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Research & Engagement Department
Research & Engagement Department
Chicago & Turabian Styles (University of Chicago Press)
The Chicago Manual of Style and the companion guide for students, Turabian's Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, are widely used in history and many other disciplines. These manuals offer two different systems of documentation:
- Notes and bibliography style -- commonly used in humanities
- Author-date (in-text parenthetical) style -- commonly used in social sciences and sciences
The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.) by Call Number: Morris Library Reference Desk - Non-Circulating - Z253 .C57
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition by Call Number: Ref LB2369 .T8 2018ISBN: 9780226494425Publication Date: 2018-04-16When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work in a logical way. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations--also known as "Turabian"--remains one of the most popular books for writers because of its timeless focus on achieving these goals.
