Chicago Term Paper Handbook

Chicago Term Paper Handbook

Sierra Writing Center

Term Paper Handbook for Chicago (Turabian) Style

CONTENTS
CMS Research Paper 1
Title Page, First Page, and Pagination 1 Sample Title Page 2 Sample First Page of Paper with Endnotes 3 Quoting and Blocking 4 Sample Second Page of Paper with Endnotes 5 Endnotes or Footnotes 6-7 Sample Notes Page 8 Sample First Page with Footnotes 9 Bibliography Format 10 Sample Bibliography Page 11

CMS Documentation Models for Notes and Bibliography 12
Book with One Author 12 Book with More than One Author 12 Article or Chapter in a Book 12-13 Pamphlet 13 Article in an Encyclopedia 13 Article in a Magazine 13 Article in a Scholarly Journal 14 Article in a Newspaper 14 Interview by the Author of the Paper 14 Electronic Documents 15 E-book and CD- or DVD-ROM 15 Database 15 Internet Site 15 Video or DVD 16 Updated Summer 2009 Sierra College, Rocklin, California This handbook includes updated formats from the A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th edition, by Kate L.Turabian. Cover Art: Jeanne d’Arc taken to prison at Rouen. From Martial d’Auvergne, Les Vigilles de la Mort du Roy Charles V (Paris, 1493). Source: James L. Matterer, Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection, http://www.godecookery.com/clipart/people/clpeopl.htm (accessed May 21, 2008).

THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE RESEARCH PAPER
Some important aspects of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) are exemplified in the following sample pages of a student’s research paper. The CMS style is often required for research papers in history and for instructors who favor this style in other disciplines. This handbook contains formats from The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (2003), and A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian), 7th edition (2007).

Title Page
Begin a CMS paper with a title page. Center and double space the title in all caps about one-third of the way down the page. Space down a few lines and, in upper and lower case, put...