Turabian Formatting - Quick Guide

Formatting

• 1’’ margins
• Times New Roman size 12 font
• Double-spaced (see all exceptions on p. 375 of the Turabian manual)
  Some exceptions include block quotes, figure captions, footnotes, bibliographies, and reference lists
• Do not number the title page

Style

• Use active voice.
• There are two citation styles in Turabian—Bibliography Style and Reference-List Style—Choose one! Be aware of your professor’s preference. (see p. 137)
• When referring to a source whose bibliographical data are in the footnote prior, use ibid. to shorten the citation (p. 155)
• Since the Bible is considered a sacred work, cite it in footnotes, not the bibliography

Main Body

Headings

• Here is one plan for five levels of headings; however, you may create your own format (see p. 398). *Please adhere to professor guidelines at all times.
  • First level: centered, boldface or italic type, headline-style capitalization
  • Second level: centered, regular type, headline-style capitalization
  • Third level: flush left, boldface or italic type, headline-style capitalization
  • Fourth level: flush left, roman type, sentence-style capitalization
  • Fifth level: run in at beginning of paragraph (no blank line after, boldface or italic type, sentence-style capitalization, terminal period

References

• The second line and all subsequent lines of each item on the reference list should be intented.

Bibliography Style

Footnotes

• Book with a single author or editor
  Note Number. Author’s First and Last Names, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book     (Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Date of Publication), XX-XX.
   
• Book with multiple authors
  Note Number. Author #1’s First and Last Names and Author #2’s First and Last  Names, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Place of Publication: Publisher’s  Name, Date of Publication.
   
• Journal Article in Print
  Note Number: Author’s First and Last Names, “Title of Article: Subtitle of     Article,” Title of Journal Volume Number (Date of Publication): XX-XX.
   
• Journal Article Online
  Note Number. Author’s First and Last Names, “Title of Article: Subtitle of     Article,” Title of Journal Volume Number (Date of Publication), under     “Descriptive Locator,” URL (accessed Date of Access).

Bibliography

• Book with a single author or editor
  Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place     of Publication: Publisher’s Name, Date of Publication.
   
• Book with multiple authors
  Author #1’s Last Name, Author #1’s First name, and Author #2’s First and Last     Names. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher’s     Name,  Date of Publication.
   
• Journal Article in Print
  Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.”     Title of Journal Volume Number (Date of Publication): YY-YY.
   
• Journal Article Online
  Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.”     Title of Journal Volume Number (Date of Publication). URL (accessed     Date of Access).

Reference List-Style

• In reference list-style, there is one general form used:
  Last Name, First Name. Year Published. Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publication City:  Publisher.

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