TURABIAN Citation Style

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6^th edition

(Note: The following examples are for Turabian style using footnotes and a bibliography page. For examples of Turabian style using parenthetical references and reference list, see the printed manual)

Follow these color codes:
Author(s)	Title of Book	Title of Article	Title of Periodical	Volume
Place of Publication	Publisher	Date published	Editor	Pages
Database	Date information was accessed	URL	Format	Database vendor

Book

First footnote

¹Lester L. Grabbe, Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages: A Socio-Historical Study of Religious Specialists in Ancient Israel (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995), 22.

Bibliography

Grabbe, Lester L. Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages: A Socio-Historical Study of Religious Specialists in Ancient Israel. Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995.

Book with editor as author

First footnote

¹Robert von Hallberg, ed., Canons (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984), 233.

Bibliography

Von Hallberg, Robert, ed. Canons. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.

Journal Article (print resource)

First footnote

¹Meredith G. Kline, “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June 1991) : 185.

Bibliography

Kline, Meredith G. “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June 1991) : 179-93.

Journal Article (electronic from database)

First footnote

¹Meredith G. Kline, “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June 1991) : 185, in ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials [database online], Ebsco; accessed March 3, 2006.

Bibliography

Kline, Meredith G. “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June 1991) : 179-93. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials. Database online. Ebsco; accessed March 3, 2006.

Website

First footnote

¹Southern Baptist Convention, Basic Beliefs [Internet]; available from http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp; accessed March 3, 2006.

Bibliography

Southern Baptist Convention, Basic Beliefs. Internet. Available from http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp; accessed March 3, 2006.

Further Information:

• For subsequent footnote citations, use an abbreviated form.
• With no intervening reference a second mention of the same page requires only

⁴⁵Ibid.

• With no intervening reference but with reference to a different page

⁴⁷Ibid., 24.

• With an intervening reference, give author's surname and page number

⁵¹Grabbe, 68.

• With an intervening reference and more than one title by the author, give author's surname, a brief title, and page number

⁶⁵ Grabbe, Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages, 68.

• Arrange the items on your bibliography alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Bibliography entries should be single spaced with a double space between entries.
• For additional examples see the print version of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6^th ed. shelved at the reference desk.
• Special note for Christian Studies students: For more examples of how to cite biblical references, commentaries and theological dictionaries, see the Student Supplement for the SBL Handbook of Style. The SBL style guide also differs slightly in citing electronic sources.