Newly revised to conform with the Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian's Manual for Writers provides comprehensive, detailed, superior guidance to writers of research papers. From "Parts of the Paper" (including the niceties of copyrights and dedications) to "Sample Layouts," everything to do with format is covered. Mechanics of style (abbreviations to quotations) are reviewed, there's help on tables and illustrations, and chapters on bibliographies, parenthetical references, note taking, and citations. There are suggestions for manuscript preparation, hints on word-processing software, and formatting for research papers' more complex features. When you're up to your eyebrows in research data, it's a vast relief to have quick, accessible, reliable answers to your questions of structure, scholarly propriety, and academic style. --Stephanie Gold

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A mainstay in high-school and college libraries for nearly 60 years, Turabian has now been updated to incorporate references to the fourteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style [RBB O 1 93]. Founding author Turabian died in 1987; this edition was revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennett, who edited the most recent edition of The Manual of Style. The arrangement of the book remains the same. Chapters 13 and 14 show the ubiquity of computers. It is assumed that students now write their papers on a PC; typewriter users are referred back to the previous edition. The documentation chapters tell how to cite CD-ROM and online sources, and the bibliography at the end of the book has been updated. However, much of the book is unchanged. Librarians will want to see what kind of condition their 1987 edition of this book is in when deciding whether to purchase this new one. Sandy Whiteley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not better than online sources, Jan 11 2012

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This review is from: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Paperback)

Let's be honest. This book was published in 1937. Many things have changed a great deal since then and there are online sources which are simultaneously more in-depth and more accessible.

I might be in favour of using this text in eBook format because I'm sure it has helped many scholars in the past. However, if it's ever printed again it will be a waste of paper.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dated, July 26 2004

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The University of Chicago Press deserves a failing grade for flogging this book for years after it needed an update. Avoid it if you can, but if you have to buy it for a course, you should be able to find a second-hand copy that will reduce your cost and not reward U of C Press for their laziness.

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5.0 out of 5 stars LoveLoveLove, July 2 2004

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This review is from: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Paperback)

This is one of my favorite books. Okay, yes, I admit it, I'm a nerd. But I'm a nerd that did very well on all of my college papers because I knew the proper tabulation of a footnote.

It is essentially an abridged version of the Chicago Manual of Style, for prose writing. Most of the CMS is pretty useless for what most people deal with, and I personally think it's hard to find anything in. Turabian, on the other hand, is a concise little paperback that offers information that no online service can compete with.

If you're going to buy one reference book for college, this should be it. Forget the dictionary, forget the thesaurus: they come with Microsoft and you can find perfectly good ones online. Turabian is all you'll need in life. Call it "Turabian" too, as in "I was looking through my Turabian last night, and it says to use the Oxford comma" and you'll instantly impress all of your professors, graduate with honors, and be accepted to the med school of your choice.

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3.0 out of 5 stars nice book but...
Its a nice book, but I prefer online term paper sites. I ordered an essay from http://www.creative-termpapers.com and got an A!!!..... no need of this book......but its good.

Published on Feb 22 2004 by John Ben

1.0 out of 5 stars Rather useless for the modern research writer
The Turabian manual is confusing, difficult to use and next to useless for anyone using the Internet or online sources in their research. Read more

Published on Dec 2 2003 by dougbert76

4.0 out of 5 stars Good to have
This is a good book to have if you are having to write a paper in Turabian format. It is very boring stuff, but if you need to have it, you need to have it.

Published on May 15 2003 by James T Humphrey II

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely essential resource
Turabian's book is an absolutely essential resource for any college undergraduate or graduate student that wants to produce quality papers. Read more

Published on Mar 1 2003 by Christopher J. Martin

1.0 out of 5 stars Find something else, it's impossible to find answers
If it was allowed this book would have a negative star rating. Use this book only if you have the time to take a full semester course on navigating Turabians antiquated and... Read more

Published on Nov 17 2002 by Karl

4.0 out of 5 stars An Essential
An Essential for writers and students, however, needs to be updated to add current information for citing sources off the Internet.

Published on Oct 9 2002 by chdeltufo

2.0 out of 5 stars Completely confusing
I was told that this book made the Chicago Manual of Style look like tax code. Indeed Turabian's book is alot thinner and completely well organized, but I just couldn't seem to... Read more

Published on April 22 2002 by discord972

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Published on Nov 12 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars A Manual For Writers - Kate L. Turabian
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Published on July 12 2001 by Richard L. Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful for research projects
This has been the Bible for me after THE Bible for the use in Seminary researchs and bibliographies. It's an excellent resource for Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Published on Jun 17 2001 by Julio R. Vargas-Vidal