Note: Turabian style is more often used for papers requiring a note system. The following citations pertain only to a Works Cited/Reference list for a paper using Turabian style. Please see the print manual for assistance with notes and other formatting variations. All citations should be single spaced, with the 2nd and following lines indented 5 spaces. Additional format information provided at bottom of page.
Book
Format:
Author last name, first name. Title of book. Location:
Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
Okuda, Michael and Denise Okuda. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the
Future. New York: Pocket, 1993.
Electronic book
Format:
Author last name, first name. Title of book.
Location: Publisher, publication year. Book on-line. Available from netLibrary,
http://web address; accessed month day, year.
Example:
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation. Boston: Houghlin Mifflin Company,
2001. Book on-line. Available from netLibrary, http://www.netlibrary.com. Accessed
June 26, 2003.
Article or chapter within books
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of chapter." In Title
of book, Editor, Pages of chapter. Location: Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
James, Nancy E. "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth According to Kirk and
Spock." In Spectrum of the Fantastic, ed. Donald Palumbo, 219-223. Westport, CT: Greenwood,
1988.
Encyclopedia or other multi-volume work
"Well-known reference books are usually not listed in bibliographies." Additional information can be found in A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations by Kate Turabian at the library. [Ref LB 2369.T8]
Article from a printed journal
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal,volume
(publication year): pages.
Example:
Wilcox. Rhonda V. "Shifting Roles and Synthetic Women in Star Trek: The Next
Generation." Studies in Popular Culture 13 (1991): 53-65.
Article from an online journal
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal volume
(publication month and year). Journal on-line. Available from: web address
url. Accessed day month year.
Example:
Rohrbaugh, Guy and Louis deRosset. "A New Route to the Necessity of Origin." Mind
(2004). Journal on-line. Available from: http://mind.oupjournals.org/; accessed
5 January 2005.
Journal article from an online database
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal volume
(publication year): pages. Database on-line. Name of database; accessed day month year.
Example:
Gump, Steven E. "The cost of cutting class: attendance as a predictor of student
success." College Teaching 53 (2005): 21-26. Database on-line. OmniFile Full Text Mega; accessed 5 January 2005.
Article from a print magazine
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal, day
month year of publication, pages.
Example:
Pimentel, David and Anne Wilson. "World Population, Agriculture, and Malnutrition." World
Watch, September/October 2004: 22-25.
Article from an online magazine
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of journal, day
month year of publication. Magazine on-line. Available from web address url; accessed day month year.
Example:
Kiser, David. "No One Rules the Net, Not Yet." Information Today, October 2004.
Magazine on-line. Available from http://www.infotoday.com/; accessed 6 January
2005.
Magazine article from an online database
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of article." Title of magazine, volume
(publication month and year). Database on-line. Name of database; accessed day month year.
Example:
Miller, Michael J. "The Year of Living Musically." PC Magazine, 23 (2004).
Database on-line. Ebsco Academic Search Elite; accessed 6 January 2005.
Article from a print newspaper
"News items from daily papers are rarely listed separately in a bibliography... If a newspaper is cited only once or twice, a note...is sufficient." Additional information can be found in A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations by Kate Turabian at the library. [Ref LB 2369.T8]
Website
Format:
Author last name, first name. [if given] "Title of web
document." Name of institution affiliated with the site. Available from http://web
address; accessed day month year.
Example:
Baumgarten, Linda. "Looking at Eighteenth Century Clothing." Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Available from http://www.history.org/; accessed 6 January 2005.
Online posting
Format:
Author last name, first name. "Title of posting." day month year of posting.
Available from http://web address; accessed day month year.
Example:
Aasim. "About Fuzzy Logic." 6 May 2003. Available from http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.college.html; accessed 6 January 2005.
Notes
- There are numerous versions of Turabian, with more variations for electronic sources. Please consult the print version of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations (Ref LB 2369.T8 1996) and consult with your teacher.
- Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
- Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
- When a Web address must be divided at the end of a line, break it after a slash. Do not insert a hyphen.
- If no author is given, start with the title.
- For guidelines concerning differences between journals and magazine, consult the library's webpage: Magazine vs journal.
- The rules concerning a title within a title are not displayed here for purposes of clarity. See the printed version of the manual for details.
- For documents and situations not listed here, see the printed version of the manual.
- For additional information, consult the print version of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations Ref LB 2369.T8 1996.
Additional information
Purdue Online Writing Center - Great source for writing information, including citation help.
Bedford/St. Martins Publishers - Citation styles for online sources.