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Articles (Electronic)

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

For more information about any particular element of the citation samples, e.g., if you want to know how to include and punctuate author information for items with more than one author, or for information about shortening titles, refer to the tab in this LibGuide titled Elements of a Citation.

If your question is not answered by the LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

Access dates are given in these examples. However, they should be used only if your instructor requires them. CMOS 17th edition does not require access dates as part of full note or bibliography formats.

 

 

Electronic Journal Article

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author(s), "Article Title," Journal Title volume, issue (Date): page number or range, access date if required by instructor, DOI (preferred) or URL.
 
1. Sheryl Bobroff and Caren L. Sax, "The Effects of Peer Tutoring Interview Skills Training with Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities," Journal of Vocation Rehabilitation 33, no. 3 (2010): 143-157, accessed August 1, 2010, doi: 10.3233/JVR-2010-0523.

Note (Short)  Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author(s) last name(s), "Shortened Article Title," page number or range. 
 
 
1. Bobroff and Sax, "Effects of Peer Tutoring," 143-157.
Bibliography 
Format
             
 
Sample
 
Author(s) Inverted (only first author inverted, other in direct order). "Article Title." Journal Title volume, issue
(Date): page number or range. (Access date if required by instructor.) DOI (preferred) or URL. 
 
Bobroff, Sheryl, and Caren L. Sax. "The Effects of Peer Tutoring Interview Skills Training with Transition-Age
Youth with Disabilities." Journal of Vocation Rehabilitation 33, no. 3 (2010): 143-157 (Accessed August 1, 2010). doi: 10.3233/JVR-2010-0523. 

 

Electronic Newspaper or Magazine Article

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author(s), "Article Title," Newspaper or Magazine Title, date, access date if required, URL (or DOI - not as likely to be available for a magainze). 
 
1. Jeffrey Kluger, "When Plants Become Refugees," Time, November 9, 2010, accessed November 10, 2010, https://science.time.com/2010/11/09/when-plants-become-refugees/. 

Note (Short)  Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author(s) last name(s), "Shortened Article Title," page number or range. 
 
 
1. Kluger, "When Plants Become Refugees."
Bibliography 
Format
             
 
Sample
 
Author(s) Inverted (only first author inverted, other in direct order). "Article Title." Newspaper
or Magazine Title, Date. (Access date.) URL. 
 
Kluger, Jeffrey. "When Plants Become Refugees." Time, November 9, 2010. Accessed November
10, 2010. https://science.time.com/2010/11/09/when-plants-become-refugees/.

 

 

Articles (Print)

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

For more information about any particular element of the citation samples, e.g., if you want to know how to include and punctuate author information for items with more than one author, or for information about shortening titles, refer to the tab in this LibGuide titled Elements of a Citation.

If your question is not answered by the LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

 

Journal Article, Single Author (print)

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author, "Article Title," Journal Title volume, issue (Date): page number or range.
 
1. Sheila Stoeckel, "Translating Evidence Based Practice to Information Literacy Instruction," College & Research Library News 71, no. 8 (2010): 410-411.

Note (Short)  Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author last name, "Shortened Article Title," page number or range. 
 
 
1. Stoeckel, "Translating Practice," 410-411.
Bibliography 
Format
             
 
Sample
 
Author Name Inverted. "Article Title." Journal Title volume, issue (Date): page number or range. 
 
 
Stoeckel, Sheila. "Translating Evidence Based Practice to Information Literacy Instruction." College & Research Library News 71, no. 8 (2010): 410-411. 

 

Magazine Article (print)

Note (Full)  

Format

            
Sample
 
#. Author, "Article Title," Magazine Title, Date, page number or range 
 
 
1. Michael D. Lemonick, "Is Anybody Out There?," Time, November 8, 2010, 58. 

Note (Short) 

Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author last name, "Shortened Article Title," page number or range. 
 
 
1. Lemonick, "Is Anybody Out There?," 58.
Bibliography 
Format
           
Sample
 
Author Name Inverted. "Article Title." Magazine Title, Date.  
 
Lemonick, Michael D. "Is Anybody Out There?" Time, November 8, 2010.

 

Newspaper Article (print)

Note (Full)  

Format

            
Sample
 
#. Author, "Article Title," Newspaper Title, Date, page number or range 
 
 
1. Steven Litt, "Cleveland Museum of Art's Atrium Skylight Rises at Last," The Plain Dealer, October 31, 2010.

Note (Short) 

Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author last name, "Shortened Article Title."
 
 
1. Litt, "Cleveland Museum."
Bibliography 
Format
           
Sample
 
Author Name Inverted. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Date.  
 
Litt, Steven. "Cleveland Museum of Art's Atrium Skylight Rises at Last." The Plain Dealer,
October 30, 2010.

 

 

Books (Electronic)

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

For more information about any particular element of the citation samples, e.g., if you want to know how to include and punctuate author information for items with more than one author, or for information about shortening titles, refer to the tab in this LibGuide titled Elements of a Citation.

If your question is not answered by the LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

 

 

Electronic Book, Downloaded (various formats)

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author, Book Title (Publisher location: Publisher Name, Year), format information, location information.
 
 
1. Henry James, Washington Square (New York: Signet Classic, 2004), Fictionwise e-book, chapter 10.

Note (Short)  Format

        
     Sample
 
#. Author last name, Shortened Book Title, location information. 
           
 
1. James, Washington Square, chapter 10.

Bibliography 

Format

             Sample

 

Author Name Inverted. Book Title. Publisher Location: Publisher name, Year. Format information.

James, Henry. Washington Square. New York: Signet, 2004. 
Fictionwise e-book.

 

Electronic Book, Accessed and Read Online

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author(s), "Section Heading," in Book Title (Publisher location: Publisher Name, Year), location information, URL or DOI.
 
 
1. Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson,"Modeling the Context of a System," in The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, 2nd ed. (Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2005), under "Chapter 18, Use Case Diagrams," http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/0321267974.
 
NOTE: Edition is included only if the item is not the first edition. 

Note (Short)  Format

        
     Sample
 
#. Author(s) last name(s), Shortened Book Title, location information. 
           
 
1. Booch, Rumbaugh, and Jacobson, "Modeling Context," under "Common Modeling Techniques."

Bibliography 

Format

             Sample

 

Author(s) Inverted (only first author inverted, other in direct order). Book Title. Publisher Location: Publisher Name, Year. DOI or URL.

Booch, Grady, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson, The Unified Modeling Language User Guide.
2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2005. http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/0321267974.

 

Electronic Book, Copyright Expired, Freely Available Online

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author, Book Title (Publisher Location: Publisher Name, Year), location information, URL.
 
 
1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (New York: Lowell, n.d.), book 8, chap. 7, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-0.txt.  

Note (Short)  Format

        
     Sample
 
#. Author last name, Shortened Book Title, location information. 
           
 
1. Dostoyevsky, Brothers, book 8, chap. 7.

Bibliography 

Format

             
Sample

 

Author Name Inverted. Book Title. (Publisher Location: Publisher Name, Year). URL. 

 
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. New York: Lowell,  n.d. 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-0.txt.

 

Books (Print)

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

For more information about any particular element of the citation samples, e.g., if you want to know how to include and punctuate author information for items with more than one author, or for information about shortening titles, refer to the tab in this LibGuide titled Elements of a Citation.

If your question is not answered by the LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

 

A Book with a Single Author

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author, Book Title (Publisher location: Publisher, Year), page number or range.
 
 
1. Terence R. Mitchell, People in Organizations: An Introduction to Organizational Behavior (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987), 55-57.

Note (Short)  Format

        
     Sample
 
#. Author last name, Shortened book title, page number or range.
           
 
1. Mitchell, People in Organizations, 56.

Bibliography 

Format

             Sample

 

Author name inverted. Book Title. Publisher location: Publisher name, Year.

Mitchell, Terence R. People in Organizations: An Introduction to Organizational Behavior. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1987.

 

A Book with an Author and Editor or Translator

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author(s), Book Title, trans./ed. Translator or Editor Name (Publisher location: Publisher, Year), page number(s).
 
1. Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double: a Poem of St. Petersburg, trans. George Bird (Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1958), 199.

Note (Short)  Format

             
Sample
 
#. Author last name, Shortened book title, page number or range.
 
           
1. Dostoevsky, The Double, 199.

Bibliography 

Format

           
  Sample
 
Author name inverted. Book Title. Translated /Edited by Translator/Editor Name. Publisher location:
Publisher name, Year.
 
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Double: a Poem of St. Petersburg. Translated by George Bird. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 1958.

 

A Chapter in an Edited Book

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Chapter author, "Chapter title," in Book Title, ed. Editor Name (Publisher location: Publisher, Year), page number(s).
 
1. Dorothy Kelly, "Writing Difference Itself," in Literature as Philosophy/Philosophy as Literature, ed. Donald G. Marshall (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987), 240.

Note (Short)  Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Chapter author last name, "Chapter title," page number(s).
 
 
1. Kelly, "Writing Difference Itself," 240.
Bibliography 
Format
             
 
Sample
 
Chapter author name inverted. "Chapter title." In Book Title, edited by Editor name. page range. 
Publisher location: Publisher name, Year.
 
Kelly, Dorothy. "Writing Difference Itself." In Literature as Philosophy/Philosophy as Literature, edited by
Donald G. Marshall, 240-250. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987.

 

 

 

Websites / Webpages

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

For more information about any particular element of the citation samples, e.g., if you want to know how to include and punctuate author information for items with more than one author, or for information about shortening titles, refer to the tab in this LibGuide titled Elements of a Citation.

If your question is not answered by the LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

For a source that does have a discernable publication or revision date, CMOS asks you to include an access date.

More information and examples of Notes and Bibliography entries for Website Content are available in the CMOS Online Notes and Bibliography Style: Sample Citations for Website Content.

 

 

Web Pages (e.g, a page on a website)

Note

Format

             
Sample
Author, "Title of Web Page," Page Owner or Sponsor, publication date or last modified date, access date if publication/modification date is not available, URL
 
"Google Search Basics: More Search Help," Google, accessed February 15, 2011. https://www.google.com/au/support/websearch/bin/answer/py?answer=136861 

Bibliography  Format

             
Sample
Author, "Title of Web Page." Page Owner or Sponsor. Publication date or last modified date, access date if
publication/modification date is not available. URL
 
"Google Search Basics: More Search Help." Google. Accessed February 15, 2011.
https://www.google.com/au/support/websearch/bin/answer/py?answer=136861 

 

 

Miscellaneous Sources

 

Color is used in the examples below only to help you identify the elements of a citation. You should not format your citations in color.

If you need to cite a type of resource not included in this LibGuide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style (see The Basics tab for a link to the catalog record for the CMS).

Additional information and examples related to E-mail, Text Messages, or Direct Messages sent using social media applications can be found in the Chicago Manual of Style Online section on Personal Communication.

 

Book Review

If a book review has no title, omit the Review Title element shown in the examples. 

Note (Full)  

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Reviewer, "Review Title (if any)," review of Title of Book, by Author Name, Periodical Title <follow guidelines for periodical (newspaper, magazine, or journal) citations>.
 
1. Janet Maslin, "For Master of Surreal, This Cast Feels Real," review of Under the Dome, by Stephen King, New York Times, November 12, 2009, 1.  

Note (Short)  Format

            
 Sample
 
#. Author Last Name, "Shortened Article Title," location information. 
 
 
1. Maslin, Master of Surreal, 1. 
Bibliography 
Format
             
 
Sample
 
Author Name Inverted. "Review Title (if any)." Review of Book Title, by Author Name. 
Periodical <follow guidelines for periodical (newspaper, magazine, or journal) citations>.
 
Maslin, Janet. "For Master of Surreal, This Cast Feels Real." Review of Under the Dome, by Stephen
King. New York Times, November 12, 2009, 1. 

 

Unpublished Interviews

Cite only within text or in a note. 

Note

Format

             
Sample
 
#. Person Interviewed (identifying information), interviewed by Interviewer Name (identifying information), place or date of interview (or both), transcript information if available. 
 
1. Joe Smith (postal worker), interviewed by John Doe (student), November 2008.
Bibliography 
 
 
 
Only include the citation for unpublished interviews in the bibliography if required by the instructor. 

 

Email or Text Messages

Cite only within text or in a note. 

Note

Format

             
Sample
 
 
#. Author of Message, email message to Recipient Name, Date. 
 
1. Clyde Beagle, email message to John Doe, September 30, 2008
Bibliography 
 
 
 
Only include the citation for an email or text message in the bibliography if required by the instructor. 

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