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ALA Publishing eLearning Webinar

Write and Cite “Chicago Style”: Helping Students and Patrons Understand The Chicago Manual of Style and Turabian

In this free prerecorded webinar, Rebecca Gerber, electronic resources librarian at the ALA, interviews Chicago style expert Carol Saller, previous editor of the CMOS Online Q&A and the CMOS Shop Talk blog. They discuss using The Chicago Manual of Style for citation building and more.

You'll learn how to help students and patrons use The Chicago Manual of Style Online and Turabian's A Manual for Writers to find answers to questions about citation, grammar, punctuation, and other rules of writing.

ALA Choice "The Authority File" Podcast Series

In this four-part podcast series, ALA's Bill Mickey, Editorial Director of Choice, speaks with Becky Brasington Clark, the head of the Library of Congress’ publishing office and Carol Saller, chief copyeditor of the Sixteenth Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

Their conversation weaves together the mission of publishing at the Library of Congress and the ethical and moral considerations that emerge from editorial, style, and publishing norms.

Part 1: Toward Clarity in Editing and Publishing: Behind the Scenes at the Library of Congress Publishing Office and the Chicago Manual of Style

Part 2: Toward Clarity in Editing and Publishing: Style as a Reflection of the Cultural Moment

Part 3: Toward Clarity in Editing and Publishing: The Present and Future of Style

Part 4: Toward Clarity in Editing and Publishing: Reaching Everyone by Publishing More Than Books

Teaching Turabian

We offer a number of free resources for teaching Kate Turabian’s A Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers, at our sister site Turabian.org.

Included are tools for teaching first-time writers of research papers including Chicago style citation quick guides, paper formatting tip sheets, topic sheets, and more.