Sample Turabian (Chicago) Citations

Introduction 

The examples below are consistent with the format in Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.  You can find this guide in the reference stacks at LB2369 .T8 1996.  Please consult this book for more citation examples and information about proper formatting.

For the rest of this page, FOOTNOTE (or endnote) examples are marked with an "F."

Examples from a BIBLIOGRAPHY are marked with a "B."

You can also consult this online reference: Diana Hacker, A Writer's Reference.

Books and Book Chapters

Book with no author or editor

F	History: A Lifestyle (Chicago: Historial Press, 2005), 15-17.
B	History: A Lifestyle. Chicago: Historical Press, 2005.

Book with one author

F	Alexander Hamilton. Creating Currency: The Hunt for the Dollar (New York: Albany Federalist Papers, 1789), 3.
B	Hamilton, Alexander. Creating Currency: The Hunt for the Dollar. New York: Albany Federalist Papers, 1789.

Book with two authors

F	John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The Building of a Nation (Richmond: Federal Press, 1804), 15.
B	Adams, John, and Thomas Jefferson. The Building of a Nation. Richmond: Federal Press, 1804.

Book with multiple authors

F	Aaron Burr and others. Political Status and the Art of the Duel (New York: Federalist Press, 1799), 39.
B	Burr, Aaron, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. Political Status and the Art of the Duel. New York: Federalist Press, 1799.

Edited book (editor in place of an author)

F	Priscilla Mason, ed., Graduation Speeches at the Philadelphia Young Ladies' Academy (Philadelphia: Revolutionary Millenial Press, 1792), 6.
B	Mason, Priscilla, ed. Graduation Speeches at the Philadelphia Young Ladies' Academy. Philadelphia: Revolutionary Millenial Press, 1792.

Chapter or article by one author within a book (published by another author)

F	Mary Wollstonecraft, "Vindication of the Rights of Women Revisited," in The Long Struggle for Women's Rights: Global Perspectives, ed. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: Seneca Falls Press, 1848), 50.
B	Wollstonecraft, Mary. "Vindication of the Rights of Women Revisited." In The Long Struggle for Women's Rights: Global Perspectives, ed. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 49-75, New York: Seneca Falls Press, 1848.

Articles (Scholarly and Unscholarly)

Article in a professional journal

F	Benjamin Rush, "Doctoring to the Revolution: Reflections on the Revolutionary Spirit," Journal of New American Medicine 3 (March 1786): 97.
B	Rush, Benjamin. "Doctoring to the Revolution: Reflections on the Revolutionary Spirit." Journal of New American Medicine 3 (March 1786): 92-108.

Article in a popular magazine

F	Mercy Otis Warren, "History of the Battle of Saratoga: What Really Happened," American Revolutionary Today, 12 June 1781, 10.
B	Warren, Mercy Otis. "History of the Battle of Saratoga: What Really Happened." American Revolutionary Today, 12 June 1781, 7-22.

Article in a newspaper

F	"Port Taxes and Other Forms of Oppression," Boston Times, 1 April 1772, 1.
B	"Port Taxes and Other Forms of Oppression." Boston Times, 1 April 1772.

Commentaries

One-volume commentary with a different author for each book of the Bible

F	Leo Laberge, "Micah," in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and Roland E. Murphy (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990), 249.
B	Laberge, Leo. "Micah." In The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, ed. Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer, and Roland E. Murphy, 249-254. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice hall, 1990.

One volume from a multi-volume commentary set

F	Francis I. Anderson and David Noel Freedman, Micah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible (New York: Anchor, 2000), 73.
B	Anderson, Francis I. and David Noel Freedman. Micah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. The Anchor Bible. New York: Anchor, 2000.

Note: The name of a commentary set is treated as a series, not as part of the title.