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Fall '25 - HIST 1301 - Darbonne - by Kara Dixon: Citing Sources

Class Poll

How comfortable do you feel creating citations for your assignments?
Very confident. I can handle citations without much help.: 2 votes (7.69%)
Somewhat confident. I know the basics but sometimes need a guide.: 13 votes (50%)
Not very confident. I usually need help or a citation tool.: 10 votes (38.46%)
Totally lost. I don't know where to start.: 1 votes (3.85%)
Total Votes: 26

Documentation & Citations

Professor Darbonne requires you to use Turabian citation style (also called Chicago style) for your essay and related assignments.  You are required to:

  • Cite all specific information you use (whether quoted or paraphrased).
  • Include citations for quotations directly pulled from your sources.
  • Provide a bibliography with at least one citation for each source you used in your book review project.

Turabian Style Resources

Chicago/Turabian Citation Guide created by ACC Librarians
Covers basic citation rules and provides citation examples of commonly used source types.

Purdue OWL: Chicago Formatting and Style Guide
A guide from Purdue University on using Turabian/Chicago Style

What do I cite?

Citation Generators

Check out these websites to help with creating your citations. Always double check against our style guides!

Citation Machine
A citation generator for MLA, APA, Turabian and Chicago styles

KnightCite
A citation generator created by the Hekman Library of Calvin College.  It assists with creating citations in MLA, APA and Chicago for all types of resources.  You have the option to register for additional features such as saving and exporting citations.  

NoodleTools
NoodleBib Express quickly creates citations in MLA or APA.  You can also register for a NoodleBib MLA Starter account for additional feature such as the ability to save citations and format a works cited page. 

Zotero
A Firefox extension that helps with the collection, management and citation of sources (for Firefox only)


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