RHCS 104: Interpreting Rhetorical Texts: Chicago/Turabian

[Chicago Quick Guide]

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• Chicago Style - Citation Quick Guide - [Part of subscription access available to UR faculty, staff and students] - Includes both Footnotes and Author/Date examples.
• OWL @ Purdue: Chicago Formatting and Style Guide
• EasyBib Chicago Quick Guide
• • FOOTNOTES in Chicago -- EasyBib Quick Guide

• Turabian Quick Guide - Overview of basic examples from Univ. of Chicago Press website for Turabian 8th edition. Turabian is essentially the same as Chicago, with minor modifications to meet student writing needs.

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 There are 2 styles to choose from when using Chicago -- you need to ask your professor which style he or she would like you to use. The main differences between the styles are where the references are placed, where the dates are placed and how the titles are capitalized.

1. Notes/Bibliography - Humanities: numbered footnotes or endnotes at the bottom of each page, with Bibliography or Works Cited list at the end of the paper, listing alphabetically the sources in your notes. Your professor may not require that you include a separate Works Cited list if all of the information is included in your footnotes -- but you may be asked to provide a bibliography of all sources consulted.

2. Reference List/Parenthetical (in-text citations) - Author/Date: in your text, brief references are listed consisting of the author's last name, publication year, and page(s) referred to, with an alphabetized Reference List at the end of your paper.  The reference list at the end of your paper provides complete entries for works cited in parenthetical references.