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ARTHIST495RW: Art History Honors

As serious researchers at the Honors level, it’s important that you begin to branch out from basic search strategies and think more broadly about the wide range of ways in which you can build your honors bibliograph

More Writing & Citing Tools/Tips

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  • foster the development of writers of all levels, abilities, and disciplines;
  • support reflection and research about writing, tutoring and teaching;
  • model a multiliteracies pedagogy that draws on the strengths of students working across multiple languages, dialects, and modes

Appointments: http://www.writingcenter.emory.edu/appointments/index.html 

 

Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. X ed. Short Guide Series. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, date  Robert W. Woodruff Library Book Stacks (N7476 .B37 date)

Chicago

What is Chicago style citation?

Chicago style is typically used in history and other humanities disciplines. There are two types of Chicago style: The author-date style uses parenthetical citations, which means that the citation information is within parentheses beside the quoted or paraphrased information. The note-bibliography (NB) style requires the use of footnotes or endnotes, which means that the citation information is either at the foot of the page or at the end of the article and is noted at the end of the quoted or paraphrased text with a number in superscript. 

How do I cite in Chicago style?

For help with Chicago style, see the following resources:

  • You can copy and paste a reference cited in Chicago style directly from many library databases and from Google Scholar (to cite from Google Scholar, click on the quotation mark underneath the reference).
  • You can also use a citation manager software, like Zotero or EndNote.

Citing your Sources

PRINT MANUAL (essential for historical researchers):

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations, 7th ed.
CALL NUMBER:  LB2369 .T8 2007
LOCATION: Counter-height shelves next to Woodruff Main Reference Desk  

 

*The University of Chicago recently released an 8th edition (April, 2013).
Find it at the reference desk soon!

 

ONLINE GUIDES TO TURABIAN:

Turabian Quick Guide (U of Chicago Press)
Chicago/Turabian Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

Citation Manager Tools: Zotero & EndNote

 

 

Save yourself many hours of work by using citation manager software to manage bibliographic citations.  They automate much of the work of capturing, organizing and formatting citations and bibliographies in your writing:

Zotero - available as a free Firefox plugin to any user  RECOMMENDED

EndNote and EndNote Web - available at no cost to Emory students, faculty and staff.

 

Which citation manager is right for you?  See our Citation Manager Comparison Guide.

 

 

 

Useful Abbreviations

When creating and following citations, it's useful to know a few standard abbreviations. A list of acceptable, commonly used abbreviations can be found in the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed., sec. 10.43, pp. 504-510.

Some of the more often used examples are listed here:

  • app. appendix
  • art. article
  • chap. chapter
  • div. division
  • ed. editor, edited by, edition
  • eds. editors
  • et al. and others (Latin et al)
  • n.d. no date of publication
  • no. nos. number(s)
  • n.p. no place
  • p. pp. page(s)
  • par. paragraph
  • pt. part
  • rev. revised
  • sec. section
  • ser. series
  • suppl. supplements.
  • v. under the word (Latin sub verso)
  • trans. translator(s)vol. volume