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- Hi, I'm Melissa from the AC Library.

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In this video, I'll show
you how to format your paper

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for the Chicago style.

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It's also called the Turabian
Style using Google Docs.

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If you need help using Microsoft Word,

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check out those videos.

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Google Docs is available
to everybody at AC

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through the AC Connect portal.

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Click on this button even
if this isn't your computer.

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This just keeps the computer
from thinking you're inactive

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and kicking you out when
you're actually still working.

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Then log in

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with your usual AC connect
username and password.

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Get into your email,

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and then once you're in your
account, click on this button

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to open up Google Apps and select Docs.

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If you've already worked
on things in here,

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you'll see those documents
down here under recent,

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but to start fresh, select Blank.

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And by the way, Google Docs helps you out

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because it auto saves everything you do.

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You don't have to hunt
for that save button,

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it's got you covered.

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Now, there are actually two
types of the Chicago style,

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the bibliography style,
which is more commonly used

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and is what I'll describe here,

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and the author-date style,
which is more like MLA and APA

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and is not typically required at AC,

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but be careful when you use programs

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and tools that help you
set up your citations

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and make sure that you pick
the bibliography style.

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in the EBSCO databases this is listed

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as the humanities version,
which I'll show you later.

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Chicago doesn't require
only one font and size.

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You can choose Times New
Roman, which is the standard,

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the one that the other
styles typically require

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and what I'll use,

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but technically you can instead
use Courier or Helvetica.

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The font size has to be between 10 and 12.

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I'll just use the more standard 12 here.

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Most of the paper needs
to be double spaced.

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Use this button right here.

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Margins are supposed to
be one inch all around,

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but for some reason Google Docs
doesn't quite get this right

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when you set it to one inch, so use 0.75.

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Click on the menu tab file
and then select page setup,

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and here's where you can enter
0.75 in each of these spots.

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Trust me, I've used a ruler

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and this setting gets it right
when you print your document.

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Chicago style usually
includes a title page,

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but of course if you're instructor says

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you don't need one, be sure to comply.

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What I'm explaining

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in this video is just general information,

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but here's a sample of

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what a title page would look like

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with the title of your paper,

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about a quarter of the way down the page,

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and then about three quarters
of the way down your name,

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then your class such as
History 1301 a colon,

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and then the name of your
class in this example,

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United States History 1.

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If you don't already know this
information about your class,

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you can find it in Blackboard right here,

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or in your syllabus here.

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On the last line, include the date

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that you're submitting the paper.

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To check that you're placing the lines

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in about the right spots on your paper,

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you can use this zoom button
and pick either 75% or 50%.

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You'll start your actual
paper on the next page.

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Here's an example of what a
first page should look like,

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and notice that this is the page

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that has the number one inserted
in the top right corner.

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Use the header area of the
document to insert page numbers.

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I find it easiest to just
point my cursor to the very top

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of the page and then double click.

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Click on Insert, then
hover over page number,

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and then select this one right
here that shows a cover page

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with no page number,

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and then the next full page

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of the document beginning with the one.

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Don't ever just type the
number one on your first page.

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If you use this insert
page number feature,

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the system will automatically change

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all of your page numbers for you

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as your paper grows and changes.

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Okay, so now to get this
number aligned correctly,

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change the line spacing to just single,

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and this will only
affect this header area,

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and then hit enter to
move it down just a bit.

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Now click on this button to bump it over

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to the right side of the page.

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Finally, make sure this is
set to times new Roman 12

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or whatever font and size you chose.

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Okay, that's all I'll
show you in this video,

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but please watch the
next one in this series

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where I'll show you how
to insert footnotes.

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