Chicago Style Citation Format Guide
Chicago Style Citation Format Guide
Type of Citation / How the footnote should appear the first time cited: / How the footnote should appear after the first time cited: / How the source should appear in the bibliography:From a Book / Author’s First and Last Name, Title of the Book (city of publication: name of publisher, date of publication), page number of citation. / Author’s last name, Title of the Book, page number of citation. / Author’s last name, first name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: name of Publisher, date.
Example from a book / Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden (Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871), 56. / Warner, My Summer in a Garden, 56. / Warner, Charles Dudley. My Summer in a Garden. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871.
From a chapter in an edited book / Chapter Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Name of editor of Book (city of publication: Name of publisher, date of publication), page number of citation. / Author’s last name, “Title of Chapter,” page number of citation. / Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Book, edited by name of editor, page numbers of chapter. City of publication: name of publisher, date of publication.
Example from a chapter in an edited book / Antonia Levi, "The Americanization of Anime and Manga: Negotiating Popular Culture," in Cinema Anime, ed. Steven T. Brown (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), 44. / Levi, "Americanization," 62. / Levi, Antonia. "The Americanization of Anime and Manga: Negotiating Popular Culture." In Cinema Anime, edited by Steven T. Brown, 43-63. New York:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
An article that is printed out / Article Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Article,” Title of Magazine/Journal/Newspaper Volume number, Issue Number (Date of publication): page number of citation. / Author’s last name, “Title of Article,” page number of citation. / Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine/Journal/Newspaper Volume number, Issue number (date of publication): page numbers of article.
Example from an article that is printed out / David A. Bell, "Napoleon in the Flesh," History Today120, no. 4 (September 2005): 712. / Bell, "Napoleon in the Flesh," 713. / Bell, David A. "Napoleon in the Flesh." History Today120, no. 4 (September 2005): 71-115.
An article that is from a magazine or journal database / Author’s First and Last Name, “Title of Article,” Name of Magazine/Journal Volume number, Issue number (Date of publication), page number of citation, Website of database (date article was found). / Author’s last name, “Title of Article,” page number of citation. / Author’s Last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine/Journal Volume number, Issue number (Date of publication): page number of citation. Website of database (date article was found).
Example from an article that is from a magazine or journal database / Sarah Lipka, "A Blog Gives Professors Space to Vent About Their Students," The Chronicle of Higher Education 52, no. 21 (Jan. 27, 2005), 37, (accessed August 10, 2006). / Lipka, "A Blog Gives Professors Space to Vent About Their Students," 37. / Lipka, Sara. “A Blog Gives Professors Space to Vent About Their Students." The Chronicle of Higher Education 52, no. 21 (Jan. 27, 2005): 37. (accessed August 10, 2006).
An article that is from a newspaper database / Author’s First and Last name, “Title of Article,” Title of Newspaper, Date of publication, page number of citation, URL (date article was found). / Author’s last name, “Title of Article,” page number of citation. / Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of newspaper, Date of publication, page number of article. URL (date article was found).
Example of an article that is from a newspaper database / Stephen Holden, "Miserable, But Sexy," The Gazette, August 1, 2007, D4, (accessed August 2, 2007). / Holden, “Miserable,” D4. / Holden, Stephen. "Miserable, But Sexy." The Gazette, August 1, 2007, D4. (accessed August 2, 2007).
Website / “Title of Web chapter or article,” Name of Website, URL (date information was found). / “Title of Web chapter or article” / “Title of Web Chapter or article.” Name of Website. URL (date information was found).
Example from a website / “An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 14901920,”
The Library of Congress American Memory,
(accessed August 16, 2006). / “An American Ballroom Companion.” / “An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals ca. 1490-1920.”
The Library of Congress American Memory. (accessed August 16, 2006).