Chicago Style of Referencing

This guide (courtsy to COATES Library) provides basic guidelines and examples for citing sources using The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. 

Books

Book:

One Author

 Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. Title. Location of Publisher: Publisher.

 Sample Citation:

Welch, Kathleen E. 1999. Electric Rhetoric: Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Book:

Two or More Authors

 Format:

Author Last, First, and Author First Last. Year of Pub. Title. Location of Publisher: Publisher.

[Note: If a book is credited to 4 or more authors, include all authors in the bibliographic citation. In the parenthetical citation, include the first author’s name only followed by “et al.”]

Sample Citation:

Lunsford, Andrea, and Lisa Ede. 1990. Singular Texts/Plural Authors:  Perspectives on Collaborative Writing.  Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.

Patten, Michael A., Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt. 2003. Birds of the Salton Sea: Status, Biogeography, and Ecology. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Electronic Book

 Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. Title. Location of Publisher: Publisher. URL.

Sample Citation:

Welch, Kathleen E. 1999. Electric Rhetoric: Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy. Cambridge: MIT Press. http://www.netlibrary.com.

Chapter in a Book

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. “Title of Chapter/Article.” In Title, edited by First Last, inclusive page numbers. Location of Publisher: Publisher, Year.   

Sample Citation:

Wells, Ida B. 1995. “Lynch Law in All its Phases.” In with Pen and Voice: A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century African-American Women, edited by Shirley Wilson Logan, 80-99. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. 

Translated Book

Format:

Original Author Last, First. Year of Publication. Title. Translated by First Name Last. Location of Publisher: Publisher.

Sample Citation:

Eisenstein, Sergei. 1968. Film Sense. Translated by Jay Leyda. London: Faber and Faber.

Journals

Journal Article:

Print

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. “Title.” Journal Name volume # (issue #): inclusive page numbers.

Sample Citation:

Haraway, Donna J. 1994. “A Game of Cat's Cradle: Science Studies, Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies.” Configurations 2 (1): 59-71.

Journal Article:

Two or More Authors 

 

  

Format:

Author Last, First, and Author First Last. Year of Pub. “Title.” Journal Name volume # (no. issue #): inclusive page numbers.

[Note: See the note under “Books: Two or More Authors” for more information for formatting the names of multiple authors.]

Sample Citation:

Gautreau, Ronald, and Jeffrey M. Cohen. 1997. “Birth and Death of a Black Hole.” American Journal of Physics 65 (3): 444-446.

Pridmore, William, Mitchell Chamlin, and Adam Trahan. 1997. “A Test of Competing Hypotheses about Homicide Following Terrorist Attacks: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of September 11 and Oklahoma City.” Journal of Quantitative Criminology 24 (4): 381-96.

Journal Article:

From a Full-Text Database

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. “Title.” Journal Name volume # (issue #): inclusive page numbers if available. URL or doi number.

Sample Citation:

Ferrell, Robert H. 1990. “Truman's Place in History.” Reviews in American History 18 (1): 1-9.http://www.jstor.org/stable/2702718.    

Journal Article:

Online

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Journal Name volume #, no. issue # (Month Day of Pub): inclusive page numbers. URL.

[Note on page numbers:  If online articles do not include page numbers, leave this space blank in the citation. See the sample.]

Sample Citation:

Jobe, Karen D. 2000. “Women and the Language of Hackerdom: The Gendered Nature of Hacker Jargon.” Kairos 5, (2).           http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/5.2/binder.html?coverbweb/jobe/           women&hackerdom.htm.

Magazines

Magazine Article:

Print

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. “Title.” Magazine Name, Month Day.

[Note: Chicago Notes style does not require page numbers for a magazine article.  Page numbers should be included in parenthetical citations.]

Sample Citation:

Swartz, Mimi. 2002. “An Enron Yard Sale.” New Yorker, May 6. 

Magazine Article:

Two Authors

 

 

Format:

Author Last, First, and Author First Last. Year of Pub. “Title.” Magazine Name, Month Day.

Sample Citation:

Silver, Marc, and James M. Pethokoukis. 2002. “Attack of the Cloned Light Sabers.” U.S. News & World Report, May 13.

Magazine Article:

from a 

Full-Text Database

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Pub. “Title.” Magazine Name, Month Day. URL or doi. 

Sample Citation:

Swartz, Mimi. 2002. “An Enron Yard Sale.” New Yorker, May 6. http://search.ebscohost.com.

Magazine Article:

Online

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Magazine Name, Month Day. URL.

Sample Citation:

Leonard, Andrew. 2005. “Embracing the Dark Side of the Brand.” Salon, May 18.http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/05/18/star_wars_lego/index.np.html.

Newspapers  

Newspaper Article:

Print

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Newspaper Name, Month Day of Publication.

[Note: Chicago Notes style does not require page numbers for a newspaper article. 

Page numbers should be included in parenthetical citations.]

Sample Citation:

Lewin, Tamar. 2003. “Disability Requests Reflect Changes in SAT Procedure.” New York Times, November 8.

Newspaper Article: from a 

 

Full-Text Database

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Newspaper Name, Month Day of Pub. URL.

Sample Citation:

Flores, Matt. 2001. “San Antonio, Texas-Area Business Students Manage Real Portfolio.” San Antonio Express-News, December 18. http://search.ebscohost.com.

Newspaper Article:

Online

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. “Title.” Newspaper Name, Month Day of Publication. URL.

Sample Citation:

Mapes, Lynda V. 2005. “Unearthing Tse-whit-zen.” Seattle Times, May 25. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/klallam/index.html.

Electronic Sources

Multi-Page

Internet Site:

Entire Site

Format:

Last Name, First of Author. Year of Pub. Title of Site. Last modified or Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Sample Citation:

Weissmann, Anne. 2006. Ernest Haeckel: Art Forms in Nature. Accessed January 14, 2007. http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/haeckel/index.html.

Multi-Page

Internet Site:

Single Page on Site

Format:

Author Last, First. Year of Publication. "Title of Page." Name of provider if different from author. Last modified or Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Sample Citation:

Sun, Yee-Fan. 2005. "Shacking Up.” Digs Magazine. Accessed March 2, 2005. http://www.digsmagazine.com/lounge/lounge_shackingup.htm.

Multi-Page

Internet Site:

Corporate Author

  

Format:

Corporate Author Name. Year of Publication. Title of Site. Last modified or Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Sample Citation:

Miller Center of Public Affairs. 2005. American President. Last modified 2010. http://www.americanpresident.com.

For further information on citing sources using the Chicago author-date style, see The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition.