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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and DissertationsPeace, justice and conflict studies; humanities; and history use Turabian citation style.
The final authority for Turabian style is A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, (8th ed., 2013). The final authority for the bibliographic form used in your paper is your professor.
There are two common forms of citation in the Turabian style
The following are examples for the bibliography-style. This style requires footnotes (or endnotes) and a bibliography. The first time a source appears in a footnote, the full citation is given. The second and subsequent times that source is listed only the author's last name, an abbreviated title and the page number need to be included.
Full text journal article from a database:
Include the stable URL listed with the article.
(footnote):
4. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, "Feeding the World in the New Millennium," Environment 43, no. 6
(2001): 27, http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=4764111&site=ehost-live
(accessed October 16, 2001).
(bibliography):
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per. "Feeding the World in the New Millennium." Environment43, no. 6 (2001):
22-31. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=4764111&site=ehost-live
(accessed October 16, 2001).
Website:
(footnote)
3. Anup Shah, "Causes of Poverty," Global Issues That Affect Everyone,
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/ Poverty.asp (accessed October 16, 2001).
(bibliography):
Shah, Anup. "Causes of Poverty." Global Issues That Affect Everyone.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.asp (accessed October 16, 2001).
Book:
(footnote):
1. George S. McGovern, The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time (New York: Simon &
Schuster, 2001), 100.
(bibliography):
McGovern, George S. The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time. New York: Simon & Schuster,
2001.
Book association as author:
(footnote):
2. Action Against Hunger, The Geopolitics of Hunger, 2000-2001: Hunger and Power (Boulder:
L. Rienner, 2001), 55.
(bibliography):
Action Against Hunger. The Geopolitics of Hunger, 2000-2001: Hunger and Power.
Boulder: L. Rienner, 2001.
Essay by one author in a book edited by another author:
(footnote):
6. Gordon Straw, "Race, Poverty, and the Environment: The Disadvantaged Face Greater
Risks," in The Global Ecology, ed. Edward Moran (New York: Wilson, 1999), 30.
(bibliography):
Straw, Gordon. "Race, Poverty, and the Environment: The Disadvantaged Face Greater Risks."
In The Global Ecology, ed. Edward Moran. 11-30. New York: Wilson, 1999.
Journal article:
(footnote):
(bibliography):
Rich, Bruce. "Still Waiting." Ecologist 30, no. 6 (2000): 8-17.
Biblical citation:
(footnote):
(bibliography):
You do not need to include the Bible in your bibliography.
Video:
(footnote):
5. Adrian Malone, "Tightrope of Power", part 9 of Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the
Modern World, VHS, prod. Michael Grant & Richard Meech (Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1992).
(bibliography):
Malone, Adrian. "Tightrope of Power." Part 9. Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern
World. VHS. Produced by Michael Grant & Richard Meech. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1992.
Lecture notes:
(footnote):
(bibliography):
Shetler, Jan Bender. "Tanzania." Class lecture, Goshen College, January 23, 2000.
Manuscript (archival) collections:
(footnote):
7. John Howard Yoder, "A Mennonite Perspective," Nov 30, 1987, box B, folder 3, John Howard Yoder Papers, 1944-2013, HM1/048, Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, IN.
(bibliography):
Yoder, John Howard. "A Mennonite Perspective." John Howard Yoder Papers, 1944-2013. Mennonite Church USA Archives, Goshen, IN.