Turabian Citation Examples

For more complete information, consult the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, especially the examples provided in Chapter 11. Turabian, itself, is a simplified guide to the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition. For items that do not quite fit any one rule, combine rules.

The complete Turabian offers two documentation systems, footnote/bibliography and parenthetical reference/reference list. On this screen, however, you will only find Turabian examples of citations for a bibliography using the footnote/bibliography system (Type "B" in Chapter 11). This was the original Turabian style and is used in the disciplines of history, other humanities, and some social sciences. It is similar to, but not identical with, the Modern Language Associationstyle.

The following examples have not been approved or sanctioned by the University of Chicago. They are non-authorized best guesses.

NOTE: Kate Turabian was a dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1958. I suspect she was both much feared and revered. She died in 1987 at age ninety-four, several years before the publication of the sixth edition of the manual that bears her name.

Books

Follow Examples 11.3 B to 11.30 B.

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five: Or, the Children's Crusade: a 
    Duty-Dance With Death. New York: Dell, 1969.

Salzman, Jack, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, eds. Encyclopedia 
    of African-American Culture and History. 5 volumes. New York: Macmillan 
    Library Reference, 1996.

Periodical Articles

Turabian has separate rules for journal articles and magazine articles. If you are not sure which type of periodical it is, follow this suggestion (it is not a Turabian rule): If it has a volume number and a date, follow Example 11.39 B. For journal articles obtained in full text from an online database, such as Expanded Academic Index or ProQuest, follow Examples 11.39 B and 11.57B and Rule 8:141

Magazine article

Lord, Mary. "When Cheers Turn into Jeers (and Tears): Moms and Dads as 
    Spoilsports and Hoodlums." U.S. News & World Report, 15 May 2000, 52.

Journal article

Iso-Ahola, Seppo E., and Ellen Weissinger. "Perceptions of Boredom in 
    Leisure: Conceptualization, Reliability and Validity of the Leisure 
    Boredom Scale." Journal of Leisure Research 22 (Winter 1990): 17-25.

Journal article retrieved in full text from an online database.

Poulson, Ronald L., Marion A. Eppler, Tammy N. Satterwhite, Karl L. Wuensch,
    and Lessie A. Bass. "Alcohol Consumption, Strength of Religious Beliefs, 
    and Risky Sexual Behavior in College Students." Journal of American College 
    Health 46 (March 1998): 227(6). Database on-line. Available from Expanded 
    Academic Index, Article A20485097.

Journal article with issue number (only used when full date is not given)

Orihuela, J. A., and J. Solano. "Some Characteristics of the People Who Attend 
    Mexican Rooster (Cock) Fighting Events." Anthrozoos 8, no. 4 (1995): 229-34.

Newspaper Articles

The 6th edition of Turabian doesn't provide examples of citations to newspaper articles in Chapter 11, but there is a discussion of newspapers in Rules 8.105 to 8.110

Unsigned newspaper article

"Another Campus Drug Raid." Washington Post, 28 April 1991, sec. C, p. 6.

Signed newspaper article.

Derr, Mark. "Grizzly Bears Poised to Make a Comeback: Opponents Fear
    Bear Attacks; Advocates Fear for the Bears." New York Times, 
    30 May 2000, sec. F, p. 1, 4.

Signed newspaper article retrieved in full text from an online database

Vogel, Steve. "U.S. Adding Storm Aid Workers in Honduras; 2nd Task
    Force Will Help Other Nations." Washington Post, 20 November 1998, 
    sec. A, p. 39. Database on-line. Available from ProQuest Direct.

Non-Periodical Internet Documents

Follow Example 11.57 B and look at Rule 8:141. Since Internet documents are not fixed in either content or location, you need to indicate the date you accessed the page.

Henderson, John R. ICYouSee: T is for Thinking: A Guide to Critical  
    Thinking About What You See on the Web. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca 
    College Library, 2002. Database on-line. Available from
    http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html. Accessed 
    1 May 2002.

Theses, Dissertations, and Special Microform Editions

See Rules 8.130, 8.131, 8.137, and 8.138 and Examples 11.51B and 11.55B. Turabian considers master's theses and doctoral dissertation a type of unpublished materials. The following example is my best guess of the citation for a dissertation obtained in a special microform edition. Normally, it is not necessary to note the form of the source you are using, paper or microform.

Sforzo, Gary Anthony. "Muscle Soreness after Exercise: the Effects 
    of Early Training with Concentric Contractions." MS thesis, 
    Purdue University, 1980; Eugene, Oregon: Microform Publications 
    of the International Institute for Sport and Human Performance, 
    University of Oregon, 1983. Microfiche.

Government Documents

Turabian provides examples for many different kinds of government documents in Chapter 12. The following is an example of a hearing.

U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health 
    and the Environment. Tobacco Advertising: Hearings before the Subcommittee on
    Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 100th Cong., 
    1st Sess., 27 July 1987.