MVNU Writing Guide: Chicago Citation Guide

Unlike the MLA and APA citation styles which use parenthetical citations, the Chicago Style uses footnotes to cite material in the text. Word-processing software includes a Footnote button (Google Docs = Insert Tab, Microsoft Word = References Tab) that you can press to create a new footnote.

Books:

One Author

• Number. First name Last name, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.
• 1.  Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (New York: Viking Press, 1958), 128. 

Two Authors

• Number. First name Last name and First name 2 Last name 2, Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.
• 2. Scott Lash and John Urry, Economies of Signs & Space (London: Sage Publications, 1994), 241-51.

Three or More Authors

• Number. First name Last name et al., Title of Book (Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication), page number.

The first time a source is cited, you must use the full note as listed above. If you cite that same book twice, you may use a shortened footnote that reads as: Number. Author Name(s), Title of Book, page number.

Journals:

One Author

• Number. First Name Last Name, "Title of Article," Title of Periodical Volume, Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Number(s).
• 1. Susan Peck MacDonald, “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619.

Two Authors

• Number. First Name Last Name and First Name 2 Last Name 2, "Title of Article," Title of Periodical Volume, Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Number(s).

Three of More Authors

• Number. First Name Last Name et al., "Title of Article," Title of Periodical Volume, Issue Number (Year of Publication): Page Number(s).

The first time a source is cited, you must use the full note as listed above. If you cite that same article twice, you may use a shortened footnote that reads as: Number. Last Name, "Title of Article", page number.

Check out the Chicago Sample paper for more examples of Footnotes.

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A "Bibliography" is included at the end of every Chicago paper. Citations follow this general format:

Books:

One Author

• Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
• Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. New York: Viking Press, 1958.

Two Authors

• Last name, First name, and First name 2 Last name 2. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.
• Lash, Scott, and John Urry. Economies of Signs & Space. London: Sage Publications, 1994.

Three or More Authors

• Last name, First name, Last name 2, First name 2, ... and Last name X, First name X. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Journals:

One Author

• Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Volume, Edition (Year of Publication): Starting-Ending Page #. DOI.
• MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.

Two Authors

• Last Name, First Name, and First Name 2 Last Name 2. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Volume, Edition (Year of Publication): Starting-Ending Page #. DOI.

Three of More Authors

• Last Name, First Name, First Name 2 and Last Name 2, ... First Name X Last Name X. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Volume, Edition (Year of Publication): Starting-Ending Page #. DOI.

Check out the Chicago Sample paper for an example of a Bibliography.

For other source types, check out Purdue Owl!