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Chicago Manual of Style Online

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Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Chicago Manual of Style

  • Brief information about Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition) created at Purdue University.

Books on the Chicago Manual of Style

Quick Reference

Using the Notes and Bibliography variation

  • Print Book
  • First in-text citation First Name Last Name, Title (Publisher city: Publisher, year), page/page range being cited.
     
    Example:

    1. Juan Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America (New York: Penguin Group, 2011), 232.

  • Additional in-text citations (Shortened) Last name, Title, page/page range.
     
    Example:

    2. Gonzalez, Harvest of Empire, 232.

  • Bibliographic Entry Author Last, Author First. Title. Publication City: Publisher, year.
     
    Example:

    Gonzales, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. New York: Penguin Group, 2011.

  • Electronic Book
  • First Citation First Name Last Name, Title (Publisher city: Publisher, year), page/page range being cited, URL or Database retrieved from.
     
    Example:

    3.Neema Avashia, Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place (Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2022), 46, https://etsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01ETSU_INST&vid=01ETSU_INST:ETSU&isbn=1952271428&sid=books_widget.

  • Additional Citations (Shortened) Last name, Title, page/page range.
     
    Example:

    4.Avashia, Another Appalachia, 46.

  • Bibliographic Entry Author Last, Author First. Title. Publication City: Publisher, year. Database or URL.
     
    Example:

    Avashia, Neema. Another Appalachia: Coming up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2022. https://etsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01ETSU_INST&vid=01ETSU_INST:ETSU&isbn=1952271428&sid=books_widget.

  • Journal Article
  • First Citation
    First Name Last Name, "Article Title," Journal Name Volume, no. # (#=issue) (Month/year): Page number/range, DOI/Database accessed from.
     
    Example:

    5.Visa Immonen, Janne Harjula, Mia Lempiäinen-Avci, Ilkka Leskelä, Elina Räsänen, and Katri Vuola. “The Life of Wood in North-Eastern Europe in AD 1100–1600.” Antiquity 94, no. 378 (December 2020): 35, doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.209.

  • Additional Citations (Shortened)

    Last name, "Title," page/page range.

     
    Example:

    6.Immonen et al., French Crossings IV, 3-35.

  • Bibliography Entry
    Last Name, First. "Article Title." Journal title Volume, no. # (#=issue) (month year): Page numbers where cited article appears. Database retrieved or DOI
     
    Example:

    Jones, Colin. “French Crossings IV: Vagaries of Passion and Power in Enlightenment Paris.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23, no. 3 (2013): 3–35. Proquest.

  • Reference List
    • Chicago allows for different types of bibliographies(Full, Selected, Annotated, Essay).
    • A Full Bibliography usually has a heading labeled "Bibliography" in centered, plain text.
    • All reference entries should be formatted with a hanging indent and listed in alphabetical order.
    • Refer to our citation tools page for automated bibliography solutions
     
    Example:

    Gonzales, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. New York: Penguin Group, 2011.

    Jones, Colin. “French Crossings IV: Vagaries of Passion and Power in Enlightenment Paris.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23 (2013): 3–35.

Using the Author/Date variation in-text

  • Print Book
  • In-text citation (Author Last Year, Page numbers)
     
    Example:

    (Levy 2005, 10-15)

  • Bibliographic Entry

    Last Name, First Name. Year. Title. Publisher City: Publisher.

    Example:

    Levy, Ariel. 2005. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. New York: Simon and Schuster.

  • Electronic Book
  • In-text citation (Author Last Year, Page/page numbers)
     
    Example:

    (McHugh et al. 2019, 23)

  • Bibliography Entry Author Last, Author First. Year. Title. Publisher City: Publisher. URL or Database accessed from.
     
    Example:

    McHugh, Peter, Bonner, Kieran and Raffel, Stanley. 2019. Redefining the Situation : The Writings of Peter McHugh. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press. Ebscohost.

  • Journal Article
  • In-text citation (Author Last Year, Page numbers)
     
    Example:

    (Jones 2013, 33-35)

  • Bibliographic Entry
    Author Last, Author First. Year. "Article Title." Journal Name Volume, no. # (#=issue) (month/season): Page range of referenced article. Database or DOI.
     
    Example:

    Jones, Colin. 2013. “French Crossings IV: Vagaries of Passion and Power in Enlightenment Paris.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23 no. 2 (Winter): 33–35. Project MUSE.

  • Reference List
    • Chicago allows for different types of bibliographies(Full, Selected, Annotated, Essay).
    • A Full Bibliography usually has a heading labeled "References" in centered, plain text.
    • All reference entries should be formatted with a hanging indent and listed in alphabetical order.
    • Refer to our citation tools page for automated bibliography solutions
     
    Example:

    Gonzales, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. New York: Penguin Group, 2011.

    Jones, Colin. 2013. “French Crossings IV: Vagaries of Passion and Power in Enlightenment Paris.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23 no. 2 (Winter): 33–35. Project MUSE.

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