In general, the following formatting guidelines apply to all Chicago Turabian-style articles based on Kate L. Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, which is adaptable. The Chicago Manual requires that all articles be formatted using a standardized format. style. Important aspects include your title page, main body, references, tables, figures and footnote sections. The Chicago and Turabian manuals provide answers to a variety of difficult questions related to citations and formatting. A format or style manual is a set of rules to apply to a research paper or professional article in a discipline. These rules determine the format: whether footnotes, endnotes, or in-text citations are used, whether a bibliography or reference list is used, what information is included and in what order, and how it is included. The entire article appears. Your research paper ends with a list of all sources. cited in the text of the article. This is called a bibliography. See an example in the Example Document with Bibliography box on this page. Here are nine quick rules for this list: Start a new page for your bibliography. For example, if your paper pages are long, start your bibliography at A Chicago-style bibliography lists the sources cited in your text. Each bibliographic entry begins with the author's name and source title, followed by relevant publication details. The bibliography is listed alphabetically by authors' last names. A bibliography is not required, but is strongly recommended for all articles except very short articles. Otherwise, continue with your usual writing style: indent paragraphs, organize your ideas, use good grammar, etc. The document will be double-spaced and everything should be consistent and match everything else, from the title page to the bibliography. The following guidelines are suggested: While the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. does not specify font size or style, CIHR librarians recommend Times New Roman font. Page title. Include the title of your article centered about a third of the way down the page. About three quarters of the page includes your name, your.