Theatre 460: Advanced Stage Design & Technology

For this class, when you are citing sources used in your papers you are required to use Chicago Style for your bibliography and in-text citations. Turabian Style is the student and researcher version of this. The below guidance will help you cite correctly for this class.

Whether you choose to quote, summarize, or paraphrase sources you use in your research paper, you must cite each one. For guidelines and examples, look here: 

Whether you choose to quote, summarize, or paraphrase sources you use in your research paper, you must cite each one. For rules and examples, look here:

If you use online citation formatters provided free on the internet or within a library database. Remember that computer generated citations are not foolproof. Be sure to review them for accuracy.

This video has good tips for Using a Citation from a Citation Generator.

If you are writing a long paper or thesis and want help organizing your sources and citations, try Zotero or EndNote, both of which the library supports.

Documenting your sources is a necessity, which:

1. Allows readers to find your sources;
2. Provides evidence for your arguments;
3. Adds credibility to your work;
4. Avoids plagiarism, the consequence of which could be an allegation of academic misconduct. For details of all this could entail, see the Avoiding Academic Misconduct Procedures web document and related documents such as Disciplinary Procedures: Student Academic Misconduct: UWS Chapter 14.

Each paper or project you work on will use just one citation style.