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Citation Guide

Chicago Different Format Citation Samples

General Model for Citing Books in the Chicago Notes and Bibliography System

Footnote or endnote (N):

     1. First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

Corresponding bibliographical entry (B):

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Book by one author 

N:

  1.   Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (New York: Viking Press, 1958), 128.  

B:

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

 

General Model for Citing Electronic Journals in the Chicago Notes and Bibliography System

Footnote or Endnote (N):

     1. Henry E. Bent, “Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 141, accessed December 4, 2017, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Corresponding Bibliographical Entry (B):

Bent, Henry E. "Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 0-145. Accessed December 4, 2017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

 

General Model for Citing Web Sources in Chicago Style

Footnote or Endnote (N):

     1. Firstname Lastname, “Title of Web Page,” Publishing Organization or Name of Website, publication date and/or access date if available, URL.

Corresponding Bibliographical Entry (B):

Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization or Name of Website. Publication date and/or access date if available. URL.