Chicago/Turabian style is a way of citing your sources in your work.
Chicago and Turabian are basically the same thing, but Chicago is used by academics and researchers, while Turabian is used by students for research papers that will not be published. Chicago and Turabian both follow the same citation format, but Chicago has much more complicated rules.
There are two ways to cite in Chicago/Turabian: the Author-Date style and the Notes-Bibliography (NB) style. Check with your teacher to see which they prefer.
The Author-Date system is used by students writing papers that will not be formally published. Here, you cite your sources briefly in parentheses using the author’s last name and the year of publication. Each in-text citation is listed more fully in your reference list at the end.
The Notes-Bibliography system is used by professional researchers and academics. In this system, you cite your sources using numbered footnotes and endnotes. Each of these has a superscript number in the text. You also list your sources in a separate bibliography.
Use this template to help you create citations for ANY source you encounter. This template comes from the SUNY Broome Library.
Access Date: The date you first look at a source. Add the access date to the end of citations for all websites except library databases.
Citation: The details about one source you are citing.
Citing: The process of acknowledging the sources of your information and ideas.
In-Text Citation: A brief note in your paper or essay at the point where you use information from a source to indicate where the information came from. An in-text citation should always match more detailed information that is available in the Works Cited List.
Paraphrasing: Taking information that you have read and putting it into your own words.
Plagiarism: Taking the ideas or words of another person and using them as your own.
Quoting: Copying words of text originally published elsewhere. Direct quotations generally appear in quotation marks and end with a citation.
Reference List: Contains details on ALL the sources cited in a text or essay, and supports your research and/or prem
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