Dissertations and Theses in Chicago/Turabian Style
Below, you will see examples of dissertations and theses cited in the Chicago/Turabian style, both in print and electronic formats. Much like electronic books, an online dissertation or theses is cited the same as a print one; the only difference is that you include the URL or resource you used to access it.
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Examples of Dissertations and Theses
Example Item
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of document." Degree awarded, document type, University conferring degree, Year of completion.
EXAMPLE:
Long, Sarah Ann. "The chanted mass in Parisian ecclesiastical and civic communities, 1480--1540 : local liturgical practices in manuscripts and early printed service books." Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, "Title of document" (Degree awarded, document type, University conferring degree, Year of completion), page nos.
EXAMPLE:
1. Sarah Ann Long, "The chanted mass in Parisian ecclesiastical and civic communities, 1480--1540 : local liturgical practices in manuscripts and early printed service books" (Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008), 10-12.
See Also: CMoS 14.113 - Theses and dissertations
CMoS 14.114 - Unpublished manuscripts
Example Item
Promiscuity, Fetishes, and Irrational Functionality in Thomas Ades's Powder Her Face by Kyle Shaw
Online resource; available on campus or with NetID
Bibliography
TEMPLATE:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of document." Degree awarded, document type, University conferring degree, Year of completion. Accessed date. URL OR Resource.
EXAMPLE:
Shaw, Kyle. "Promiscuity, fetishes, and irrational functionality in Thomas Adès’s Powder Her Face." A.Mus.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018. Accessed April 29, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/99697.
Endnotes/Footnotes
TEMPLATE:
1. Author First Name Author Last Name, "Title of Article," Publication Title, edition, (Publication location: Publisher, Date), page OR reference number, accessed date, URL OR Resource.
EXAMPLE:
1. Kyle Shaw, " Promiscuity, fetishes, and irrational functionality in Thomas Adès’s Powder Her Face" (A.Mus.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018), 50-51, accessed April 29, 2019, IDEALS @ Illinois.