Turabian

A system of writing term papers, theses, and dissertations based on Chicago Style developed by Kate L Turabian. The list of sources at the end of the text is called a Bibliography. Footnotes are placed at the end of the page.

Basic bibliography entry format:

Phillips, Charles.  “A DAY TO REMEMBER April 22, 1889,” American History, Vol. 39, Issue 18, April 2004, 16-18. Available from Academic Search Premier [database online];  http://search.epnet.com (Boston, MA: EBSCO Publishing, accessed 24 May 2004).

Basic footnote format:

          1 Charles Phillips, “A DAY TO REMEMBER April 22, 1889,” American History, Vol. 39 Issue 18, April 2004, 16-18, available from Academic Search Premier [database online] http://search.epnet.com (Boston, MA: EBSCO Publishing, accessed 24 May 2004).

The examples shown above are basic examples of the Turabian style. For more information on recommended reference formats, see A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Sixth Edition.

The following web sites that advise on Turabian/Chicago Style were used to prepare the examples shown above:

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cite/index.html

http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/bibliography/index.html

http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html

Note: When citing EBSCOhost, EBSCO is always uppercase, host is always lowercase, italics.

Always consult your library resources for the exact formatting and punctuation guidelines.