A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Kate L. Turabian

Paperback, 2013

Status

Available

Call number

808.02

Publication

University of Chicago Press (2013), Edition: Eighth, 464 pages

Description

"This new edition of the classic reference work on writing research papers recognizes recent developments in information literacy--including finding, evaluating, and citing a wide range of digital sources--and the evolving use of software for citation management, graphics, and paper format and submission while continuing to reflect best practices for research and writing, as adapted from the most recent editions of The Craft of Research and The Chicago Manual of Style."--Provided by publisher.

Media reviews

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Turabian remains an indispensable guide for student researchers, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. . . . Writers and researchers, beginning or seasoned, thus owe a great debt to the publishers who are committed to keeping style guides current amid continuous evolution of the

act—and art—of research.

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User reviews

LibraryThing member Angelic55blonde

This is a MUST HAVE for anyone who is in college, especially for history majors. I used this cover to cover throughout my MA program and it was so helpful. I think the 7th edition is out now and is even better than the 6th. It is so incredibly helpful when trying to footnote something properly.

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LibraryThing member AlexTheHunn

A fine work that guide the user to success in creating papers of suberb quality - at least in form and format. Every kind of note, reference, quote, etc. is addressed here. Later versions are updated to reflect the electronic resources now available.

LibraryThing member jcovington

A brillian page turner...I couldn't put it down.

At least, I couldn't until after I figured out how to cite webpages. Great reference, but get a newer edition. Kate wasn't down with the interweb.

LibraryThing member nealmhughes

The Bible for History majors and those in grad school, often tedious, often almost contradicting itself in its format, for example, why the last name first in a bibliography but first name first in the first citation? This edition is made rather obsolete by the new one with sections for advanced

electronic citations, and the fact that so much is available on the internet so you don't have to have that old red, yellow, black and white volume handy at all times!

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LibraryThing member MerricMaker

Turabian is the norm for citation in most North American post-graduate institutions. It is also garbage. Poorly arranged and deeply counter-intuitive, finding the entry you want takes far too much time--assuming it appears in the book at all. Kate Turabian died years ago and every grad student in

America is the victim of her family's nest egg. Still, it's a standard.

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LibraryThing member sybilamber

This Manual gives exact information about writing and publishing in the "English-speaking" sphere of the world.

LibraryThing member erock71

I have owned the Sixth Edition of Turabian for about five years and it has been used to the point of disintegration. I was excited about the new edition and when I received it I was elated to find that the Chicago Style Manual was included with the writer's manual. The editors have updated the

manual to include citation of electronic sources which, if you have been doing any academic writing recently, has been a matter of preference. The two-color priniting makes section headings easier to find as you are leafing through the pages. The editors have included a bibliography divided into various disciplines that provides some suggestions for further research. Overall, I am enjoying using the new manual. The biggest downside is that I am having to relearn the section headings that I have grown familiar with over the past five years. Small price to pay for the added advantage of having the Chicago Style Manual at my fingertips.

Nerds, do yourselves a favor and update your Turabian manual. You won't be sorry.

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LibraryThing member Devil_llama

A really good, solid guide to style and formatting for anyone who has to write formal papers.

LibraryThing member Anagarika

A must for any history major.

LibraryThing member ulfhjorr

Essential for writers at all levels.

LibraryThing member cargocontainer

This is a general Chicago Manual of Style book. Overall, it is well organized and I gave it an extra half-star for the Oxford comma. I have nothing to compare it to other than some long-ago usage of MLA, which was awful nonsense. Chicago wins over MLA any day of the week.

LibraryThing member tony_sturges

Dewey, Bellow, Strauss, Friedman--the University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian.

The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate L. Turabian literally wrote the book

on the successful completion and submission of the student paper. Her Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, created from her years of experience with research projects across all fields, has sold more than seven million copies since it was first published in 1937.

Now, with this seventh edition, "Turabian's Manual" has undergone its most extensive revision, ensuring that it will remain the most valuable handbook for writers at every level--from first-year undergraduates, to dissertation writers apprehensively submitting final manuscripts, to senior scholars who may be old hands at research and writing but less familiar with new media citation styles. Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and the late Wayne C. Booth--the gifted team behind The Craft of Research--and the University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff combined their wide-ranging expertise to remake this classic resource. They preserve Turabian's clear and practical advice while fully embracing the new modes of research, writing, and source citation brought about by the age of the Internet.

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LibraryThing member aratiel

This was the required style manual for my MLIS in grad school. I don't know why they didn't go with APA or MLA. No one outside of the library field has even heard of this.

LibraryThing member donbarger

Great reference book. Turabian provides examples of nearly every item you need for research and writing. I wish I could say that I did not have to read this book but it is an excellent reference tool.

LibraryThing member tuckerresearch

Indispensable for the writer in the Humanities, especially history. Not as comprehensive as Chicago, but short and easy to use. The newest edition has two color fonts that helps subject headings and citation examples stand out, but the new numbering system is a bit unhandy. (I mean, at one point:

"17.8.3.5"! That's unhandy!) The internet citations are spruced up a bit. (I still hate the inclusion of the "author-date" system, but it appears only history and art history still use bibliographies and footnotes.) For the first time the index references the subject headings and not page numbers. Why still a four-star review? I looked up how to cite a map: 16.2.3, 16.4.3.1, 17.8.1 - in none of those are maps specifically mentioned or treated. And still, maps are treated as ephemeral reference works, and not true sources. (This angers a map historian like me, and most cartographic history journals have their own citation style for maps.)

Still, even with citation programs like Zotero out there, you must have Turabian on the shelf (not just for citations, but pesky grammar and style issues.)

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