Hello James, Esther and others, The field that I am going into is in no way technical; I want to pursue a degree in pastoral counseling. Since almost all of my work can be done via the Internet, I am not sure how much interactionI will have with other students prior to the beginning of my coursework. The initial course I have to complete is on the aforementioned writing style.
Actually, Esther, the links you referred to might be helpful indeed, and I thank you! So there was an actual Ms. Turabian? We live and learn. Kindest regards, Mike On 4,Mar,2010, at 9:48 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi James, > > Kate Turabian was dissertation manager at the University of Chicago for > several years, and wrote a style guide. I think this style is also referred > to as the University of Chicago Press Style (or the two are very similar), > and there's a Chicago Manual of Style online. They use Author-Date citations. > See, for example this PDF guide: > > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/chicago-turabianstyle.pdf > > I'm sure LaTeX does support this, but the learning curve might not be > worthwhile unless Mike is going into a technical field that requires > equations or special symbols (mathematics, physics, linguistics, computer > science, etc.) A better plan might be to contact the graduate department in > question and ask what other students use. If there are a lot of students > using LaTeX, then it would relatively simple to install TeXShop and learn > using patterns from other students working in the same area. The devil is in > the details, so it's a real advantage to use the same programs that others > who work in exactly the same area are likely to use. Although someone else > familiar with LaTeX could probably dig and locate the resources you need, > nothing beats having somebody just say, oh, that's handled by this style file > or macro, here's a copy. > > Similarly, if they use some other word processing software, Mike can check > that out. This is probably a better way to proceed than looking for Turabian > templates (which might be called something else in a particular package.) > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi Michael >> On 4 Mar 2010, at 19:44, Michael Busboom wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> In one month, I will begin graduate studies at an American university that >>> requires research papers to be written using the Turabian style for doing >>> footnotes, bibliographic citations, etc. Although I have Office 2007 >>> running under Windows 7, I'd like to use a Word Processor on the Mac that >>> would have a template for Turabian. Does anyone have any ideas? >>> >> I have never heard of Turabian, but have you considered LaTeX? It is not a >> "word processor" as such, but it is extremely versatile and can be made to >> do just about anything. Unfortunately, it does have a steep learning curve. >> However, for big projects like your University course, I think the pros out >> weigh the cons. >> >> You can find lots of info about LaTeX on the web. It is cross platform, and >> has a native Mac version. It also defaults to creating files in PDF which is >> very useful. >> >> Get in touch off-list if you think this might be something that could be >> useful. >> >> TC >> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> In one month, I will begin graduate studies at an American university that >>> requires research papers to be written using the Turabian style for doing >>> footnotes, bibliographic citations, etc. Although I have Office 2007 >>> running under Windows 7, I'd like to use a Word Processor on the Mac that >>> would have a template for Turabian. Does anyone have any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Mike >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
