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Turabian

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

Notes are single spaced. The first line is indented 5 spaces and runover lines are flush left.

Bibliographies are single spaced with one blank line between the entries. The first line is flush left and runover lines are indented 5 spaces.

If Footnotes are used, then a Bibliography is included at the end of the paper (examples below).

If Parenthical References are used, then a Reference List is at the end of the paper.

Parenthical Reference
(Author's Last Name or the Title if no author listed Date, pages)
(Kinard 1971, 89)

Reference List vs. Bibliography
Reference List has the date as the 2nd element of the citation vs. Bibliography where it is last. Reference List has the 1st word in the title and subtitle capitalized vs. Bibliography where all significant words in each are capitalized.

No Author
Notes
    2 Book Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, [Date]), pages.
    2 The Complete Dog Book (New York: Harper Book House, [1998]), 321.

Bibliography
Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, [Date].
The Complete Dog Book. New York: Harper Book House, [1998].

One Author
Notes
    1 Author's first and last names, Book Title (City: Publisher, Date), pages.
    1 Epsie Kinard, The Care and Keeping of Antiques. (New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1971) 89-90.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Kinard, Epsie. The Care and Keeping of Antiques. New York: Hawthorne Books, Inc., 1971.

Two or more authors
Notes
    14 Author's first and last names and rest of authors by first and last names, Book Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, Date), pages.
    14 Clarice Rutherford and David H. Neil, How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With (New York: MJF Books, 1999), 152.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name and rest of authors by first and last name. Book Title.
    Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Rutherford, Clarice and David H. Neil. How to Raise a Puppy You Can Live With. New York: MJF
    Books, 1999.

Editor
Notes
    4 Editor's first and last names, ed., Book Title (Place of Publication: Publisher, Date), pages.
    4 Robert A. Pratt, ed., Selections from the Tales of Canterbury, and Short Poems (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966), 179.

Bibliography
Editor's last name, first name, ed. Title of the Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Pratt, Robert A., ed. Selections from the Tales of Canterbury, and Short Poems. Boston:
    Houghton Mifflin, 1966.

Government Document (see manual for specifics)
Notes
    21 Name of the Agency, Title of Publication, Congress, Date, pages.
    21 Congress, Senate, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Apollo 13 Mission Review Hearing, 91st Cong., 2nd sess., 20 June 1970, 42-75.

Bibliography
Name of the Government. Name of the Agency. Title of Publication. Place of Publication:
    Publisher, Date.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. Apollo 13 Mission Review
     Hearing,
91st Cong., 2nd ., 20 June 1970.

Several Volumes
Notes
    3 Author's or Editor's first and last names, Title of set, volume (Place of Publication: Publisher, Date), pages.
    3 Frank N. Magill, ed., The Great Scientists, vol. 3 (Danbury: Grolier Educational Corporation, 1989), 32-35.

Bibliography
Author's or Editor's last name, first name, initial., ed. Title of set. Number of volumes.
    Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Magill, Frank N., ed. The Great Scientists. 12 vols. Danbury: Grolier Educational Corporation, 1989.

Encyclopedia—unsigned article
Notes
    41 Encyclopedia Title, edition or publication date, s.v. (which means "under the word") "Title of the Article."
    41 The World Book Encyclopedia, 2002 ed., s.v. "Olympic Games."

Bibliography
Well-know encyclopedias are generally not listed in bibliographies.

Encyclopedia--signed article
Notes
    34 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," in Encyclopedia Title, edition or publication date, pages.
    34 Marta Tienda, "Hispanic Americans," in Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2000 ed., 1187.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." in Encyclopedia Title, edition or publication date.
Tienda, Marta. "Hispanic Americans." in Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2000 ed.

Magazine Article—signed
Notes
    34 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," Magazine Title, Day Month Year, pages.
    34 Anne Underwood, "The Quest For Artificial Blood," Newsweek, 24 June 2002, 68.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Day Month Year, pages.
Underwood, Anne. "The Quest For Artificial Blood." Newsweek, 24 June 2002, 68-71.

Magazine Article—unsigned
Notes
    14 "Article Title," Magazine Title, Day Month Year, pages.
    14 "Harmonious Galaxy," Billboard, 29 June 2002, 58.

Bibliography
"Article Title." Magazine Title, Day Month Year, pages.
"Harmonious Galaxy." Billboard, 29 June 2002, 58.

Newspaper Article—signed
Notes
    6 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," Newspaper Title, Day Month Year, pages.
    6 Frank L. Kluckhorn, "United in Congress, Only One Negative Vote as President Calls to War and Victory, Rounds of Cheers, Miss Rankin's is Sole 'No' as Both Houses Act in Quick Time," The New York Times, 9 December 1941, A1.

Bibliography
Daily Papers are rarely listed in a bibliography.

Newspaper Article—unsigned
Notes
    10 "Article Title," Newspaper Title, Day Month Year, pages.
    10 "Lifesaving Coin Found on Hunley to go on Display," The Charlotte Observer, 23 February 2002, 2B.

Bibliography
Daily Papers are rarely listed in a bibliography.

Scholarly Journal
Notes
    32 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," Journal Title volume number, issue number (publication year): pages.
    32 Paul Hemp, "My Week as a Room-Service Waiter at the Ritz," Harvard Business Review 80, no. 6 (2002): 50.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Journal Title volume number, issue number (publication
     year): pages.
Hemp, Paul. "My Week as a Room-Service Waiter at the Ritz." Harvard Business Review 80,
    no. 6 (2002): 50.

Book Review
Notes
    17 Reviewer's first and last names, review of Title of the Work Reviewed, by Author's first and last names, Magazine Title volume (Day Month Year): pages.
    17 Bruce A. Cook, review of Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike, Commonweal 11 May 1962): 184.

Bibliography
Reviewer's last name, first name. Review of Title of the Work Reviewed, by Author's first
     and last names. Magazine Title volume (Day Month Year): pages.
Cook, Bruce A. Review of Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. Commonweal (11 May
     1962): 184.

On-line Abstract of article
Notes
    1 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," Magazine Title (Day Month Year) pages [database online]; abstract; available from Name of the Database, <URL of service if known> Day Month Year of Access.
    1 Goodrich, John. "All in a Day's Work: Tracking Siberian Tigers," Wildlife Conservation (May-June 2002) 10 [database online]; abstract; available from Expanded Academic ASAP, <http://www.plcmc.org/online> (26 June 2002).

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Day Month Year, pages
    [database online]; abstract; available from Name of the Database, <URL of service if known> (Day
    Month Year of Access).
Goodrich, John. "All in a Day's Work: Tracking Siberian Tigers." Wildlife Conservation
    May-June 2002, 10 [database online]; abstract; available from Expanded Academic ASAP,
    <http://www.plcmc.org/online> (26 June 2002).

CD-ROM Notes
    17 Author's first and last names, "Article Title," Magazine Title Day Month Year, edition if known: pages, Database, [CD-ROM], Publisher, Electronic Publication Date.
    17 John Shaw, "Updated Shakespeare, at the Opera and in the Outback," New York Times 1 August 2001: E2, New York Times Ondisc [CD-ROM], ProQuest, April 2002.

Bibliography
Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Magazine Title Day Month Year, edition if known:
    pages. Database. [CD-ROM]. Publisher. Electronic Publication Date.
Shaw, John. "Updated Shakespeare, at the Opera and in the Outback." New York Times 1 August
     2001: E2. New York Times Ondisc, [CD-ROM]. ProQuest. April 2002.

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