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📚 Chicago/Turabian Author-Date Citation Guide

Use parenthetical citations within your essay to credit sources. Place the citation directly after the information or quotation it supports, before the period. Your instructor accepts either Chicago/Turabian or MLA — be consistent throughout.

Basic format — one author (Chicago/Turabian)

(Author's Last Name Year, page number)

(Evans 2004, 112)

Use this for most books and articles with a single author.

Two authors

(Kershaw and Lewin 1997, 88)

Three or more authors

(Weitz et al. 2007, 45)

Use "et al." after the first author's name when there are three or more authors.

Direct quotation

"The Weimar constitution contained the seeds of its own destruction in its emergency powers clauses" (Haffner 2002, 63).

Place the citation after the closing quotation mark, before the period.

Paraphrase or summary

Economic instability in the early 1930s accelerated the collapse of democratic institutions across Europe (Pelz 2016, 98–101).

You do not need quotation marks when paraphrasing, but you must still cite the source.

Pelz — required source

(Pelz 2016, 110)

Cite Pelz by chapter and page. You must reference and cite A People's History of Modern Europe in your paper.

Primary source — no page number

(KPD 1930)

(Nazi Party 1920)

For primary documents without page numbers, use title/author and year. For speeches, laws, and manifestos, include paragraph or section numbers if available.

MLA parenthetical (alternative)

(Evans 112)

(Pelz 98–101)

MLA uses author + page number only, no year. Be consistent — use either Chicago/Turabian or MLA throughout your entire paper.

💡 Tips

Every source cited in your essay must appear in your bibliography.
Every source in your bibliography must be cited at least once in your essay.
You must cite at least 5 scholarly sources, 2 primary sources, and Pelz.
At least 1 primary source must be from the Weimar period (course website documents).
At least 1 primary source must be from your chosen authoritarian government.

📑 Bibliography Format (Chicago/Turabian Author-Date)

List all sources cited in your paper. Entries are alphabetical by author's last name. The second and subsequent lines of each entry are indented (hanging indent). MLA users: format as a Works Cited page using MLA hanging-indent style.

Required book — Pelz:

Pelz, William A. 2016. A People's History of Modern Europe. London: Pluto Press.

Scholarly book — one author:

Evans, Richard J. 2004. The Coming of the Third Reich. New York: Penguin Press.

Journal article:

Weitz, Eric D. 2007. "Weimar Germany and Its Legacies." Central European History 40 (2): 201–20.

Primary source — party document:

Communist Party of Germany (KPD). 1930. "National Program of the KPD." Hauselmann History Lab, course website.

Primary source — government document:

Nazi Party (NSDAP). 1920. "The Twenty-Five Points." Hauselmann History Lab, course website.

Website / online source:

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2023. "Nuremberg Laws." https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nuremberg-laws.

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Step 3 — Academic Integrity Pledge

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🎓 Academic Integrity Pledge — HIST 105

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I wrote this paper myself. The ideas, arguments, and writing are my own, except where I have clearly cited sources.

I did not copy, paste, or directly import text from any outside source — including websites, books, or AI tools — into the submission field.

I have cited all sources using Chicago/Turabian or MLA citations consistently throughout, and I have included a complete bibliography with at least 5 scholarly sources, 2 primary sources, and Pelz.

I understand that submitting another person's work as my own, or using AI to write this paper, constitutes academic dishonesty and may result in a failing grade or other disciplinary action.

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📚 Chicago/Turabian Author-Date Citation Guide

📑 Bibliography Format (Chicago/Turabian Author-Date)

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🎓 Academic Integrity Pledge — HIST 105

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📚 Chicago/Turabian Author-Date Citation Guide

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🎓 Academic Integrity Pledge — HIST 105

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