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Citation Guide

A guide to MLA, APA, Chicago, and AMA citation styles and formatting, with examples and links to frequently used resources.

Chicago Style Manual 17th Edition

Turabian

Often used with a focus on undergraduates and graduate students, Kate L. Turabian's work, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, is an essential book that provides a sort of introduction to the larger citation style, while still maintaining its important aspects and a guide for research and writing as a whole. 

Examples

Notes-Bibliography


Books

Notes: G.J. Barker-Benfield, Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010), 499.

Bibliography: Barker-Benfield, G.J. Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

 

Journal Articles

N: Benjamin Bagley, "Loving Someone in Particular," Ethics 125, no. 2 (January 2015): 484-85.

B: Bagley, Benjamin. "Loving Someone in Particular." Ethics 125, no. 2 (January 2015): 477-507.

 

Website Content

"Cite web pages and related content by identifying the following elements: author, title of the page, title (or description) of the site, the owner or sponsor of the site (if not the same as the title), and a publication or revision date. Include a URL as the final element." 1

N: "Privacy Policy," Privacy & Terms, Google, last modified March 25, 2016, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

B: Google. "Privacy Policy." Privacy & Terms. Last modified March 25, 2016. https://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.


1Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018), 194.

Author-Date


Books

Parenthetical: (Barker-Benfield 2010, 499)

Reference: Strayed, Cheryl. 2012. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

 

Journal Articles

P: (Bartfeld and Kim 2010, 550-551)

R: Bartfeld, Judi and Myoung Kim. 2010. "Participation in the School Breakfast Program: New Evidence from the ECLS-K." Social

Service Review 84, no. 4 (December): 541-62.

 

Website Content

"Cite web pages and related content by identifying the following elements in your reference list entries: author, publication or revision date, title of the page, title (or description) of the site, and the owner or sponsor of the site. Include a URL as the final element." (Turabian 2018, 261)

P: (Alliance for  Linguistic Diversity, n.d.)

R: Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. n.d. "Balkan Romani." Endangered Languages. Accessed June 10, 2016. https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5342.