Citing Resources in Chicago Style

The Chicago citation style is typically used by history and other social sciences.
 

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Remember that your list of resources should be presented in alphabetical order by author's last name.

Sample Citations
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Sample Citations
 
When writing a citation in the Chicago style, pay particular attention to italics, punctuation, indentation, and capitalization.
 
Many more samples of citations presented in the Chicago style can be found in The Chicago Manual of Style. Please consult this book or a librarian for help with unusual resources.

All of the following samples are taken from:

The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
(This is a sample of book with no author or editor listed and including edition number.)

 

Book with Two Authors:
Note: italicize the title of the book.

(In a bibliography. Note indents, order of authors' names and use of periods.)
Weinberg, Arthur and Lila Weinberg. Clarence Darrow: A Sentimental
      Rebel. New York: Putnam's Sons, 1980.

(In footnote or endnote. Note indents, order of authors' names and use of commas.)
     3. Arthur Weinberg and Lila Weinberg, Clarence Darrow: A Sentimental
Rebel (New York: Putnam's Sons, 1980), 56.

 

Scholarly Article:
Note: put the title of the article in quotes and italicize the title of the journal.

(In a bibliography. Note indents, page numbers, and use of periods and colons.)
Robertson, Noel. "The Dorian Migration and Corinthian Ritual." Classical
     Philology 75, no. 2 (1980): 1-22.

(In footnote or endnote. Note indents, page number quoted, and use of commas and colons.)
     5. Noel Robertson, "The Dorian Migration and Corinthian Ritual," Classical
Philology 75, no. 2 (1980): 16.

 

Popular Article (with two authors):
Note: put the title of the article in quotes and italicize the title of the journal.

(In a bibliography. Note order of author's names, indents, page numbers, and use of periods and colons.)
Caspari, E. W., and R. E. Marshak. "The Rise and Fall of Lysenko." Science,
     16 July 1965, 275-78.

(In footnote or endnote. Note order of authors' names, indents, page number quoted, and use of commas and colons.)
     8. E. W. Caspari and R. E. Marshak, "The Rise and Fall of Lysenko," Science,
16 July 1965, 276.

 

Newspaper Article:
(In a bibliography. Names of cities not part of titles of foreign newspapers are added in parenthses after the title and are not italicized.)
Robbins, Williams. "Big Wheels: The Rotary Club at 75." New York Times.
     17 February 1980, sec. 3.

(In footnote or endnote.)
     4. Williams Robbins, "Big Wheels: The Rotary Club at 75," New York Times,
17 February 1980, sec. 3.

 

Website:

The following samples are taken from:

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.


(In bibliography. With author.)
Rayburn, Kevin. The 1920s. http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html.

(In footnote or endnote.)

     21. Kevin Rayburn, The 1920s, http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html.

 

 

Online Help

Samples of papers written using the Chicago style can be found at the following websites:

Chicago Manual of Style
Publisher's official website.

Research and Documentation Online
Diane Hacker's online guide for all citation styles.
 
Citation Styles
An all purpose web site from Bedford/St. Martin's publishers. It is contained in Online: a Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources.


  Updated: November 21, 2005