{"id":1667,"date":"2018-06-20T15:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-chicago-turabian-style\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:26:33","slug":"introduction-to-chicago-turabian-style","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-chicago-turabian-style\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Chicago\/Turabian Style","rendered":"Introduction to Chicago\/Turabian Style"},"content":{"raw":"
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When to Use Chicago\/Turabian Style<\/h2>\r\nChicago style, created by the University of Chicago, is the primary citation style used for papers in history.\r\n
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Key Takeaways<\/h3>\r\n
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  • Chicago style is another of the most common citation and formatting styles.<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Chicago style is based on The Chicago Manual of Style\u00a0<\/em>(17th edition, 2017).<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Turabian style is based on Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of <\/em> Research<\/em> Papers, <\/em> Theses<\/em>, and <\/em> Dissertations<\/em>, which is very similar to Chicago style but with an emphasis on student writing.<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Chicago style provides guidelines for grammar, formatting, and citing your sources.<\/li>\r\n \t
  • There are two subsets of Chicago\/Turabian style which cite their research sources differently: Author\u2013Date and Notes and Bibliography.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nChicago style is a citation and formatting style you may encounter in your academic career. Any piece of academic writing can use Chicago style, from a one-page paper to a full-length book. It is used by most historical journals and some social science publications. If you are writing a paper for a history class, it is likely your professor will ask you to write in Chicago style.\r\n

    The\u00a0Chicago Manual<\/h3>\r\nThe Chicago Manual of Style<\/em> (abbreviated in writing as Chicago style, CMS, or CMOS) is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its\u00a0seventeen editions (the most recent was published in 2017) have specified writing and citation styles widely used in publishing, particularly in the book industry (as opposed to newspaper publishing, where AP style is more common). Chicago style deals with many aspects of editorial practice. It remains the basis for the Style Guide of the American Anthropological Association<\/em> and the Style Sheet<\/em> for the Organization of American Historians. Many small publishers throughout the world adopt it as their style.\r\n

    The Turabian Manual<\/h3>\r\n\"Turabian style\" is named after the book's original author, Kate L. Turabian, who developed it for the University of Chicago. Except for a few minor differences, Turabian style is the same as Chicago style. However, while Chicago style focuses on providing guidelines for publishing in general, Turabian's Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations<\/em> focuses on providing guidelines for student papers, theses, and dissertations.\r\n

    The Purpose of Chicago\/Turabian Style<\/h3>\r\nChicago\/Turabian style offers writers a choice of several different formats, because it is used in a wide variety of academic disciplines. It allows the mixing of formats, provided that the result is clear and consistent.\r\n\r\nThe most recent edition of The Chicago Manual of Style<\/em> permits the use of both in-text citation systems (\"Author\u2013Date\" style, which is usually used in the social sciences)\u00a0or footnotes and endnotes (this is called \"Notes and Bibliography\" style, which is usually used in the humanities).\r\n

    Grammar and Formatting<\/h3>\r\nChicago style includes many basic grammatical rules. For example, Chicago style does use the Oxford comma, which some other citation styles (e.g., AP style) do not. Other examples include rules about what punctuation should be included inside a quotation and when to use what type of dash. For instance, Author\u2013Date citations are usually placed just inside<\/em>\u00a0a mark of punctuation.\r\n

    Citations<\/h3>\r\nAs mentioned above, the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>\u00a0permit the use of either\u00a0in-text citation systems\u00a0or footnotes and endnotes. It can give information about in-text citation by page number or by year of publication; it even provides for variations in styles of footnotes and endnotes, depending on whether the paper includes a full bibliography at the end.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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    Overall Structure and Formatting of a Chicago\/Turabian Paper<\/h2>\r\nEvery paper written in Chicago\/Turabian style has the same basic structural elements.\r\n
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    Key Takeaways<\/h3>\r\n

    Key Points<\/h4>\r\n