Turabian Footnotes

Detailed guidelines for formatting according to Turabian style can be found in Kate Turabians Manual for Writers of
Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7
th
edition. Below are some examples of citations for common types of
sources. Quoted or paraphrased material should be cited in footnotes (unless a teacher specifcally asks for
endnotes). Footnotes should be single-spaced.
TYPE OF SOURCE FIRST REFERENCE
Basic order
1
Authors full name, Book Title, ed., Trans., Series, Edition, Vol. Number
(Place: Publisher, Year), Pages.
Book
2
Elisabeth Schssler Fiorenza, In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological
Reconstruction of Christian Origins (New York: Crossroad, 1984), 29.
Book in a series
3
Mark William Worthing, God, Creation, and Contemporary Physics, Theology
and the Sciences (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996), ch. 3.
Edited book
4
Kristen E. Kwam, Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler, eds., Eve and
Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender (Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1999), 129-55.
Essay or chapter in an
edited book
5
Anthony J. Saldarini, Judaism and the New Testament, The New Testament
and Its Modern Interpreters, Eldon J. Epp and George W. MacRae, eds.
(Philadelphia: Fortress, 1989), 27-54.
Multi-volume work
6
Karl Rahner, On the Theology of Hope, Theological Investigations, vol. 10 (New
York: Herder and Herder, 1973), 250.
Journal article
7
David Shepherd, Violence in the Fields? Translating, Reading, and Revising in
Ruth 2. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001): 444-63.
Encyclopedia article
8
Hans-Josef Klauck, Lords Supper, The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David
Noel Freedman, vol. 2 (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 275.
Unsigned encyclopedia
article
9
Tyre, Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, CD ROM (Microsoft Systems, 1998).
Website source
10
Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees, Evanston Public Library Strategic
Plan, 20002010: A Decade of Outreach, Evanston Public Library,
http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).
Electronic book
11
Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders Constitution (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1987), http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
(accessed June 27, 2006).
Article in an online journal
12
Mark A. Hlatky et al., Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in
Postmenopausal Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart
and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial, Journal of the American
Medical Association 287, no. 5 (2002), http://jama.ama-
assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo (accessed January 7, 2004).
Weblog entry or comment
13
Peter Pearson, comment on The New American Dilemma: Illegal
Immigration, The Becker-Posner Blog, comment posted March 6, 2006,
http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/03/the_new_america.
html#c080052 (accessed March 28, 2006).
Email message
14
John Doe, e-mail message to author, October 31, 2005.
Item in an online database
15
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, ed. John Bostock and H. T. Riley, in the
Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?
lookup=Plin.+Nat.+1.dedication (accessed November 17, 2005).
Ellen Whites works
16
Ellen White, Selected Messages, vol. 1, (Nashville: Southern, 1930), 38.
Bible Cite in your text (not in your footnotes) by book, chapter, and verse: Gen. 1:1-3;
Exod. 7:13; Rom. 5:1-8. In your Bibliography, list the version of Bible you have used.
Repeated Citations
Do not use Ibid. in repeated citations. If you delete or change sources, you can easily lose what Ibid refers to.
Sources cited earlier can be referred to by the author or editors names, a shorter title, and page number.
Example:
3
Koester, Introduction, 42.
When citing a previously used work by Ellen White, cite either in footnote as with other books, or else in text.
Example: Ellen White also speaks about the Paradise Valley Sanitarium (1 SM 38).
Turabian Bibliography
Most bibliography entries are arranged in alphabetical order. Unlike the note entries, which indent the frst line,
the frst lines of bibliography entries are fush left, and all subsequent lines are indented fve spaces. Bibliography
entries also difer from footnotes in placing the family name before the frst and in using periods rather than
commas or parentheses to separate the main parts of the entry. Page numbers are only given when the item is a
part of a whole work (e.g. a chapter in a book or an article in a periodical). The bibliography should be single-
spaced with a double-space between each entry.
TYPE OF SOURCE BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRY
Basic order Authors last name, frst name and initial. Book Title. Ed. Trans. Series. Edition. Vol.
Number. Place: Publisher, Year.
Book Schssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological
Reconstruction of Christian Origins. New York: Crossroad, 1984.
Book in a series Worthing, Mark William. God, Creation, and Contemporary Physics. Theology and the
Sciences. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.
Edited book Kwam, Kristen E., Linda S. Schearing, and Valarie H. Ziegler, eds. Eve and Adam:
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1999.
Essay or chapter in an
edited book
Saldarini, Anthony J. Judaism and the New Testament. In The New Testament and
Its Modern Interpreters. Ed. Eldon J. Epp and George W. MacRae. Philadelphia:
Fortress, 1989.
Multi-volume work Rahner, Karl. On the Theology of Hope. In Theological Investigations, vol. 10. New
York: Herder and Herder, 1973.
Journal article David Shepherd, Violence in the Fields? Translating, Reading, and Revising in
Ruth 2. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 63 (2001), 444-63.
Encyclopedia article Hans-Josef Klauck, Lords Supper. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. David Noel
Freedman. Vol. 2. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Unsigned encyclopedia
article
Tyre. Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. CD Rom. Microsoft Systems, 1998.
Website source Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. Evanston Public Library Strategic Plan,
20002010: A Decade of Outreach. Evanston Public Library.
http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html (accessed June 1, 2005).
Electronic book Kurland, Philip B., and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders Constitution. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/
(accessed June 27, 2006).
Article in an online journal Hlatky, Mark A., Derek Boothroyd, Eric Vittinghof, Penny Sharp, and Mary A.
Whooley. Quality-of-Life and Depressive Symptoms in Postmenopausal
Women after Receiving Hormone Therapy: Results from the Heart and
Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Trial. Journal of the American
Medical Association 287, no. 5 (February 6, 2002), http://jama.ama-
assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo (accessed January 7,
2004).
Weblog entry or comment Becker-Posner Blog, The. http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/ (accessed March
28, 2006).
Email message E-mail messages may be cited in running text (In an e-mail message to the
author on October 31, 2005, John Doe revealed . . .) instead of in a note or a
parenthetical citation, and they are rarely listed in a bibliography or reference list.
The following example shows the more formal version of a note.
Item in an online database Perseus Digital Library. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ (accessed November 17,
2005).
Ellen White White, Ellen G. Christs Object Lessons. Washington D.C.: Review and Herald
Publishing Association, 1900.
Bible The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.
NOTE : Thanks to the University of Chicagos Turabian Quick Guide for some of the examples listed above.
For more on Turabian style, visit
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html.