LibGuides: Chicago/Turabian Style: Bibliography, Footnotes & Formatting

Bibliography Tips

Use headline style: capitalize all words in a title when it's in English--even if the item itself does not capitalize those words.

Always use curly quotation marks, rather than straight. Exercise caution when copying/pasting citations from other sources, as sometimes this changes the type of quotation mark used.

If you have a title *within* a journal article title, insert apostrophes outside of the nested title, instead of regular quotation marks.

Example: Smith, Toby. "Going the Distance: An Analysis of 'Going For Speed' That Will Blow Your Mind." Journal of Mind Blowing (etc)

Chicago Turabian Footnote Endnote Video Part 1

Formatting Footnotes

Insert an indent on the first line of each footnote (start the indent before the subscript number)

Insert one horizontal line of space between each footnote

Footnote 2 is an example of a discursive footnote

Footnote 4 is an example of using Ibid. for repeating the previous source

Footnote 5 is an example of the shortened form

Chicago Turabian Footnote Endnote Video Part 2

Use Three Emdashes for Repeating Author Names

If your bibliography contains two items by the same author, do not repeat the author's name. Instead, replace the name with three emdashes followed by a period. For example:

Smith, Mary. Everybody Loves Em Dashes, Always. New York: Turabian University Press, 2011.

———. No Seriously, We All Love Em Dashes. New York: Turabian University Press, 2012.

If you're on a Mac, do shift option dash for one em dash.

If you're on a PC, watch this silent video for a demonstration.

Turabian Document Setup

Attribution

Attribution: DePauw University Libraries, Turabian/Chicago Style, Music Citations