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Citing Sources - Turabian: Electronic

MLA Style: Print | MLA Style: Electronic | Turabian Style: Print | Turabian Style: Electronic
APA Style: Print

The following examples are based on the rules and examples given in Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th edition.

Turabian/Chicago Citation Style for Electronic Media

General Web Site

Dement, William.  "Sleepless at Stanford." Stanford University Center of Excellence
      for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders. Stanford University.
     (September 1997) http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/sleepless.html
     (accessed January 26, 2009).

Book

Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility.  Project Gutenberg Extext #161
     http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/161 (accessed January 26, 2009).

Scholarly Journal

Baker, Joanne C. and Richard W. Hunstead.  "Static and Impulsive Models of      
     Solar Active Regions." The Astrophysical Journal 689: 1406-1411, (December 20, 2008)
     http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/592683 (accessed January 26, 2009).

Magazine

Poniewozik, James.  "The Coming Fight Over TV Gore."  Time, March 15, 2007,
     http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1599719,00.html
     (accessed January 26, 2009).

Newspaper

Netburn, Deborah. "Dekker Eases the Anxiety Over 'Connor Chronicles.'" Los Angeles
     Times
, January 14, 2008, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et- 
     terminator15jan15,1,4984537.story  (accessed January 26, 2009).

Government Document


U.S. Department of the Treasury. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau. 
      Department of the Treasury.   Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified 
      Semiautomatic Assault Rifles
(April 1998). Washington, D.C. 
      http://www.atf.gov/pub/treas_publ/assault_rifles/complete.pdf 
      (accessed January 26, 2009).

Personal E-mail

Turabian says that personal emails should be referenced in notes, but not bibliographies.

Lucretia McCulley, email message to author, September 6, 2007.


Blog Entry or Comment

Turabian advises that material from blogs be cited in notes only, and not in a bibliography, unless it is central to the argument.

Marshall Kirkpatrick.  "How to Find the Weirdest Stuff on the Internet."  ReadWriteWeb.
     Entry posted January 14, 2008. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/
     the_weirdest_stuff_on_the_internet.php  (accessed January 26, 2009).

Articles and Other Documents from Full-text Online Subscription Databases:

Academic Search Complete

Scholarly Journal

Pingree,Suzanne, Robert P. Hawkins, Jacqueline C. Bush Hitchon, Eileen Gilligan, Barry
     Radler, LeeAnn Kahlor, Bradley Gorham, Gudbjorg Hildur Kolbeins, Toni Schmidt and
     Prathana Kannaovakun.  "If College Students Are Appointment Television 
     Viewers." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 45, no.3 (Summer 2001),
     446-462.  Academic Search Complete. http://newman.richmond.edu:
     3656/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=6913393&site=ehost-live (accessed January 26, 2009).

Magazine

Manzi, Jim.  "And Global Warming too!" National Review, January 26, 2009,
     22-23.  Academic Search Complete.  http://newman.richmond.edu:3656/login.aspx?direct=true
     &db=a9h&AN=36051340&site=ehost-live (accessed January 26, 2009)

Newspaper Source Plus

Newspaper

Shukla, Tanvi.  "Porsche to Tap India's 'Unknown' Potential." DailyNews & Analysis (India),
      November 29, 2008. http://newman.richmond.edu:3656/login.aspx?
     direct=true&db=n5h&AN=35288112&site=ehost-live (accessed January 15, 2008).

Project Muse

Sommer, Elizabeth W. "Gambling with God: The Use of the Lot by the Moravian
      Brethren in the Eighteenth Ccentury." Journal of the History of Ideas 59, no. 2
      (April, 1998): 267-286.  Project Muse http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/
      journal_of_the_history_of_ideas/v059/59.2
     sommer.html (accessed January 26, 2009).

Congressional Universe

Hearing

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Work Force. Education at a
     Crossroads: What Works? What's Wasted?
105th Cong., 1st sess., (12 Sept 
     1997) Washington, D.C. Congressional Universe http://web.lexis-nexis.com/
     congcomp/document?_m=5d1c62b329ec8a39068197a2a1035ec5&_docnum
     =1&wchp=dGLbVzz-zSkSA&_md5=57214a5377d5f033c39f40b54a0780e5
     (accessed January 26, 2009). 

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