Citing Chicago/Turabian Style

Create citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian formats for a wide variety of material types.

TIP 1:  Chicago/Turabian uses superscript in the text to refer readers to the footnotes/endnotes. To create superscript in a Word document:

1. Select the text that you want to format as superscript.
2. Do one of the following:

• On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Superscript. OR press CTRL SHIFT +.

TIP 2:  To cite entries from Opposing Viewpoints in Context / Viewpoint Essays  (HINT:  Treat these entries as an anthology):

      Full footnote:
     1. Tony Pugh, "Record Numbers of Americans Are Abjectly Poor," in Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, ed. Viqi Wagner (Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2007), accessed April 9, 2013, Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

      Shortened footnote (for subsequent citations):
     2. Pugh, "Record Numbers of Americans," in Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints.

      Bibliography:
Pugh, Tony. "Record Numbers of Americans Are Abjectly Poor." In
      Poverty: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Viqi Wagner. Detroit,
      MI: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Accessed April 9, 2013. Gale
      Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

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