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Citing Information Using Chicago/Turabian Style, Unofficial
Cynthia Bruns, Reference and Instruction Librarian, cbruns@fullerton.edu
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  • The Chicago Manual of Style, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

  • Kate L. Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago
         Style of Students and Researchers    . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

                To see a visual example of footnotes in a Turbian-style paper, see pages 392-3.
                To see a visual example of endnotes in a Turabian-style paper, see page 400.
                To see a visual example of text with parenthetical citations, see page 394.
                To see a visual example of a bibliography in a Turabian-style paper, see 401-2.

Sample footnotes/endnotes & bibliography citations:

Books: One author

footnote style   1. Giorgio Pestelli, The Age of Mozart and Beethoven. (New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1984), 65.
bibliography style Pestelli, Giorgio. The Age of Mozart and Beethoven. New York: Cambridge
     University Press, 1984.
Books:

 Two authors

footnote style   6. Gerald Abraham and Donald Mitchell, The Mozart Companion (New York:
W.W. Norton, 1956), 104–7.
bibliography style Abraham, Gerald, and Donald Mitchell. The Mozart Companion. New York,
     W.W. Norton, 1956.
Books : 

 Four or more authors

footnote style   13. Edward O. Laumann et al. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual
Practices in the United States (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994), 262.
bibliography style Laumann, Edward O. John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels.
     The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States.
     Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Books: Editor, translator, or compiler instead of author

footnote style   4. Malcolm Boyd, ed., J. S. Bach (New York : Oxford University Press,
1999), 91–92.
bibliography style Boyd, Malcolm, ed. J.S. Bach. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
 
Books: 

 Chapter or other part of a book

footnote style   5. Andrew Wiese, “‘The House I Live In’: Race, Class, and African American
Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States,” in The New Suburban History,
ed. Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue (Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 2006), 101–2.
bibliography style Wiese, Andrew. “‘The House I Live In’: Race, Class, and African American
      Suburban Dreams in the Postwar United States.” In The New Suburban
     History, edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue, 99–119.
     Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Books Published Electronically

footnote style   2. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu
/founders/ (accessed June 27, 2006).
bibliography style Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution.
    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago
    .edu/founders/. Also available in print form and as a CD-ROM.

Journal Article: Article in a print journal

footnote style   8. Katherine Powers, "Music-making Angels in Italian Renaissance Painting:
Symbolism and Reality," Music in Art: International Journal for Music
Iconography 29, no.1-2 (2004): 52-63.
bibliography style Powers, Katherine. "Music-making Angels in Italian Renaissance Painting:
     Symbolism and Reality." Music in Art: International Journal for Music
     Iconography 29 no.1-2 (2004): 52-63.

Journal Articles: Article from an online journal

footnote style   11. Adiloglu, Kamil, Thomas Noll, and Klaus Obermayer, "A Pradigmatic Approach to Extract
the Melodic Structure of a Musical Piece," Journal of New Music Research 35,
no.2 (2006): 221-36. http://web.ebscohost.com/ (accessed October 1, 2007)
bibliography style Kamil, Adiloglu, Thomas Koll, and Klaus Obermayer. "A Pradigmatic Approach
     to Extract the Melodic Structure of a Musical Piece" Journal of New Music
     Research 35, no.2 (2006): 221-36. http://web.ebscohost.com/ (accessed
     October 1, 2007).

Popular Magazine Article

footnote style   29. Steve Martin, “Sports-Interview Shocker,” New Yorker, May 6, 2002, 84.
bibliography style Martin, Steve. “Sports-Interview Shocker.” New Yorker, May 6, 2002.
 

Newspaper Article
Newspaper articles may be cited in running text (“As William Niederkorn noted in a New York Times article on June 20, 2002, . . . ”) instead of in a note or an in-text citation, and they are commonly omitted from a bibliography or reference list as well. The following examples show the more formal versions of the citations.

 
footnote style   10. William S. Niederkorn, “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery,”
New York Times, June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.
bibliography style Niederkorn, William S. “A Scholar Recants on His ‘Shakespeare’ Discovery.”
    New York Times. June 20, 2002, Arts section, Midwest edition.

Sound Recording
List recordings either under the title of the recording or under the name of the composer or performer, depending on which is more relevant to your discussion.  Include as much information about the recording as you can to distinguish it from similar recordings (Turbian, 202-203)

footnote style   11. Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 29 "Hammerklavier," Rudolf Serkin,
Proarte Digital CDD 270, 1992.
bibliography style Bernstein, Leonard, dir. Symphony no. 5 by Dmitri Shostakovich. New York
     Philharmonic. CBS IM 35854. 1985.

Musical Scores
Cite a published musical score as you would a book. (Turabian, 205)

footnote style   1. Giuseppe Verdi, Il corsaro (melodramma tragico in three acts), libretto by
Francesco Maria Piave, ed. Elizabeth Hudson, 2 vols., The Works of Giuseppe
Verdi, ser 1, Operas (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; Milan: G. Ricordi, 1998).
bibliography style Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Sonatas and Fantasies for the Piano, Prepared from
      the autographs and earliest printed sources by Nathan Broder. Rev. ed. Bryn Mawr,
      PA: Theodore Presser, 1960.

Live Performances
Cite live theatre, music, or dance performances only in the notes.  Include the title of the work, the name of key performers, their roles, the venue and location and the date.    If you are including this citation in your paper because of the performance of an individual, list the person's name before the title of the work. Italicize the title of long works.  The title of shorter works are to be enclosed in quotation marks. (Turabian, 201)

footnote style   14. Bertie Blue, by Cheryl L. West, directed by Seret Scott, Second State Theater,
New York, June 22, 2005.
footnote style   15. Yuja Wang, pianist, "La Valse," by Maurice Ravel, Orchestra Hall, March 26, 2006.

Websites

footnote style   11. American Musicological Society, "Update on the The Nalini Ghuman case,"  October
1, 2007, http://www.ams-net.org/ghuman-news.php (accessed October 2, 2007).
bibliography style American Musicological Society. "Update on the The Nalini Ghuman case"  October 1,
     2007. http://www.ams-net.org/ghuman-news.php (accessed October 2, 2007).
 

Some words of advice:
If a book is available in more than one format, you should cite the version that you consulted.
Style guides are open to interpretation, always follow the details that your professor prefers.
 

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