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Why use Chicago Style or Turabian?

Chicago Style uses numbered footnotes or endnotes in your text, with Bibliography or Works Cited at the end of the paper, listing alphabetically the sources in your notes.

Turabian is based on Chicago Style, modified slightly for student researchers.

Citing Reprints

The Library of Congress provides some examples of citing various primary source types from their collections:

Citing Primary Sources

Chicago Style Quick Guide in Print

Chicago quick guide

Online Citation Guides

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
from The Chicago Manual of Style Online, this is a supplement for answering questions about citing in Chicago style.
Turabian Quick Guide to Chicago Style
*Best* Choose Author/Date or Notes/Bibliography style.

Citation & Writing Books

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History by Mary Lynn Rampolla
Call Number: D13 .R295 2010
ISBN: 0312535031
Publication Date: 2009-05-27
Concise yet comprehensive advice on approaching typical history assignments, developing critical reading skills, writing effective history papers, conducting research, using and documenting sources, and avoiding plagiarism
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by); Joseph Bizup (Revised by); William T. FitzGerald (Revised by); The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff (Revised by)
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2018
ISBN: 9780226430577
Publication Date: 2018-04-16
Copy held at the Research Help Desk.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: Z253 .U69 2017
ISBN: 9780226817972
Publication Date: 2024-09-19
We have this in an eBook version and Print at the Research Desk. Now in its 18th edition!