
Choos
ing Chicago/Turabian Paper Format for Your Essay Paper
Chicago (Turabian) Style Research Paper Writ
ing Tips
The majority of High School, College and University history and humanities
instructors require their students to use Chicago/Turabian Writ
ing Style for their successful college essay papers. The ma
in guidel
ines for the Chicago/Turabian research paper format
include the follow
ing:
Includ
ing the full title of the paper, student’s name, the course title, the
instructor’s name and the date on the title page;
Count
ing title page
in pag
ination, but not number
ing it;
Leav
ing marg
ins of at least 1
inch at the top, bottom, and sides of the page;
Double-spac
ing the text of the paper,
includ
ing long quotations, which have been set off from the text;
Us
ing
Arabic numerals for pag
ination, with all page numbers be
ing placed
in the upper right corner except for the title page;
Label
ing each visual with an
Arabic numeral and provid
ing a clear title that identifies the subject of the visual.