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Chicago Manual of Style (Notes-Bibliography System)

Based on The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition

Scholarly Journal Articles

Notes format (N):

1. Author first name last name, “Article Title,” Periodical Title [in italics] volume, no. issue number (year): specific page(s) referenced, doi:xxx.xxxxxxxxx. [DOI for online articles; if no DOI, provide the URL].
 

Bibliography format (B):

Author’s Last Name, First initial. “Article Title.” Periodical Title [in italics] volume,>

no. issue number  (year):  Pages of whole article, doi:xxx.xxxxxxxxx.

[DOI for online articles; if no DOI, provide the URL].

View example below:

Journal article with DOI citation example

Newspaper or Magazine Articles

Notes format (N):

1. Author first name last name, “Article Title,” Newspaper or MagazineTitle [in italics],

publication date,  specific page(s) referenced. [Include the URL if it is an online article].

Bibliography format (B):

Author’s Last Name, First initial. “Article Title.” Newspaper or MagazineTitle [in italics],

          publication date. Pages of whole article. [Include the URL if it is an online article].

View example below:

Magazine citation example

Additional Examples

Journal Article With No DOI 

N:     9. Judith Lewis, “”Tis a Misfortune to Be a Great Ladie’: Maternal Mortality in the British Aristocracy, 1558-1959,” Journal of British Studies 37, no. 1 (1998): 26-53, http:www.jstor.org/stable/176034.

B:      Lewis, Judith. “”Tis a Misfortune to Be a Great Ladie’: Maternal Mortality in the British Aristocracy, 1558-1959.” Journal of British Studies 37, no. 1 (1998): 22-61, https://www.jstor.org/stable/176034.

Print Newspaper Article With No Author

N:     8. “In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor,” New York Times, July 30, 2002.

B:       New York Times. “In Texas, Ad Heats Up Race for Governor.” July 30, 2002.

Online Magazine Article

N:     1. Wendy Cole and Janice Castro, "Scientology's Largesse in Russia," Time, April 13, 1992, https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,9752900,00.html.

B:     Cole, Wendy and Janice Castro. "Scientology's Largesse in Russia." Time, April 12, 1992. https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,9752900,00.html.