Historical Research & Historiography

Chicago/Turabian Style Citations

As you work on various research projects and assignments, you are going to need to cite your references and sources. Historians use the Chicago/Turabian style of citations, which you will need to grow familiar with and learn to use throughout your courses in History here and beyond.

Quick Guides for Chicago/Turabian Style Citations

• PurdueOWL's Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition Online - Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an excellent online resource for referencing citation styles and format. They provide an introduction to making footnotes and your final bibliography, how to cite by source type, and examples for different cases and scenarios you may encounter while citing your research.
  • General Guidelines, including Footnotes and In-Text Citations, and Bibliographies
  • Citing Books
  • Citing Periodicals and Journal Articles
  • Citing Web Sources, including eBooks and online journal articles
  • Citing Audiovisual and Multimedia sources
  • Citing Interviews or Personal Communications
  • Citing Legal Documents 
  • Citing Public or Unpublished Information
  • Miscellaneous Sources, like ancient or classic texts, reference sources, or visual arts

Below are several videos to get you started with the format of your paper as well as footnotes and bibliographies in the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) guide.