Using the Turabian Style for Bibliographies and In-Text References

Books | Articles | Other | Electronic Resources

Examples based on:

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

Used for:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Widely used by undergraduate students. The format for citing resources in notes sections of papers and bibliographies differ; Examples below reflect these differences and are labeled with N for notes or B for bibliography.


Books

Basic Form

N Author(s) or Editor(s), Title of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), Page number(s).

B Author(s) or Editor(s) last name, First name(s). Title of Book. Location: Publisher, Year.
Book with Single Author
N John Fiske, Television Culture (London: Methuen, 1987), 26.
B Fiske, John. Television Culture. London: Methuen, 1987.
Book with Two Authors

N .....Bernard Rosenberg and David Manning White, Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in
....America
(Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1957), 67.

B Rosenberg, Bernard, and David Manning White. Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America. Glencoe, IL: Free Press, 1957.

Book with Three Authors
N..... Robert S. Lichter, Linda S. Lichter, and Stanley Rothman, Prime Time: How TV
....Portrays American Culture
(Lanham, MD: Regnery Pub., 1994.), 27.
B Lichter, Robert S., Linda S. Lichter, and Stanley Rothman. Prime Time: How TV Portrays
........ American Culture
. Lanham, MD: Regnery Pub., 1994.
Book with More Than Three Authors

N .....John D.H. Downing and others, Radical Media: Rebellious Communication and Social
.... Movements
(Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001), 28.

B Downing, John. D.H., Tamara Villarreal Ford, Genève Gil, and Laura Stein. Radical Media:
........ Rebellious Communication and Social Movements
. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
........ Publications, 2001.
Edited Book
N .....Mary Jane Collier, ed., Transforming Communication About Culture: Critical New
....Directions.
(Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002), 210.
B Collier, Mary Jane, ed. Transforming Communication About Culture: Critical New
........Directions
. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002.

Articles

Basic Form
N .....Author name(s), "Title of article," Title of periodical Volume, Issue number (Month or
....Season Year): Page reference.
B Author(s) last name, First name(s). "Title of article," Title of periodical Volume, Issue
........ number (Month or Season Year): Page reference.
Journal Article with Single Author
N..... Michael Lewis, "The Deathbed of Television," The American Spectator 34, no.7 (Sept.-
.... Oct. 2001):76-78.
B Lewis, Michael. "The Deathbed of Television," The American Spectator 34, no.7
........ (Sept.-Oct. 2001):76-78.
Journal Article with Multiple Authors
N .....Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. "Television Addiction is no Mere Metaphor,"
....Scientific American 86, no.2 (Feb. 2002):74-77.
B Kubey, Robert and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. "Television Addiction is no Mere Metaphor,"
........ Scientific American 86, no.2 (Feb. 2002):74-77.
Newspaper Article
N .....Lawrie Mifflin, "A Dissertation on Mr. Ed? New Scholarly Center to Study Pop Television
.... Culture," New York Times, 15 October 1997, sec. E, p. 1.
B Mifflin, Lawrie. "A Dissertation on Mr. Ed? New Scholarly Center to Study Pop Television
........ Culture," New York Times, 15 October 1997, 1 (E).

Other

Book Reviews
N .....Stephen J. Farnsworth and Robert Lichter, review of The Nightly News Nightmare:
.... Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections 1988-2000
, by Judy Solberg,
.... Library Journal 127 (1 November 2002):101-102.

B Farnsworth, Stephen J. and Robert Lichter. Review of The Nightly News Nightmare:
........ Network Television's Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections 1988-2000
, by Judy
........ Solberg. Library Journal, 127 (1 November 2002):101-102.

Unpublished Interview
N..... Rachel Sindelar, interview by Charles Lowman, 18 September 2001, Evanston, IL.
B Sindelar, Rachel. Interview by Charles Lowman, 18 September 2001. Evanston, IL.
Published Interview
N .....Matt Groening, "Homer and me," interview by Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone, (28
.... November 2002):50-59.

B Groening, Matt. "Homer and me." Interview by Jenny Eliscu. Rolling Stone, (28 November
........ 2002):50-59.

Electronic Resources

**The Turabian manual does not cover how to cite most of the electronic resources commonly used today. The manual does include examples for ERIC electronic documents and on-line technical reports but lacks examples for websites, electronic journal articles and e-books. The following examples are modified versions of Turabian citations that include the necessary electronic resource information. Citations for electronic resources must contain a web address or database information and a date documenting the day you accessed the resource online.**

Personal Web Site
N ....Rachel Sindelar, Homepage, (12 May 2001) [Internet on-line]; available from
....<http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/rachelsindelar.html> [28 January 2003].
B Sindelar, Rachel. Homepage, (12 May 2001). Internet on-line. Available from
........ <http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/rachelsindelar.html> [28 January 2003].
Professional Web Site
N ....Center for Media Education, Children and Media, (4 March 2002) [Internet on-line];
.... available from <http://www.cme.org/children/marketing/chan1.html> [10 February 2003].
B Center for Media Education. Children and Media, (4 March 2002). Internet on-line.
........Available from <http://www.cme.org/children/marketing/chan1.html> [10 February 2003].
E-Book
N ....Irwin R. Blacker, The Elements of Screenwriting: A Guide for Film and Television Writers
....(New York: Macmillan USA, Inc., 1996) [Internet on-line]; available from
....<http://emedia.netlibrary.com/reader/reader.asp?product_id=9134>
....[14 February 2003].

B Blacker, Irwin R. The Elements of Screenwriting: A Guide for Film and Television Writers.
........ New York: Macmillan USA, Inc., 1996. Internet on-line. Available from
........ <http://emedia.netlibrary.com/reader/reader.asp?product_id=9134>
........[14 February 2003].

Electronic Journal Article
N ....Steven Jay Schneider, "The Haunting, from Novel to Film…to Film, " Journal of Popular
....Film & Television
30, no.3 (Fall 2002) [database on-line]; available from Academic
....Search Elite <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7520504&db=afh>
....[2 February 2003].
B Schneider, Steven Jay. "The Haunting, from Novel to Film…to Film, " Journal of Popular
........Film & Television
30, no.3 (Fall 2002). Database on-line. Available from Academic
........Search Elite <http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=7520504&db=afh>
........ [2 February 2003].
Electronic Document

N ....Amy Aidman, Television Violence: Content, Context, and Consequences (Champaign, IL:
....ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, 1997)
....[database on-line]; available from FirstSearch, ERIC, ED 414078.

B Aidman, Amy. Television Violence: Content, Context, and Consequences. Champaign, IL:
........ ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, 1997. Database
........ on-line. Available from FirstSearch, ERIC, ED 414078.

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