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Turabian Citation Style Guide 9th Edition: G. No Author

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.

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No Author

The general format below refers to a publication in which the author is unknown or uncertain. If the author's name is not officially listed on the book but can be guessed at, include inside of brackets the assumed author name with a question mark to indicate uncertainty [Edgar Allan Poe?].  If Anonymous is used, begin the note or bibliography entry with the title of the document.

Notes-Bibliography Style (p. 173-174):

General Format

Note:
Note Number. [Name of Assumed Author?], Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year),  page #(s).
or
Note Number. Book Title: Subtitle (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year), page 3(s).
 
 
Bibliographic Entry:
[Name of Assumed Author?]. Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
or
Book Title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.

 

Examples

Note:
22.  [Ebenezer Cook?], Sotweed Redivivus, or The Planter's Looking-Glass (Annapolis, 1730), 5-6.
or
31. A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced (1610), 17.
 
Bibliographic Entry:
[Ebenezer Cook?]. Sotweed Redivivus, or The Planter's Looking-Glass. Annapolis, 1730. 
or
A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which It Hath Been Advanced. 1610.
 
 

Author-Date Style (p. 240-241):

General Format

Parenthetical Citation:
([Assumed Author First Name and Last Name?] Year, page #)
or
(Abbreviated Book Title Year, page #(s))
 
Reference List Entry:
[Assumed Author Last Name, First Name?]. Year. Title of Book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher.
or
Title of Book: Subtitle. Year. Place of Publication: Publisher.
 
 

Examples

Parenthetical Entry:
([Ebenezer Cook?] 1730, 5-6)
or
(True and Sincere Declaration 1610, 17)
 
 
Reference List Entry:
[Cook, Ebenezer?] 1730. Sotweed Redivivus, or the Planter's Looking-glass. Annapolis.
or
A True and Sincere Declaration of the Purpose and Ends of the Plantation Begun in Virginia, of the Degrees Which It Hath Received, and Means by Which it Hath Been Advanced. 1610.

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