ChicagoStyleCitationQuickGuide

TheChicagoManualofStylepresentstwobasicdocumentationsystems:(1)notesandbibliographyand(2)author
date.Choosingbetweenthetwooftendependsonsubjectmatterandthenatureofsourcescited,aseachsystemis
favoredbydifferentgroupsofscholars.
Thenotesandbibliographystyleispreferredbymanyinthehumanities,includingthoseinliterature,history,andthe
arts.Thisstylepresentsbibliographicinformationinnotesand,often,abibliography.Itaccommodatesavarietyof
sources,includingesotericoneslessappropriatetotheauthordatesystem.
Theauthordatesystemhaslongbeenusedbythoseinthephysical,natural,andsocialsciences.Inthissystem,
sourcesarebrieflycitedinthetext,usuallyinparentheses,byauthorslastnameanddateofpublication.Theshort
citationsareamplifiedinalistofreferences,wherefullbibliographicinformationisprovided.
Asidefromtheuseofnotesversusparentheticalreferencesinthetext,thetwosystemsshareasimilarstyle.Clickon
thetabsbelowtoseesomecommonexamplesofmaterialscitedineachstyle,includingexamplesofcommon
electronicsources.Fornumerousspecificexamples,seechapters14and15ofthe16theditionofTheChicago
ManualofStyle.
NotesandBibliography:SampleCitations
Thefollowingexamplesillustratecitationsusingthenotesandbibliographysystem.Examplesofnotesarefollowed
byshortenedversionsofcitationstothesamesource.Formoredetailsandmanymoreexamples,seechapter14of
TheChicagoManualofStyle.Forexamplesofthesamecitationsusingtheauthordatesystem,clickontheAuthor
Datetababove.
Book
Oneauthor
1.MichaelPollan,TheOmnivoresDilemma:ANaturalHistoryofFourMeals(NewYork:Penguin,2006),99100.
2.Pollan,OmnivoresDilemma,3.
Pollan,Michael.TheOmnivoresDilemma:ANaturalHistoryofFourMeals.NewYork:Penguin,2006.
Twoormoreauthors
1.GeoffreyC.WardandKenBurns,TheWar:AnIntimateHistory,19411945(NewYork:Knopf,2007),52.
2.WardandBurns,War,5961.
Ward,GeoffreyC.,andKenBurns.TheWar:AnIntimateHistory,19411945.NewYork:Knopf,2007.
Forfourormoreauthors,listalloftheauthorsinthebibliography;inthenote,listonlythefirstauthor,followedbyet
al.(andothers):
1.DanaBarnesetal.,Plastics:EssaysonAmericanCorporateAscendanceinthe1960s...
2.Barnesetal.,Plastics...
Editor,translator,orcompilerinsteadofauthor
1.RichmondLattimore,trans.,TheIliadofHomer(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1951),9192.
2.Lattimore,Iliad,24.
Lattimore,Richmond,trans.TheIliadofHomer.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1951.
Editor,translator,orcompilerinadditiontoauthor
1.GabrielGarcaMrquez,LoveintheTimeofCholera,trans.EdithGrossman(London:Cape,1988),24255.
2.GarcaMrquez,Cholera,33.
GarcaMrquez,Gabriel.LoveintheTimeofCholera.TranslatedbyEdithGrossman.London:Cape,1988.
Chapterorotherpartofabook
1.JohnD.Kelly,SeeingRed:MaoFetishism,PaxAmericana,andtheMoralEconomyofWar,inAnthropology
andGlobalCounterinsurgency,ed.JohnD.Kellyetal.(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2010),77.
2.Kelly,SeeingRed,8182.
Kelly,JohnD.SeeingRed:MaoFetishism,PaxAmericana,andtheMoralEconomyofWar.InAnthropologyand
GlobalCounterinsurgency,editedbyJohnD.Kelly,BeatriceJauregui,SeanT.Mitchell,andJeremyWalton,6783.
Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,2010.
Chapterofaneditedvolumeoriginallypublishedelsewhere(asinprimarysources)
1.QuintusTulliusCicero,HandbookonCanvassingfortheConsulship,inRome:LateRepublicandPrincipate,ed.
WalterEmilKaegiJr.andPeterWhite,vol.2ofUniversityofChicagoReadingsinWesternCivilization,ed.John

BoyerandJuliusKirshner(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1986),35.
2.Cicero,CanvassingfortheConsulship,35.

Cicero,QuintusTullius.HandbookonCanvassingfortheConsulship.InRome:LateRepublicandPrincipate,
editedbyWalterEmilKaegiJr.andPeterWhite.Vol.2ofUniversityofChicagoReadingsinWesternCivilization,
editedbyJohnBoyerandJuliusKirshner,3346.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1986.Originallypublishedin
EvelynS.Shuckburgh,trans.,TheLettersofCicero,vol.1(London:GeorgeBell&Sons,1908).
Preface,foreword,introduction,orsimilarpartofabook
1.JamesRieger,introductiontoFrankenstein;or,TheModernPrometheus,byMaryWollstonecraftShelley
(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1982),xxxxi.
2.Rieger,introduction,xxxiii.
Rieger,James.IntroductiontoFrankenstein;or,TheModernPrometheus,byMaryWollstonecraftShelley,xixxxvii.
Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1982.
Bookpublishedelectronically
Ifabookisavailableinmorethanoneformat,citetheversionyouconsulted.Forbooksconsultedonline,listaURL;
includeanaccessdateonlyifoneisrequiredbyyourpublisherordiscipline.Ifnofixedpagenumbersareavailable,
youcanincludeasectiontitleorachapterorothernumber.
1.JaneAusten,PrideandPrejudice(NewYork:PenguinClassics,2007),Kindleedition.
2.PhilipB.KurlandandRalphLerner,eds.,TheFoundersConstitution(Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,
1987),accessedFebruary28,2010,http://presspubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
3.Austen,PrideandPrejudice.
4.KurlandandLerner,FoundersConstitution,chap.10,doc.19.
Austen,Jane.PrideandPrejudice.NewYork:PenguinClassics,2007.Kindleedition.
Kurland,PhilipB.,andRalphLerner,eds.TheFoundersConstitution.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress,1987.
AccessedFebruary28,2010.http://presspubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
Journalarticle
Articleinaprintjournal
Inanote,listthespecificpagenumbersconsulted,ifany.Inthebibliography,listthepagerangeforthewholearticle.
1.JoshuaI.Weinstein,TheMarketinPlatosRepublic,ClassicalPhilology104(2009):440.
2.Weinstein,PlatosRepublic,45253.
Weinstein,JoshuaI.TheMarketinPlatosRepublic.ClassicalPhilology104(2009):43958.
Articleinanonlinejournal
IncludeaDOI(DigitalObjectIdentifier)ifthejournallistsone.ADOIisapermanentIDthat,whenappendedto
http://dx.doi.org/intheaddressbarofanInternetbrowser,willleadtothesource.IfnoDOIisavailable,listaURL.
Includeanaccessdateonlyifoneisrequiredbyyourpublisherordiscipline.
1.GueorgiKossinetsandDuncanJ.Watts,OriginsofHomophilyinanEvolvingSocialNetwork,American
JournalofSociology115(2009):411,accessedFebruary28,2010,doi:10.1086/599247.
2.KossinetsandWatts,OriginsofHomophily,439.
Kossinets,Gueorgi,andDuncanJ.Watts.OriginsofHomophilyinanEvolvingSocialNetwork.AmericanJournal
ofSociology115(2009):40550.AccessedFebruary28,2010.doi:10.1086/599247.
Articleinanewspaperorpopularmagazine
Newspaperandmagazinearticlesmaybecitedinrunningtext(AsSherylStolbergandRobertPearnotedinaNew
YorkTimesarticleonFebruary27,2010,...)insteadofinanote,andtheyarecommonlyomittedfroma
bibliography.Thefollowingexamplesshowthemoreformalversionsofthecitations.Ifyouconsultedthearticle
online,includeaURL;includeanaccessdateonlyifyourpublisherordisciplinerequiresone.Ifnoauthoris
identified,beginthecitationwiththearticletitle.
1.DanielMendelsohn,ButEnoughaboutMe,NewYorker,January25,2010,68.
2.SherylGayStolbergandRobertPear,WaryCentristsPosingChallengeinHealthCareVote,NewYorkTimes,
February27,2010,accessedFebruary28,2010,http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

3.Mendelsohn,ButEnoughaboutMe,69.
4.StolbergandPear,WaryCentrists.
Mendelsohn,Daniel.ButEnoughaboutMe.NewYorker,January25,2010.
Stolberg,SherylGay,andRobertPear.WaryCentristsPosingChallengeinHealthCareVote.NewYorkTimes,
February27,2010.AccessedFebruary28,2010.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.
Bookreview
1.DavidKamp,DeconstructingDinner,reviewofTheOmnivoresDilemma:ANaturalHistoryofFourMeals,by
MichaelPollan,NewYorkTimes,April23,2006,SundayBookReview,
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.
2.Kamp,DeconstructingDinner.
Kamp,David.DeconstructingDinner.ReviewofTheOmnivoresDilemma:ANaturalHistoryofFourMeals,by
MichaelPollan.NewYorkTimes,April23,2006,SundayBookReview.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.
Thesisordissertation
1.MihwaChoi,ContestingImaginairesinDeathRitualsduringtheNorthernSongDynasty(PhDdiss.,University
ofChicago,2008).
2.Choi,ContestingImaginaires.
Choi,Mihwa.ContestingImaginairesinDeathRitualsduringtheNorthernSongDynasty.PhDdiss.,Universityof
Chicago,2008.
Paperpresentedatameetingorconference
1.RachelAdelman,SuchStuffasDreamsAreMadeOn:GodsFootstoolintheAramaicTargumimand
MidrashicTradition(paperpresentedattheannualmeetingfortheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,NewOrleans,
Louisiana,November2124,2009).
2.Adelman,SuchStuffasDreams.
Adelman,Rachel.SuchStuffasDreamsAreMadeOn:GodsFootstoolintheAramaicTargumimandMidrashic
Tradition.PaperpresentedattheannualmeetingfortheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature,NewOrleans,Louisiana,
November2124,2009.
Website
Acitationtowebsitecontentcanoftenbelimitedtoamentioninthetextorinanote(AsofJuly19,2008,the
McDonaldsCorporationlistedonitswebsite...).Ifamoreformalcitationisdesired,itmaybestyledasinthe
examplesbelow.Becausesuchcontentissubjecttochange,includeanaccessdateor,ifavailable,adatethatthesite
waslastmodified.
1.GooglePrivacyPolicy,lastmodifiedMarch11,2009,http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.
2.McDonaldsHappyMealToySafetyFacts,McDonaldsCorporation,accessedJuly19,2008,
http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/factsheets.html.
3.GooglePrivacyPolicy.
4.ToySafetyFacts.
Google.GooglePrivacyPolicy.LastmodifiedMarch11,2009.http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html.
McDonaldsCorporation.McDonaldsHappyMealToySafetyFacts.AccessedJuly19,2008.
http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about/factsheets.html.
Iteminacommercialdatabase
Foritemsretrievedfromacommercialdatabase,addthenameofthedatabaseandanaccessionnumberfollowingthe
factsofpublication.Inthisexample,thedissertationcitedaboveisshownasitwouldbecitedifitwereretrievedfrom
ProQuestsdatabasefordissertationsandtheses.
Choi,Mihwa.ContestingImaginairesinDeathRitualsduringtheNorthernSongDynasty.PhDdiss.,Universityof
Chicago,2008.ProQuest(AAT3300426).