Representations of Kurdistan in the Print Media." MA thesis, Syracuse University, 2003.
Interview 17.6.3	N: 10. Benjamin Spock, interview by Milton J. E. Senn, November 20, 1974, interview 67A, transcript, Senn Oral History Collection, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD. B: Spock, Benjamin. Interview by Milton J. E. Senn. November 20, 1974. Interview 67A, transcript. Senn Oral History Collection, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
Manuscript or Document 17.6.4	N: 11. George Creel to Colonel House, September 25, 1918, Edward M. House Papers, Yale University Library, New Haven, CT. B: Creel, George. Letter to Colonel House. September 25, 1918. Edward M. House Papers. Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.
Website 17.7.1	N: 12. "Privacy Policy," Google Privacy Center, last modified October 3, 2010, accessed March 3, 2011, http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html. B: Google. "Privacy Policy." Google Privacy Center. Last modified October 3, 2010. Accessed March 3, 2011. http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.