Chicago style, the style which is frequently referred to as Turabian one is used in most of the social sciences.
The most important feature that differentiates this style from the great many of other styles is that it provides full information on the material cited whereas everything that the rest of styles indicate is only the name of the author or a short title, which in some cases appear to be not enough. There are cases when it is very important to know the direct source of the material, here a Chicago-style citation is preferable. There distinguished three main citation features of Chicago style. Here belong: in-line citation, footnotes/endnotes, and content notes. Footnotes and endnotes, which are typical of this style, are an advantage as they allow commenting on the source or providing some more information, which can be of important use for other writers, researches. The difference between footnotes and endnotes lies in the following: footnotes are placed at the bottom of every page, while endnotes are places at the end of the paper. As you see the difference lies in the location. The in-line citation is possible in case when the paper is under 10 pages. The in-line citation is considered to provide the same information in easier way. Content notes are part of footnotes and also endnotes. It provides explanatory material in addition to the source of the cited material which might be of important use. The reference list comprises the same information as the footnotes put in the alphabetic order by an author's last name. To other peculiarities of this style belong: indicating month and year of monthly magazines and as for the months’ spelling, they should be spelled and not abbreviated. When using punctuating marks, one should remember, that after punctuation marks, citations space should be put once. When citing something do not outdent first line in each citation, but do outdent all other lines.