General Formatting for Either System Used (First Page, Heading, Etc.)

Chicago/Turabian Style Citation: Author-date Format

Many of you may be familiar with MLA and APA style citations. However, there is also a lesser know style of citation that you may be asked to use: Chicago/Turabian. This citation style varies substantially from MLA and APA style in that there are two systems, author-date or notes-bibliography, to reference sources. This handout will give you some basic information about the author-date format.

General Formatting for Either System Used (first page, heading, etc.)

• The title page should include the title of the paper, the writer’s name, the title of the course, the instructor’s name, and the date.
• Headings: Each page after the title page should include the writer’s last name and the page number in the upper right hand corner.
• Margins should be set at 1” on each side of the document.
• Block quotations are indented one tab (5 spaces) and double spaced. Omit quotations marks.

Author-date Format

If you are familiar with MLA or APA style citations, this will look familiar, but there are differences. For in-text citation, please see the various in-text examples below. For your reference page, list sources in alphabetical order and format as follows:

Books (One author)

Reference List:Kourik, Robert. 1998. The lavender garden: Beautiful varieties to grow and gather. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

In-text:
(Kourik 1998, 72)

Books (Two to three authors)

Reference List:
Flinders, David J. and Geoffrey E. Mills, eds. 1993. Theory and concepts in qualitative research: Perspectives from the field.New York: Teachers College Press.

In-text:
(Flinders and Mills 1993, 106-8)

Books (Corporate or Organization author)

Reference List:
OhioStateUniversity. Natural Resources Institute. 1959. A directory of Ohio facilities and services for resource conservation. Columbus: Natural Resources Institute.

In-text:
(Ohio State 1959, 33)

Journal Article (One author)

Reference List:
Terborgh, James. 1974. Preservation of natural diversity: The problem of extinction-prone species. BioScience 24: 715-22.

In-text:
(Terborgh 1974, 720)

Journal Article (Two authors)

Reference List:
Bolzan, John F. and Kristen C. Jezek. 2000. Accumulation rate changes in central Greenland from passive microwave data. Polar Geography 27(4): 277-319.

In-text:
(Bolzan and Jezek 2000, 280)

Newspaper Article

Reference List:
Zamiska, Nicholas and Nicholas Casey. 2007. Toy makers face dilemma over supplier. Wall Street Journal, August 17, Corporate Focus section.

In-text:
(Zamiska and Casey 2007)

Electronic Journal Article

Reference List:
Thomas, Trevor M. 1956. Wales: Land of mines and quarries. Geographical Review 46 no. 1: (January), (accessed June 30, 2007).

In-text:
(Thomas 1956)

Electronic Book

Reference List:
Rollin, Bernard E. 1998. The unheeded cry: Animal consciousness, animal pain, and science. Ames, IA: The IowaStateUniversity Press. (accessed June 30, 2007).

In-text:
(Rollin 1998)

Thesis or Dissertation

Reference List:
Karcz, J. 2006. First-principles examination of molecule formation in interstellar grains. PhD diss., CornellUniversity.

In-text:
(Karcz 2006)

Web Site

Reference List:Hermans-Killam, Linda. Infrared astronomy. California Institute of Technology. (accessed July 7, 2005).

In-text:(Hermans-Killam)

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