Here you will find citations to the complete Chicago Manual of Style, and the Turabian handbook, which uses the Chicago system.
Documenting your research completely, accurately, and in a correct format is essential. Information on avoiding plagiarism, and a link to RefWorks, a program that allows you to create a personalized bibliographic database also appear on this page.
UMD Academic Regulations and Procedures - Read this passage from your student handbook!
Avoiding Plagiarism - OWL Guide from Purdue - This emphasizes when to give credit to sources and offers safe practices to follow.
Historians generally prefer the Chicago Manual style of citation, which is published in the Chicago Manual of Style, there is an extensive index that will lead you to the correct way to cite anything located on the first floor of the library at the Reference Desk.
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers by Information on other citation styles can be found on the library's "Citing Sources" page.
