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Chicago Citation Examples
The following examples (taken with permission from The Chicago Manual of Style Online) demonstrate how to cite common sources according to the Chicago style (Notes and Bibliography format). For full details, consult The Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition).
Disciplines
The Chicago-style is used in history and the humanities.
Sample Research Paper
A sample Chicago-style research paper is available on Diana Hacker's Research & Documentation Online website.
Preformatted Chicago Citations
The UI&U Library provides access to three citation formatting tools: WorldCat, RefWorks, and Zotero. Visit our Citation Tools page for information and instructions.
In-Text Citations
Template: Sentence.17 |
| Example: According to Thomas, the “second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a rapid expansion in the industry.”17 |
Footnote & Bibliography Citations
Articles |
Note Example: 17. Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, "Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network," American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, 2010, doi:10.1086/599247. (include the DOI or digital object identifier if it is available) Bibliography Example: Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. "Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network." American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50, doi:10.1086/599247. |
| E-Book | Note Example: 17. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Westminster, MD: Modern Library, 2010), ebrary edition. Bibliography Example: Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Westminster, MD: Modern Library, 2010. Ebrary edition. |
| Book (in print, 1 author) | Note Example: 17. Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: Penguin, 2006), 99–100. Bibliography Example: Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006. |
| Book (in print, 2-3 authors) | Note Example: 17. Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945 (New York: Knopf, 2007), 52. Bibliography Example: Ward, Geoffrey C., and Ken Burns. The War: An Intimate History, 1941–1945. New York: Knopf, 2007. |
| Book (in print, 4+ authors) | Note Example: 17. Dana Barnes et al., Plastics: Essays on American Corporate Ascendance in the 1960s (London: Routledge, 1982), 19. Bibliography Example: Barnes, Dana, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, and Larry Fine, Plastics: Essays on American Corporate Ascendance in the 1960s. London: Routledge, 1982. |
| Book Chapter | Note Example: 17. John D. Kelly, "Seeing Red: Mao Fetishism, Pax Americana, and the Moral Economy of War," in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, ed. John D. Kelly et al. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010), 77. Bibliography Example: Kelly, John D. "Seeing Red: Mao Fetishism, Pax Americana, and the Moral Economy of War." In Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, edited by John D. Kelly, Beatrice Jauregui, Sean T. Mitchell, and Jeremy Walton, 67–83. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. |
| Dissertation | Note Example: 17. Mihwa Choi, "Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty" (PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2008). Bibliography Example: Choi, Mihwa. "Contesting Imaginaires in Death Rituals during the Northern Song Dynasty." PhD diss., University of Chicago, 2008. ProQuest (AAT 3300426). |
| Webpage | Note Example: 17 "Google Privacy Policy," last modified March 11, 2009, http://www.google.com/intl/en /privacypolicy.html. Bibliography Example: Google. "Google Privacy Policy." Last modified March 11, 2009. http://www.google.com/intl /en/privacypolicy.html. (include the date accessed or last modified for the publication date) |
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