Turabian Basics

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Turabian Basics

• Graduate Writing Center
• Morgan P. Cassady

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Turabian Style Manual
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Pages

• Parts of the paper
• Title page
• Table of contents
• List of illustrations/figures/tables
• Preface
• Glossary
• Abstract
• Text
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Required

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Title Page

• Title page for a class paper
• Information
• Title (all capital letters)
• Writer
• Course ( including number)
• Date
• No Page Number on Title Page
• See pg. 378 in Turabian Style Manual

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Title (All Caps)
Writer
Course Info.
Date (Single Spaced)
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Title Page

• Title page for a thesis/dissertation
• Information
• 1. University Name
• 2. Title (all capital letters)
• 3. Reason for Thesis/Dissertation
• 4. Writer
• 5. City and State
• 6. Date of Completion

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University name
Title
Reason for the Thesis/ Dissertation
Double spaced
By and your name
City and State of school
Date of completion
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Body

• The Text
• Divisions (may not be required but are preferred)
• Citing
• Footnotes
• Other
• Double space unless otherwise noted
• 12 pt. font (Times New Roman)

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Body

• Divisions
• Introduction
• Body
• a. Chapters
• b. Headings
• c. Sub-Headings
• No strict format
• Never end a page with a sub-heading
• Triple space between sub-headings
• Refer to Section A.2.2 in Turabian Style Manual
• Be Consistent
• Conclusion

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1 inch
1 inch
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Body

• Citing
• Quotes
• Less than 5 lines use quotation marks
• Block quotes 5 lines or more which is not a full
  paragraph
• Indent entire quote as far as first line in
  paragraph
• Single-spaced
• No quotation marks
• Full paragraph quotessame as block quote but
  with one extra tab indentation for 1st line
• Paraphrases

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Body

• Footnotes
• Used for
• Referring to the original source
• Use when citing an exact quote
• Use when citing a paraphrase of the text
• Further explanation of the text
• Citing where to find more info. about an issue
  within the text

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Body

• Footnotes, cont.
• First Reference
• Cite all information
• First name first
• Follow style format
• Refer to Section 16.1 in Turabian Style Manual
• 3. Second reference
• Authors last name (comma)
• Short version of title (comma)
• Page number (period)

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Body

• Footnotes, cont.
• 4. Consecutive citing of same source
• Ibid. (comma)
• Page number (if different page)
• Period (if same page)
• 5. Non-Consecutive citing of same source
• Use shortened form
• See format used for Second Reference

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Body

• Footnotes, cont.
• Format
• 10 or 12 point font
• Indented
• Notes are single spaced
• There is a space separating each note
• Notes begin in a superscript number
• End each note in a period

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Consecutive reference to same source
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Body

• D. Other
• Page number
• Title page is not labeled
• Text begins as Page 1
• Page numbers shown on every page of the text
• Three possible locations
• Centered in the footer
• Centered in the header
• Flush right in the header
• f. Be Consistent

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Bibliography

• Bibliography
• Word - Bibliography
• Top of page
• Centered
• Alphabetical order
• Hanging indent
• Multiple works by same author
• Author's name on first
• Eight space line replaces thereafter (____)

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