Formatting a Chicago (Turabian) Paper in Google Docs, Part 3

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

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

for the Chicago style.

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

If you need help using Microsoft Word,

check out those videos.

Google Docs is available
to everybody at AC

through the AC Connect portal.

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

This just keeps the computer
from thinking you're inactive

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

Then log in

with your usual AC connect
username and password.

Get into your email,

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

to open up Google Apps and select Docs.

If you've already worked
on things in here,

you'll see those documents
down here under recent,

but to start fresh, select Blank.

And by the way, Google Docs helps you out

because it auto saves everything you do.

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

it's got you covered.

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

the bibliography style,
which is more commonly used

and is what I'll describe here,

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

and is not typically required at AC,

but be careful when you use programs

and tools that help you
set up your citations

and make sure that you pick
the bibliography style.

in the EBSCO databases this is listed

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

Chicago doesn't require
only one font and size.

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

the one that the other
styles typically require

and what I'll use,

but technically you can instead
use Courier or Helvetica.

The font size has to be between 10 and 12.

I'll just use the more standard 12 here.

Most of the paper needs
to be double spaced.

Use this button right here.

Margins are supposed to
be one inch all around,

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

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

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

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

Trust me, I've used a ruler

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

Chicago style usually
includes a title page,

but of course if you're instructor says

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

What I'm explaining

in this video is just general information,

but here's a sample of

what a title page would look like

with the title of your paper,

about a quarter of the way down the page,

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

then your class such as
History 1301 a colon,

and then the name of your
class in this example,

United States History 1.

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

you can find it in Blackboard right here,

or in your syllabus here.

On the last line, include the date

that you're submitting the paper.

To check that you're placing the lines

in about the right spots on your paper,

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

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

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

and notice that this is the page

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

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

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

of the page and then double click.

Click on Insert, then
hover over page number,

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

with no page number,

and then the next full page

of the document beginning with the one.

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

If you use this insert
page number feature,

the system will automatically change

all of your page numbers for you

as your paper grows and changes.

Okay, so now to get this
number aligned correctly,

change the line spacing to just single,

and this will only
affect this header area,

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

Now click on this button to bump it over

to the right side of the page.

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

or whatever font and size you chose.

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

but please watch the
next one in this series

where I'll show you how
to insert footnotes.

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