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Music Resources: Chicago/Turabian Style

The Chicago Manual of Style

A Manual for Writers

Chicago Style Online

Welcome to Chicago citation style

This guide is designed to offer assistance with using Chicago citation style. The Chicago Manual of style guide is commonly used for avoiding plagiarism in research papers. It is important to cite the information that you use during your research. No matter where you find the information, from a book, journal, magazine, newspaper, interview or the internet, you must give the author credit for using his or her work and ideas. Remember: When in doubt, cite!

For additional assistance, please see a librarian at the reference desk. 

Learning Chicago

The Library's Chicago Citation Style In Brief is a printable handbook that you use to assist with correcting formatting citations. A print copy can also be obtained at the reference desk.

Citing 'Tweets'

To see how to cite a 'tweet' in Chicago/Turabian style, please click here: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/Documentation/Documentation18.html

Chicago style Frequently Asked Questions