Study guide 11 King's College D Leonard Corgan Library Wilkes-Barre PA STUDY GUIDE PREPARING FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY TURABIAN - CHICAGO FORMAT The following guidelines and examples are based on Kate Turabian ? s A Manual for Writers of Term Papers Thes

King's College D Leonard Corgan Library Wilkes-Barre PA STUDY GUIDE PREPARING FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY TURABIAN - CHICAGO FORMAT The following guidelines and examples are based on Kate Turabian ? s A Manual for Writers of Term Papers Theses and Dissertations Chicago Style for Students and Researchers th edition which is shelved in Ready Reference near the Reference Desk by the call number is R T M WHAT SHOULD BE CITED In conducting your research you will be using materials that have been created and published by other authors To avoid plagiarizing you must cite any information that you obtain and use from another source including facts statistics ideas opinions direct quotations paraphrased material illustrations and any other information written or created by someone else However common knowledge information which any adult ought to know - such as ??the sun rises in the east ? should not be cited Turabian ? s Manual for Writers o ?ers the following advice about when to cite a source Here is the best way to think about this If the person whose work you used read your report would she recognize any of it as hers including paraphrases and summaries or even general ideas or methods If so you must cite that source and enclose any sequence of her exact words in quotation marks or set them o ? in a block quotation Conscientious citing gives credit to the person or group responsible for the ideas or opinions and indicates your integrity as an author When you fail to cite any material that is not your own you are plagiarizing FORMAT OF CITATIONS Writers should determine which style of documentation is required by their professor department or academic discipline In addition to the Turabian - Chicago style other popular styles include the MLA format Modern Language Association and the APA format American Psychological Association There are also styles that are preferred for scienti ?c or medical writing These study guides may not answer all of your questions about citations In that case you should refer to the current edition of the appropriate style manual located in the Ready Reference area of the Library or consult a Reference Librarian Note This guide explains the note bibliography citation style which is the style used most often in the humanities history philosophy religion literature language study etc If you are instructed to use the author date method also known as parenthetical citations see page of this guide for a description and examples For greater detail consult Chapter of the Turabian manual or Study Guide which covers the MLA format Kate Turabian A Manual for Writers of Term Papers Theses and Dissertations Chicago Style for Students and Researchers th ed Chicago IL University of Chicago CWHAT ARE FOOTNOTES or ENDNOTES A footnote is a note of reference explanation or comment that is placed at the bottom of a page It serves as an appendage to the text usually explaining a passage in greater detail citing authority for a

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