Chicago/Turabian Citation Style

1. Some professors use the Chicago Manual and Turabian Style interchangeably, however they are -not- exactly the same.
2. The Turabian Style was adapted from the Chicago Manual for papers, theses, and dissertations, while the Chicago Manuel refers more to publishers, editors, and authors of journal articles. If you are unsure which to use, please refer to your professor for specific instructions.
3. The Chicago Manual is sometimes used in the curriculum for art history, political science, art history, geography and others depending on the professor.
4. There are three different citation formats for the Chicago/Turabian style: bibliography with footnotes, bibliography with endnotes, and author-date format.
5. These styles allows writers to support their own ideas with pre-existing information while ensuring that each source is correctly documented (be it a direct quote or paraphrasing) in the hopes of eliminating any possible accusation of plagiarism.
6. The fifteenth edition of the Chicago Manual was published in 2003 and the seventh edition of the Turabian Style was published in May of 2007.

• Here is a link (PDF) to basic Chicago/Turabian guidelines provided by the Writing Center on the endnote/footnote formats.