Below is the authoritative source for citing sources using Turabian style.
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Turabian is a style of writing and formatting that was created by Kate Turbian. It is adapted from the University of Chicago's 'Chicago' style of citation and is most commonly used in the social sciences.
Turabian covers two different forms for citation:
THE EXAMPLES FOUND ON THESE PAGES ARE FORMATTED USING THE NOTES-BIBLIOGRAPHY STYLE.
IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHICH FORM TO USE, CONSULT YOUR PROFESSOR.
The Chicago and Turabian styles are nearly identical.
Kate Turabian, the dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago for over 30 years, developed her guide for students and researchers writing papers, theses, and dissertations. Her manual is based on the University of Chicago Press's Manual of Style and departs from it in few places. "Turabian," as her guide is called, synthesizes the rules most important for students' papers and other scholarly research not intended for publication, and omits some of the publishing details and options that "Chicago" provides.
The differences between the Chicago and Turabian styles are mainly seen in how notes are numbered.
In Turabian style, use superscript 1 for endnote and footnote numbers in the text and at the beginning of each note.
In Chicago style, the note number in the text is in parentheses (1) and is followed by a period and space in the note, as in the following example:
1. Chicago
1Turabian
Designed to help students properly cite in Turabian Style.
Created by Jerry N. Barlow, Sandy Vandercook, & Eddie Campbell, New Orleans Theological Seminary