Example of a quotation in an essay:
According to one scholar, "The railroads had made Chicago the most important meeting place between East and West." 4
4. William Cronon, Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (New York: W.W. Norton, 1991), 92-93.
8. Cronon, Nature's Metropolis, 383.
Cronon, William, Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991.
The version of the Chicago style used on campus and summarized here is the one modified by Kate Turabian and known as the Notes-Bibliography style. This book is the foundation for Chicago (Turabian) Style. If you have a question that isn't answered by this guide, check in The Manual for Writers. You can ask the librarian for a copy.
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.