CMOS (Turabian) Formatting and Writing Style

CMOS (Turabian) Formatting and Writing Style

You should start by becoming familiar with the general formatting requirements of CMOS, as well as the different standards for notation that CMOS writers are expected to use. Because CMOS is different than other writing styles, you should pay attention to everything from general paper layout to word choice. The following pages will introduce you to some of these basic requirements of CMOS to get you started in the right direction.

Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition

• Introduces CMOS
• Covers the basic requirements of a Notes and Bibliography-style paper for a typical CMOS manuscript

General CMOS Format

• Covers the basic page layout requirements for a typical CMOS manuscript
• Includes general guidelines for the basic components of a CMOS paper, including the title page, bibliography, footnotes, and tables and figures
• Also provides images of a title page and a bibliography

Books

• Guides you through constructing references for citing books, both in footnotes and in the bibliography
• Includes guidelines for a variety of books, books with varying numbers of authors and editors, edited collections, indirect sources, and self-published books
• Suggestions and examples are given for each stylistic issue

Periodicals

• Explains how to cite scholarly journals, both physical and electronic
• Offers guidelines for magazines and newspapers as well

Web Sources

• Includes information on capitalization and italicization of titles for websites and blogs
• Provides information on sources such as online periodicals, web pages, blogs, and podcasts

Audiovisual Recordings and Other Multimedia

• Provides general guidelines for citing multimedia
• Gives example citations for film, television, and musical recordings

Interviews and Personal Communication

• Includes information on the proper formatting and discussion of interviews within a manuscript
• Offers information on citing unpublished, published, and broadcasted interviews, as well as other personal communications

Lectures and Presentations

• Lists possible situations for citing a lecture or presentation
• Offers guidelines to cite lectures or presentations

Legal, Public, and Unpublished Materials

• Gives the essential information required when citing public or unpublished material
• Offers guidelines on referring to court cases within the manuscript, as well as guidelines for their citation
• Includes information on theses, dissertations, and letters

CMOS Author Date Sample Paper

• Contains a sample paper in the Author Date format
• Shows title page, references page, and in-text citation
• Details formatting required for an Author Date style CMOS manuscript

CMOS NB Sample Paper

• Provides the same information as the Author Date sample paper using the formatting guidelines of the NB style

CMOS Author Date PowerPoint Presentation

• Summarizes the basics of CMOS in a PowerPoint
• Includes information on formatting a CMOS manuscript, in-text citations for the Author Date style, and documenting sources
• Explains updates to the 17th edition of CMOS

CMOS NB PowerPoint Presentation

• Provides the same information as the Author Date PowerPoint presentation using the formatting requirements of the NB style

CMOS Author Date Classroom Poster

• Contains a link to a printable 27”x36” jpg file that details the basics of Author-Date CMOS guidelines
• Offers suggestions on how to print the poster and cautions that it only provides basic guidelines

CMOS NB Classroom Poster

• Contains a similar link as the Author Date classroom poster, using NB guidelines instead