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History : Turabian Samples

This guide covers basic resources that may be useful to the History Department.

Turabian Citation Style

Note: The following examples are for the bibliographic version of Turabian. For examples on the Turabian author-date system, visit the Turabian Quick Guide.

The following citations are color coded to help you identify the various parts of the citation.

Books

Print: Printed books are ones you can hold in your hands.
Format:	*Author(s). Book Title. Edition number* (only if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or Country) of publisher: Publisher's Name, copyright year.
Example:	*Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2005.*

Online: Online books are any that you need a computer to read. Sometimes they are referred to as eBooks or electronic books.
Format:	*Author(s). Book Title. Edition number* (only if it is the second edition or above). City, State (or Country) of publisher: Publisher's Name; copyright year. URL [accessed date].
*Example:*	*Collin, P.H. Dictionary of Business. 4th ed. London: A & C Black; 2006. http://www.credoreference.com/vol/525 [accessed February 9, 2009].*

Journals

Print: Printed journals are periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc. you can hold in your hands.
Format:	Author(s). "Article Title." Journal Name vol, no. [date]: inclusive pages.
Example:	Richards, Bernard. "Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Aesthetic Culture." Essays in Criticism 58, no. 4 [October 2008]: 363-369.

Online: Online journals are periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc that you need a computer to read. Sometimes they are referred to as eJournals or electronic journals.
Format:	Author(s). "Article Title." Journal Name vol, no. [date]. URL [accessed date].
Example:	Gill, A.A. "Sicily Crypts - Where the Dead Don't Sleep." National Geographic 215, no. 2 [February 2009]. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com /2009/02/sicily-crypts/gill-text [accessed February 9, 2009].

Web Sites

Format:	Author (or, if no author is available, the name of the organization responsible for the site). "Title." Name of the Web site, URL [accessed date].
Example:	American Cancer Society. "Detailed Guide: Castleman Disease." Cancer Reference Information, http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp? dt=70 [accessed February 9, 2009].