Turabian Style of Citation

for Internet and Electronic Sources

MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Articles from magazines use the same format as a hard copy with the addition of the online database or URL and
the date accessed (pages may not be available unless the magazine is posted as a .pdf file).. Note: Some articles
are posted exclusively on the online edition (if this is case, be sure to note Available only on URL).
Cannon, Angie. Democrats Demon: Naders glad he might be a spoiler. U.S. News, 30 October 2000.
Accessed on October 24, 2000, from http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/001030.
Angie Cannon, Democrats Demon: Naders glad he might be a spoiler, U.S. News 30 October 2000
[Accessed on October 24, 2000, from http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/001030].
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Articles from online newspapers use the same format as a hard copy with the addition of the online database
(Lexis Nexis Academic) or URL (http://www.star-telegram.com) and the access date. Be sure to include page
and section numbers if they are available and the date when the article was posted. Note: Many online versions
of a newspaper are different than the printed version.
Lewin, Tamar. Two-income families are now majority. Fort Worth Star-Telegram 24 October 2000.
Accessed on October 24, 2000, from http://www.star-telegram.com.
Tamar Lewin,Two-income families are now majority, Fort Worth Star-Telegram 24 October 2000
[Accessed on October 24, 2000, from http://www.star-telegram.com].
Hight, Bruce and Ken Herman. Bush appointees are called pragmatists. Austin American-Statesman 16
October 2000, A1. Accessed on October 24, 2000, from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.
Bruce Hight and Ken Herman, Bush appointees are called pragmatists, Austin American-Statesman 16
October 2000, A1 [Accessed on October 24, 2000, from Lexis-Nexis Academic database].
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
Online encyclopedia articles should include the entry title (make note of subtitles) and database or URL and the
access date.
Ethics: Normative Ethics. Encyclopedia
Britannica Online. Accessed on October
24, 2000.
Ethics: Normative Ethics, Encyclopedia
Britannica Online [Accessed on October 24, 2000].
E-BOOKS
E-book citations should include the same information as hard copy books (make note of editions, series, general
editors, etc.) with the addition of the online database and the access date.
Pojman, Louis P. and Jeffery Reiman. The Death Penalty: For and Against. Lanham, MD: Rowman and
Littlefield, 1998. E-book accessed on October 24, 2000, from Net Library database.
Louis P. Pojman and Jeffery Reiman, The Death Penalty: For and Against (Lanham, MD: Rowman and
Littlefield, 1998), 34-36 [E-book accessed on October 24, 2000, from Net Library database].
ACADEMIC JOURNALS
An article from an online academic journal follows the same format as a hard copy journal with the addition of
the online database or URL and the access date. Be sure to cite page numbers if they are included in the text or
citation. (If the article is posted as a .pdf file, Adobe Acrobat will display it just as it appears in hard copy). Note
that the Bibliography citation provides the total number of pages, while the note citation provides only the
specific pages being cited.
Wallenstein, Peter. Law and the boundaries of place and race in interracial marriage: interstate comity, racial
identity, and miscegenation laws in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, 1860s-1960s. Akron
Law Review 32, no. 3, (1999): 557-76. Accessed on October 24, 2000, from WilsonSelectPlus database.
Peter Wallenstein, Law and the boundaries of place and race in interracial marriage: interstate comity,
racial identity, and miscegenation laws in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, 1860s-1960s, Akron
Law Review 32, no. 3, (1999): 559-61[Accessed on October 24, 2000, from WilsonSelectPlus database].
WEB PAGES
Web pages citations should provide as much of the following as possible: author, title, date posted,
organization, [URL], and date accessed.
ONLINE REPORTS
Reports published by research institutions are often found in the organization website. Citations should provide
the following information: Author, title of report, Report Number, date released or posted, organization,
[URL], and date accessed. Note: If Adobe Acrobat is used, the reports will generally have the page numbers as
used in the printed hard copy. If this is the case, cite the page numbers in the footnotes.
Olsen, Darcy Ann. Universal Preschool is no Golden Ticket: Why Government Should Not Enter the Preschool
Business. Cato Policy Analysis No. 333, 9 February 1999, The Cato Institute,
[http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-333es.html], Accessed 20 September 2000.
Darcy Ann Olsen, Universal Preschool is no Golden Ticket: Why Government Should Not Enter the
Preschool Business, Cato Policy Analysis No. 333, 9 February 1999, The Cato Institute,
[http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-333es.html], Accessed 20 September 2000, 3-8.
ONLINE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Many government agencies are now posting documents and reports on their websites. These should be sited in
the same fashion as hard copy documents with the addition of the URL or database and the date accessed.
U.S. Department of Education. National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education. Office of
Educational Research and Improvement. School Involvement in Early Childhood (July 2000), by Donna
Hinkle. Report. [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/schoolinvolvement/], Accessed September 20, 2000.
U. S. Department of Education, National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education,
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, School Involvement in Early Childhood (July 2000), by Donna
Hinkle. Report. [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/schoolinvolvement/], Accessed September 20, 2000.