How to Cite Other Sources in Turabian NB Style

How to Cite Other Sources in Turabian Style: Notes-Bibliography Version

In our citation examples we use the following color coding:

Red – Author
Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
Pink – Date
Orange – Website/Publisher
Turquoise – Place of publication
Sienna – Pages
Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved
Peach – Additional information about the source (i.e. its type, specific features etc.)

Course materials

Example:

Blush, Greta. “The Basics of Good Project Management.” Lecture, California Southern

University, Chandler, CA, March 12, 2020.

Footnote citation:

1. Greta Blush, “The Basics of Good Project Management” (lecture, California

Southern University, Chandler, CA, March 12, 2020).

Example:

Hancock, John Lee, dir. The Little Things. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Pictures, 2021. DVD.

Footnote citation:

1. The Little Things, directed by John Lee Hancock (Burbank, CA: Warner Bros.

Pictures, 2021), DVD.

Example:

“Midwest Access: The Importance of Teen Sleep.” YouTube video, 03:43. Posted by KTTC,

March, 28, 2024, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zueTsus1yMs.

Footnote citation:

1. “Midwest Access: The Importance of Teen Sleep,” YouTube video, 03:43,

posted by KTTC, March, 28, 2024, www.youtube.com/watch?v=zueTsus1yMs.

Example:

Mancuso, Gail, dir. Friends. Season 3, episode 1, “The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy.”

Aired September 19, 1996, on NBC.

Footnote citation:

1. Friends, season 3, episode 1, “The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy,” directed by

Gail Mancuso, written by Michael Curtis, aired September 19, 1996, on NBC.

Personal communication should be mentioned in footnotes only. No bibliography entry is required.

Example:

1. Jared Jones, e-mail message, July 4, 2023.