Whenever you refer to or use another's words, facts or ideas in your paper, you are required to cite the source. For types of resources not covered in this guide (e.g., government documents, manuscript collections, video recordings) and for further detail and examples, please consult the websites listed at the end of this guide, the handbook itself (LAU Ref Desk LB 2369. Kate Turabian created her first 'manual' in 1937 as a means of simplifying for students The Chicago Manual of Style the seventh edition of Turabian is based on the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual. The examples in this guide are meant to introduce you to the basics of citing sources using Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (seventh edition).

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Neville, C, The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism, 2nd edn, Open University Press, New York, 2010. Here is an example that cites the book with one author using Oxford style.ġ C Neville, The complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism, 2nd edn, Open University Press, New York, 2010, p. Use full stops with no spaces between the initials. Use only the initials of the authors' given names.

References with no author are ordered in the reference list alphabetically by the first significant word of the title. If you have cited more than one work by the same author, you should arrange them by date. References are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name. is used to indicate that the previous reference has been used again.ĭirect quotations should be enclosed with single quotation marks. If you refer to more than one work by the same author, use the author's last name then a short title and page number(s). If you refer to the same work again in the footnotes, use only the author's last name and the page number(s). John Smith) then cites the title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, the page reference.

Notes are numbered sequentially, beginning with 1 in superscript, throughout each article, chapter, or paper.Īuthor's given name or initial before the last name (e.g. It has two components:Ī note at the bottom of the page (footnote).

It is also referred to as a documentary-note system. Oxford style uses a note citation system.

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