National History Day

Cite everything you use for your National History Day project. MLA and Turabian citation styles are two of the acceptable styles that can be used for NHD projects. 

• Citing References: MLA Style - (Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater)
• Turabian Style Guide - (Andersen Library, UW-Whitewater)
• Chicago/Turabian Primary Source Citation Examples - (Simon Fraser University)

If you use an online formatter such as Bibme or EasyBib, remember that they are not foolproof. Review your citations to make sure they are correct.

To cite a manuscript or typescript in MLA style use this order:

Author. Title or a description of the material (e.g., Notebook). Date of composition (at least the year; if year is unknown write N.d.). Form of the material (MS for a manuscript, TS for a typescript). Name and location of the library, research institution, or personal collection housing the material.

Manuscript Example:

James Manufacturing Company. Memo. 1928. MS. James Manufacturing Company Papers. Harold Andersen Lib., U. of Wisconsin, Whitewater. 

Photograph Example:

Hemsley, Thomas. Penny Picture Display. 1876. Photograph. Scrapbooks, 1961. Harold Andersen Lib., U. of Wisconsin, Whitewater.

Jackdaw Document:

Cite each document separately.

Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, Instructions. June 20, 1803. Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1804-1806, Portfolio G-68, edited by James A. Crutchfield, Amawalk, Golden Owl Publishing, 1995.