Wayne G. Basler Library: Turabian Citation Style Guide 9th Edition: Books

About Citing Books

For each type of source in this guide, the general form and specific examples will be provided for both the Notes-Bibliography and the Author-Date style options of Turabian.

This information and several of the examples were drawn from A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations (9th edition). Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the manual.

For further information, please ask your instructor or refer to the Turabian manual.

Situations this Section Covers

If you are dealing with an editor instead of an author, insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by a comma and the word "ed." without the quotation marks. The rest of the format remains the same.

This guide will cover the following examples:

For more examples and information, consult A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (9th ed.) located at the Information and Research Help desk on the third floor of the library.

Learn More

Turabian Quick Guide
Examples for the publisher's website.
University of Wisconsin's Writing Center
Chicago/Turabian information and examples.

Handouts

Turabian Style Guidelines
Summary of guidelines provided by the MSUB Academic Support Center.

Getting Help - The Writing Center

The Writing Center [TWC] is located on the first floor of the Library in room L101. Writing center staff will be available to help with your essays, research, and more.

At the Writing Center, they can help with any writing assignment for any class at any stage in the process. That means they can help you:

brainstorm a topic
refine your thesis
organize a rough draft
practice paraphrasing or incorporating source material
understand a citation style like MLA, APA, or Turabian
revise your work before final submission

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