Standard Citation Format

Behind the General Reference desk (1st floor, Willis Library), the following style manuals are located:

_A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations_, by Kate L. Turabian.

Also behind the Reference desk are several style manuals showing how to cite electronic sources.

Much of this information may also be found at the following web site on the UNT Library's home page, under Subject Guides/Quick Reference Tools/Style Manuals/Common Style Manuals.  Or, here are the direct links:

Turabian Style - Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)
[source: Clement C. Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College]
This site provides examples of how to cite a wide variety of sources.  The footnote and corresponding bibliographic entry are given for each source.
http://www.bridgew.edu/Library/turabian.cfm

Turabian Citation Guide [source: Ohio State University Libraries]
This guide is based on Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 6th ed. 1996. Examples are shown for books, articles, and online resources.
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.html

Karla's Guide to Citation Styles (Provides a variety of links about citing databases and other electronic sources using Turabian and other citation styles)
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2003 ed.)
by Peter W. Martin, Cornell University
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
Contents: purposes of legal citation, types of citation principles, how to cite, examples of citations.

TURABIAN Samples for a Bibliography
Library Resources and Methods of Research,
Ithaca College Library.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/turabian.html

MLA Formatting and Style Guide, available online from the OWL at Purdue, provides guidelines and examples for formatting a paper and for citing sources in MLA style.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/