TURABIAN Citation Style

TURABIAN Citation StyleA 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 parentheticalreferences and reference list, see the printed manual)Follow these color codes:Author(s)Title of Book or DVDTitle of Article orChapterTitle of PeriodicalPlace of Publication Publisher Date published EditorDatabaseURLDate information wasaccessedFormatVolumeDatabaseVendorPagesSeries TitleBookFirst footnote1 Lester L. Grabbe, Priests, Prophets, Diviners, Sages: A Socio-Historical Study of Religious Specialists in AncientIsrael (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1995), 22.BibliographyGrabbe, 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 authorFirst footnote1 Robert von Hallberg, ed., Canons (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984), 233.BibliographyVon Hallberg, Robert, ed. Canons. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.Article within an edited bookFirst footnote1 Susan Niditch, “The Visionary,” in Ideal Figures in Ancient Judaism, ed. George W. E. Nickelsburg and John J. Collins(Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1980), 153-80.BibliographyNiditch, Susan. “The Visionary.” In Ideal Figures in Ancient Judaism, ed. George W. E. Nickelsburg and John J. Collins,153-80. Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1980.Journal Article (print resource)First footnote1 Meredith G. Kline, “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34(June 1991) : 185.BibliographyKline, Meredith G. “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June1991) : 179-93.Journal Article (electronic from database)First footnote1 Meredith 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.BibliographyKline, Meredith G. “The Structure of the Book of Zechariah.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34 (June1991) : 179-93. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials. Database online. Ebsco; accessed March 3, 2006.WebsiteFirst footnote1 Southern Baptist Convention, Basic Beliefs [Internet]; available fromhttp://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp; accessed March 3, 2006.

BibliographySouthern 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 only45 Ibid.◦ With no intervening reference but with reference to a different page47 Ibid., 24.◦ With an intervening reference, give author's surname and page number51 Grabbe, 68.◦ With an intervening reference and more than one title by the author, give author's surname, a brief title, and page number65 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 StudentSupplement for the SBL Handbook of Style. The SBL style guide also differs slightly in citing electronic sources.