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Guide to Turabian Citation Style: Notes-Bibliography Format

This guide will help you create citations in Chicago/Turabian Style.

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Basic Citation Forms in the Notes-Bibliography Style

To Cite a Book

In a footnote or endnote:
##. Author's First and Last Names, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication), XX-XX.

1. Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Boston: Little, Brown, 2000), 64-65.

In a bibliography or works cited:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication.

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. Boston: Little, Brown, 2000.

To Cite a Chapter or Essay in an Edited Book

In a footnote or endnote:
##. Chapter Author's First and Last Names, "Title of Chapter", in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, ed. Editor's First and Last Names (Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication), XX-XX.

15. Angeles Ramirez, "Muslim Women in the Spanish Press: The Persistence of Subaltern Images," in Muslim Women in War and Crisis: Representation and Reality, ed. Faegheh Shirazi (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010), 231.

In a bibliography or works cited:
Chapter Author's Last Name, Chapter Author's First Name. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edited by Editor's First and Last Names, YY-YY. Place of Publication: Publisher's Name, Date of Publication.

Ramirez, Angeles. "Muslim Women in the Spanish Press: The Persistence of Subaltern Images." In Muslim Women in War and Crisis: Representation and Reality, edited by Faegheh Shirazi, 227-44. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010.
 

 

To Cite a Journal Article Online

In a footnote or endnote:
##. Author's First and Last Names, "Title of Article," Title of Journal Volume Number, Issue Number (Date of Publication): XX, accessed Date of Access, URL.

5. Lisa J. Kiser, "Silencing the Lambs: Economics, Ethics and Animal Life in Medieval Franciscan Hagiography," Modern Philology 108 no. 3 (February 2011): 340, accessed September 18, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658052.

In a bibliography or works cited:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume Number, Issues Number (Date of Publication): XX-XX. Accessed Date of Access. URL.

Kiser, Lisa J. "Silencing the Lambs: Economics, Ethics, and Animal Life in Medieval Franciscan Hagiography." Modern Philology 108, no. 3 (February 2011): 323-42. Accessed September 18, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658052.
 

To Cite a Website
**include as much of the following information as you can find. If you cannot find the date of publication, you can use the date you accessed the page or the copyright year at the bottom of the page. 

In a footnote or endnote:

##. Author's First Name Author's Last Name, "Title of Page," Title or Owner of Site, last modified Date of Publication, accessed Date of Access, URL.

8. Susannah Brooks, "Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads," University of Wisconsin-Madison News, last modified September 1, 2011, accessed May 14, 2018. http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.

In a bibliography or works cited:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Page." Title or Owner of Site. Last modified Date of Publication. Accessed Date of Access. URL.

Brooks, Susannah. "Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads." University of Wisconsin-Madison News. Last modified September 1, 2011. Accessed May 14, 2018. http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.

For a site with no author:
Footnote or endnote:
##. "Title of Page," Title or Owner of Site, last modified Date of Publication, accessed Date of Access, URL.
18. "Toy Safety," McDonalds Canada, last modified October 3, 2011, accessed November 30, 2011, http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.

Bibliography or works cited:
Owner or Sponsor of Site. "Title of Page." Title or Owner of Site. Last modified Date of Publication. Accessed Date of Access. URL.
McDonald's Corporation. "Toy Safety." McDonald's Canada. Last modified October 3, 2011. Accessed November 30, 2011. http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.

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