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Mastering Citations: Your Complete Reference Companion: Chicago/Turabian

Navigate the complexities of academic referencing with our comprehensive guide to citations, ensuring accuracy and academic integrity in your scholarly work.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Chicago Style is widely used for citing sources in academic writing. It provides guidelines for writing and documentation that covers everything from paper structure to citation formats. Turabian is a simplified version of Chicago style, primarily used by students.


TWO-SYSTEM EXPLANATION

Notes and Bibliography: Used mostly in humanities (literature, history, and the arts). This system uses footnotes or endnotes and a bibliography. 

Author-Date: Common in the social sciences and sciences. This system uses parenthetical in-text citations and a reference list. 

Additional Resources

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the official site, offering detailed guidelines, examples, and tips on using Chicago Style for citations, formatting, and writing.

The Turabian Quick Guide offers the essential elements of Turabian style.

Purdue OWL provides comprehensive guides on Chicago style, including formatting, in-text citations, and reference lists, along with examples.

Tutorials

Chegg's How to Format Your Paper in Chicago Style Tutorial: A clear and concise video tutorial by Chegg that walks you through the process of formatting your academic paper according to Chicago style guidelines.

Chegg's How to Create Chicago Style Footnotes Tutorial: A detailed video tutorial by Chegg that guides you through the process of creating and formatting footnotes in Chicago style.

THE BASICS

A comprehensive video tutorial by Purdue OWL that provides clear guidance on correctly using Chicago Style citations for academic writing.


 

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)

Formatting Guidelines