Hi James,
Kate Turabian was dissertation manager at the University of Chicago
for several years, and wrote a style guide. I think this style is
also referred to as the University of Chicago Press Style (or the two
are very similar), and there's a Chicago Manual of Style online. They
use Author-Date citations. See, for example this PDF guide:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/chicago-turabianstyle.pdf
I'm sure LaTeX does support this, but the learning curve might not be
worthwhile unless Mike is going into a technical field that requires
equations or special symbols (mathematics, physics, linguistics,
computer science, etc.) A better plan might be to contact the
graduate department in question and ask what other students use. If
there are a lot of students using LaTeX, then it would relatively
simple to install TeXShop and learn using patterns from other students
working in the same area. The devil is in the details, so it's a real
advantage to use the same programs that others who work in exactly the
same area are likely to use. Although someone else familiar with
LaTeX could probably dig and locate the resources you need, nothing
beats having somebody just say, oh, that's handled by this style file
or macro, here's a copy.
Similarly, if they use some other word processing software, Mike can
check that out. This is probably a better way to proceed than looking
for Turabian templates (which might be called something else in a
particular package.)
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
James & Nash wrote:
Hi Michael
On 4 Mar 2010, at 19:44, Michael Busboom wrote:
Hello everyone,
In one month, I will begin graduate studies at an American
university that requires research papers to be written using the
Turabian style for doing footnotes, bibliographic citations, etc.
Although I have Office 2007 running under Windows 7, I'd like to
use a Word Processor on the Mac that would have a template for
Turabian. Does anyone have any ideas?
I have never heard of Turabian, but have you considered LaTeX? It
is not a "word processor" as such, but it is extremely versatile and
can be made to do just about anything. Unfortunately, it does have a
steep learning curve. However, for big projects like your University
course, I think the pros out weigh the cons.
You can find lots of info about LaTeX on the web. It is cross
platform, and has a native Mac version. It also defaults to creating
files in PDF which is very useful.
Get in touch off-list if you think this might be something that
could be useful.
TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
Hello everyone,
In one month, I will begin graduate studies at an American
university that requires research papers to be written using the
Turabian style for doing footnotes, bibliographic citations, etc.
Although I have Office 2007 running under Windows 7, I'd like to
use a Word Processor on the Mac that would have a template for
Turabian. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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