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| Chicago Style Document Set Chicago style mirrors standard American usage; the English language as heard in the American heartland. Its application is highly intuitive, unlike most styles which set themselves apart with arbitrary rules. Since the 1930's the task of the Turabian Manual is to apply Chicago style for "Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations." Most people look for help with references, and at the margins of common usage. For example, do you write 20th century, Twentieth Century, or twentieth century? |
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Great Value! Kate Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations is a best buy in style guides, just $12.56 at Amazon.com (add postage on orders under $25). About 100 pages are devoted to common usage, things like abbreviations (chapter 24), numbers (chapter 23), punctuation (chapter 21), and quotations (chapter 25). A third of the manual is devoted to references in three formats: footnote, bibliography, and reference list (author-date) styles. Another large section of the book is devoted to "Research Writing: From Planning to Production." |
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The CMS Document Set includes the Writer's Guide to Chicago Style and the CMS Crib Sheet in PDF format, best for printing. The Writer's Guide incorporates the CMS Quick Reference (available free) and 25 pages of notes on Chicago style features and punctuation, as well as a style sheet for the CMS (author-date) reference list format. 
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The CMS Document Set includes the PDF version of the "CMS Crib Sheet" and the Writer's Guide to Chicgo Style. The Writer's Guide incorporates the CMS Quick Reference (available free) and 25 pages of notes on Chicago style features and punctuation. The password also works with the APA and MLA Doc Sets. The CMS Doc Set requires a password to install. This is $2.00 through the Amazon.com Honor System. If you are not satisfied you can get a refund. Once your payment has been made you will taken to a page with the password, confirmed by e-mail. The doc set cannot be installed without the password. Note, the password is case sensitive. |
 Passwords are good for all future updates of the CMS Doc Set as well as the APA and MLA Doc Sets. |
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University of Chicago Press. 2003. Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of  Chicago Press. Retail $55.00. Link to Amazon.com:
(Hardcover $38.50).
Refreshingly revised, in active voice. The new edition surpasses the last in clarity and organization, so much so that you will gratefully relegate the old edition to its now proper role as a door stop. Chicago has solved the problem of citing electronic sources by adding a URL to the format of an equivalent print document. You may even dispense with an access date. CMS no longer reads like instructions for programming a VCR, or like a book cobbled together by a committee. The style is clear, concise, and direct throughout. |
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Turabian, Kate L. 2007. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed.Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Link to Amazon.com: (New Edition $11.56 April 2007).
The Chicago Manual of Style website advises the "CMS is primarily a reference for manuscripts that will be published as books. For a master's thesis [and similar papers], you would find Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers . . . much more useful." At the heart of a research style is documentation—how to format notes and references. Most of the essential features of Chicago style are covered in this manual, though page formatting for class projects is missing. New with this edition is a guide to writing research papers, as well as the guide to documentation and style. |
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Endnote (Bibliographies Made Easy?). Version XI. 2007. ISI Research Soft. Windows and Mac.Amazon Student Versions $95: [Windows] [Mac]. Endnote automatically formats references for you--in standard AMA, APA, CBE, Chicago, ICMJE, and MLA styles, as well as a vast number of journal styles (over 1000). It is the standard of bibliographic software, required at many top universities. Surf for sources online; download bibliographic material from any online database or library catalog. The program comes with templates (for MSWord) that will set up your word processor for you! Endnote is your personal research assistant. Warning! Reviews of recent versions are poor! Older editions, versions 6 or 7, may be a better buy. These may be available at amazon, used. A free 30-day trial version is available at the Endnote website. |
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