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Citing Sources Using the Chicago/Turabian Style: In-Text Parenthetical Method (Author-Date)

Scope: This guide is designed to help researchers learn how to cite sources using the Chicago/Turabian in-text parenthetical method which they call the author-date system. Chicago's suggests the use of the author-date system for citation of sources in papers in the physical, natural, and social sciences. This guide is not a comprehensive list of all the types of materials that can be cited; for more information, refer to:

Gibaldi, Joseph. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
UM Libraries Z253.U69 2003

OR

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7th ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
UM Libraries LB2369.T8 2007

This style guide has been taken offline so that important revisions can be made. In the interim we suggest you either:

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