Citing Electronic Sources - Turabian Style
prepared by Pickler Memorial Library staff - 8/13/01
Writing citations for works in an electronic format is still an evolving process. Listed below are some examples of Turabian style citations. Other resources you may want to consult are listed at the bottom. Remember that Turabian is related to Chicago Style. There is considerable variation in electronic citations using Turabian style, so try to keep your citation of electronic resources consistent. And, keep in mind the purpose of citation, which is to credit the authors you use and provide access to their work. If you cannot find some of the information, cite what is available.| Turabian Style | Author' last name, First name. [Author’s E-mail address]. "Title." Private e-mail message to Receiver's Name, [Receiver's email address] Access Date day month year. |
| Turabian Example | Crosby, Alfred. [acrosby@stateu.edu]. "What about the dandelions?" Private e-mail message to Walter Cronon, [cronon@truman.edu] 18 April 1998. |
Discussion Lists - Listservs
| Turabian Style | Author's last name, First name. [Author’s e-mail]. "Title." In Listserv name. [Listserv e-mail]. Access date day month year. |
| Turabian Example | Bidlack, Richard H. [BidlackR@madison.acad.wlu.edu]. "Re: OSVAG." In H-RUSSIA [ H-RUSSIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU] 4 July 1998. |
World Wide Web Sites
| Turabian Style | Author's last name, First name. "Title". [site/path/file] Access date day ,month year. |
| Turabian Example | Hutchings, Noël Parish. "Women in Philosophy". [http://billyboy.ius.indiana.edu/womeninphilosophy/womeninphilo.html] 26 August, 1998. |
For more examples consult:
Turabian, Kate L. 1996. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicagp: University of Chicago Press.
Page, Melvin. "A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities".[ http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/cite.html] 20 August 1998.
