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Chicago/Turabian Style Guide

Prepared by Pickler Memorial Library Staff from
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian, 7th edition, 2007.
Revised 1/09

Articles from Journals

Article from a Printed Journal

Brown, Erella. "The Lake of Seduction: Silence, Hysteria,
and the Space of Feminist Theatre." JTD: Journal of
Theatre and Drama 2, no. 1 (1996): 175-200.

Article from a Printed Journal with Multiple Authors

Jones, Graham, Sheldon Hanton, and Declan Connaughton.
           "What is this thing called mental toughness? An investigation of
           elite sport performers." Journal of Applied Sport Psychology 14
           (May 2002): 205-218.

Article from an Online Journal

Evnine, Simon J. "The Universality of Logic: On the
             Connection between Rationality and Logical Ability."
            Mind 110, no.438 (September 2005). ttp://www3.oup.co.uk/mind.
             (accessed July 31, 2001).

Full-Text Journal Article from a Database

Holton, Woody. "The Ohio Indians and the Coming of
           the American Revolution in Virginia. " The Journal
           of Southern History 60 (August 1994): 453-478,
           http://www.jstor.org/stable/2210989 (accessed July 31, 2001).

Articles from Magazines

Article from a Printed Magazine

Gawande, Atul."The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating."
The New Yorker, July 9, 1997.

Article from an Online Magazine

Saletan, William. "The Ethicist's New Clothes." Slate, August 16, 2000.
http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/01-08-
16_113959.asp. (accessed August 17, 2001).

Full-Text Magazine Article from a Database

Gore, Rick."Pharaohs of the Sun." National Geographic,
April, 2000. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?

vid=4&hid=14&sid=ae8ff33b-ffa6-4fa3-89d6-e5c21fe174fe% 40SRCSM1&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc 3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=afh&AN=4251380 (accessed August 22, 2001).

Books

Book with a Single Author

Fleming, Thomas. Liberty!: The American Revolution. New
York: Viking, 1997.

Book with Two Authors

Sennett, Richard, and Jonathan Cobb. The Hidden Injuries
of Class. New York: Vintage Books, 1972.

Book with Three or More Authors

Schwartz, David, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock. The Encyclopedia
of TV Game Shows. New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Article within a Book

Cassel, Jeris, and BethAnn Zambella. "Without a Net: Supporting
          Ourselves in a Tremulous Atmosphere." In LOEX of the West:
          Teaching and Learning in a Climate of Constant Change, edited
          by Thomas W. Leonhardt, 75-92. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press
          Inc., 1996.

Article in an Encyclopedias and other
Multi-Volume Works

"Well-known reference books, such as major dictionaries and encyclopedias, should usually be cited only in parenthetical citations. You generally need not include them in your reference list, although you may choose to include a specific work tht is critical to your argument or frequently cited." p. 257 17.5.3

The Times guide to English style and usage. 1999. Rev. ed.
London: Times Books. Aulestia, Gorka. 1989. Basque
English dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press.

Electronic Book

Norman, Richard. The Moral Philosophers.  New York: Oxford
        University Press, 1998. http://www.netlibrary.com.
       (accessed August 14, 2001).

Book Reviews

Salinger, Sharon V. Review of Not All Wives: Women of
Colonial Philadelphia, by Karin Wulf. The Journal
American History 88 (June 2001): 184-185.

Government Documents

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Hate
          Crimes Prevention Act of 1998: Hearing before the
          Committee on the Judiciary. 105th Cong., 2nd sess.,
        July 18, 1998.

Newspaper Articles

"In most cases, cite articles and other pieces from daily newspapers only in notes." (p.186 Sect. 17.4) If you choose to list in a bibliography, the above example is an adaptation from the example for articles in magazines.

Holden, Stephen. " Frank Sinatra Dies at 82: Matchless Stylist of
Pop." New York Times, May 16, 1998.

Online Newspaper

"In most cases, cite articles and other pieces from daily newspapers only in notes." (p. 186 17.4) If you choose to list in a bibliography, the above example is an adaptation from the example for journal article online (p.185, 17.3).

Carnes, Mandy. "Bulldogs rack up votes". Truman
State University Index. April 22, 2004. http://index.truman.edu.
Accessed 26 April 2004.

Full-Text Newspaper Article from an Online Database

Cowell, Alan. "Britain Faces Flurry of Illegal Migrants Using
      Channel Tunnel." New York Times (September 3, 2001)
       http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacademic (accessed October 19,
       2001).

Primary Sources

Interview

"Cite broadcast interviews only in parenthetical citations."

(Condoleezza Rice, interview by Jim Lehrer, News Hour, PBS, July 28, 2005)

Motion Picture

from p. 269 Section 19.8.5
Berenger, Tom, Willem Dafoe, and Charlie Sheen. Platoon. 1986.

Platoon. DVD. Directed by Oliver Stone. Culver City, CA: Hemdale Film Corporation.

Manuscripts

House, Edward M., Papers. Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.

Web Pages

Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. Evanston Public Library strategic plan, 2000-2010: A decade of
outreach. Evanston Public Library. http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June
1-August 15, 2005).

Online Posting

"Such items should only be cited in a parenthetical citation." p. 264 19.7.3

(Karl Casper, October 1, 2001, email to Math Forum).

Email Message

"Cite conversations, letters, e-mail messages, and the like only in notes." p. 196 17.6.3

2. Virginia Baker, e-mail message to author, October 28, 2002.

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