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A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Turabian, Kate L. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reference# LB2369 .T8 1996

“This new edition of “Turabian” reflects the way students work today, taking into account the role of personal computers in the preparation and presentation of their papers. […] Authoritative, comprehensive, easy to use, and filled with good sense, this new edition will be the standard for yet another generation of students and their teachers.”—from the publisher.

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A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Turabian, Kate L. 5th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Reference# LB2369 .T8 1987

“For nearly sixty years Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers has offered comprehensive and detailed guidance to writers of research papers—term papers, theses, and dissertations.” –excerpt from back cover.

Student's Guide for Writing College Papers. Turabian, Kate L. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. Reference# LB2369 .T82 1976

“This third edition of Kate L. Turabian’s Student’s Guide for Writing College Papers is designed for high school, junior college, or college students faced with writing their first long, documented paper.”—excerpt from back cover.

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University guidelines on Turabian Format:

Bridgewater State College--<http://www.bridgew.edu/Library/turabian.cfm>

This site gives a brief explanation of the difference in formatting between footnotes or endnotes and bibliography; it also includes a side-by-side comparison of several of the most commonly used references.

Bucknell University--<http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/img/assets/6535/turabian.pdf#search='turabian'>

Bucknell’s twelve-page pdf document explains many aspects of Turabian style (e.g. academic disciplines that use the style, basic formatting), and includes an extensive list of examples for in-text and bibliographic referencing.

Georgetown University Library--<http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/turabianparen/>

            Georgetown has created a valuable guide that parallels examples of parenthetical reference with a corresponding reference list.

Georgetown University Library--<http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/turabianfoot/>

This site is a complement to Georgetown’s parenthetical reference site, as it gives examples of superscript numbers paralleled with corresponding footnotes/endnotes.

Ithaca College Library--< http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/turabian.html>

            Ithaca’s site offers helpful examples for formatting a bibliography in Turabian style.

Long Island University Library--<http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/cittur.htm>

            This site offers color-coded examples of how to assemble a Turabian-style reference list.

Montana State University Library--<http://www.lib.montana.edu/instruct/styles/turabian.html>

            MSU Library’s site contains a brief-but-informative guide for properly formatting footnotes/endnotes and a works cited list in Turabian style.

Ohio State University Library--<http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.html>

            OSU Library’s website gives numerous examples of both in-text and bibliographic formatting in the Turabian style.

University of California Berkeley Library--<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Chicago-Turabianstyle.pdf#search='turabian'>

Berkeley Library six-page pdf document gives examples of both of Turabian’s citation systems—i.e. notes and bibliography, in-text author-date citations and reference list—in a highly readable parallel format.

University of Georgia Library--<http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html>

UGA’s website gives several examples of both citation and bibliographic formatting, based upon the 6th edition of Turabian’s Manual for Writers.

University of Southern Mississippi--<http://www.lib.usm.edu/research/guides/turabian.html>

USM library offers an extensive list of Turabian-formatted bibliography citations, as well as a helpful link to Concordia’s guide for in-text citations.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center--<http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html>

UW-Madison’s writing center offers not only an extensive list of examples for in-text and bibliographic citations, but also gives valuable information on how to properly format a Turabian-style paper (e.g. superscript numbers, footnote formatting).

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Library--<http://library.uww.edu/guides/turacite.doc>

This site gives a brief overview of the elements of Turabian style, as well as a generous list that parallels footnote/endnote examples with their corresponding bibliography entries.

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For further assistance contact a reference librarian at (918) 449-6459, by email, or in person at the NSU-BA Library's Reference Desk.

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