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Music Research Guide

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The resources on this page will help you cite your papers in the Turabian author-date style, which is used by all students in the School of Music.  The examples on this guide are adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style Online and from the 9th edition of Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

(**Note that the second line of all citations should be a hanging indent, but this website does not allow that type of formatting**)

Grove Music Online

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Eisen, Cliff and Stanley Sadie. 2001. "Mozart, (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus." Grove Music Online. Edited by Deane Root. Accessed 31 January 2022. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.

**Deane Root is the editor for Grove Online**

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Eisen and Sadie 2001)

Books

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Kitamura, Katie. 2017. A Separation. New York: Riverhead Books.

Sassler, Sharon, and Amanda Jayne Miller. 2017. Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships. Oakland: University of California Press.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Kitamura 2017, 25)
(Sassler and Miller 2017, 114)


**NOTE: Scores and other printed music are cited the same way as a book**

E-books

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor. 1917. Crime and Punishment. Translated by Constance Garnett, edited by William Allan Neilson. New York: P. F. Collier & Son. https://archive.org/details/crimepunishment00dostuoft.

Schlosser, Eric. 2001. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ProQuest Ebrary.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Dostoevsky 1917, 444)
(Schlosser 2001, 88)

Theses and Dissertations

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Goldwasser, Jacob D. 2023. “The Conn 6M: Implications for Contemporary Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy." Master's thesis, Belmont University. https://repository.belmont.edu/music_theses/14/

Navarro-Garcia, Guadalupe. 2016. “Integrating Social Justice Values in Educational Leadership: A Study of African American and Black University Presidents.” PhD diss., University of California, Los Angeles. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Goldwasser 2023, 15)
(Navarro-Garcia 2016, 44)

Journal Article (one author)

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Keng, Shao-Hsun, Chun-Hung Lin, and Peter F. Orazem. 2017. “Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978–2014: Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality.” Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

LaSalle, Peter. 2017. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1: 95–109. Project MUSE.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Keng, Lin, and Orazem 2017, 9–10)
(LaSalle 2017, 95)

Journal article (multiple authors)

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Weber, Jesse N., Martin Kalbe, Kum Chuan Shim, Noémie I. Erin, Natalie C. Steinel, Lei Ma, and Daniel I. Bolnick. 2017. “Resist Globally, Infect Locally: A Transcontinental Test of Adaptation by Stickleback and Their Tapeworm Parasite.” American Naturalist 189, no. 1 (January): 43–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/689597.

IN-TEXT CITATION

(Weber et al. 2017, 45)

News/Magazine Articles

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Cunningham, Vinson. 2017. “You Don’t Understand: John McWhorter Makes His Case for Black English.” New Yorker, May 15, 2017.

Lind, Dara. 2016. “Moving to Canada, Explained.” Vox, September 15, 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11608830/move-to-canada-how.

Pegoraro, Rob. 2007. “Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple.” Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Cunningham 2017, 85)
(Lind 2016)
(Pegoraro 2007)

Audiovisual

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Beyoncé. 2016. “Sorry.” Directed by Kahlil Joseph and Beyoncé Knowles. June 22, 2016. Music video, 4:25. https://youtu.be/QxsmWxxouIM.

Camalier, Greg. 2013. Muscle Shoals. Magnolia Pictures. https:www.netflix.com/watch/80037759.

Holiday, Billie, vocalist. 1958. “I’m a Fool to Want You,” by Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Wolf. Recorded February 20, 1958, with Ray Ellis. Track 1 on Lady in Satin. Columbia CL 1157. 331/3 rpm.

Justman, Paul. 2002. Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Artisan Entertainment. DVD, 720p.

Lamar, Kendrick. 2017. “Humble.” Track 8 on DAMN, Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records B0027771-01. Spotify streaming audio, 320 kbps.

Parliament. 1979. Uncle Jam Wants You. Warner Brothers BSK 3371. CD.

Stamper, Kory. 2017. “From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English.” Interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to-photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Beyoncé 2016, at 1:09-1:24) [add timings if you want to specify a part of the video]
(Camalier 2013)
(Holiday 1958)
(Justman 2002)
(Lamar 2017)
(Parliament 1979)
(Stamper 2017)

Images

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Buchholz, Erich. 1920. Untitled. Gouache on paper. Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/collection/works/38187.

Lynes, Barbara Buhler, Lesley Poling-Kempes, and Frederick W. Turner. 2004. Georgia O'Keeffe and New Mexico: A Sense of Place. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Buchholz 1920)

(Georgia O'Keeffe, The Cliff Chimneys, 1938, in Lynes, Poling-Kempes, and Turner, 2004, 25)
*In this example, a specific piece of art from the book is cited.

Website

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Columbia University. n.d. “History.” Accessed May 15, 2017. http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html.

Google. 2017. “Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. Last modified April 17, 2017. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Columbia University, n.d.)
(Google 2017)

Social Media

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Chicago Manual of Style. 2015. “Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993.” Facebook, April 17, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit.” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

(Chicago Manual of Style 2015)
(Souza 2016)