What is the difference between Chicago and Turabian?
Chicago and Turabian style use the same guidelines. Turabian is simpler and is tailored for students and researchers, while Chicago is designed for professionals that are publishing in their given field.
Turabian is a style of writing and formatting that is created and updated by Kate Turabian. It is adapted from the University of Chicago's 'Chicago' style of citation and is simplified for students and researchers. Turabian is most commonly used in the social sciences, such as in History courses.
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) is used by a wide variety of disciplines. Literature, history, and the arts in particular may use CMOS for the clean look of endnotes or footnotes. CMOS also offers two different styles of citing resources, author-date and bibliography.
Which should I use?
You should always talk to your professor or library staff, but for the most part, all of the guidelines that you find in Turabian help pages will also apply to the Chicago style.