Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition
This guide provides examples of documenting material according to the Chicago Manual of Style. The
Chicago style of documentation is used in some humanities and social sciences disciplines, including
History, Classics and Anthropology. Instead of in-text citations, the Chicago style uses footnotes 1 or
endnotes 2 and a Bibliography which lists all of the cited references at the end of the document. The notes
and bibliographic citations are not formatted the same, and both are required.
Copies of The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. are available at Z253 .U69 2017 and online at http://bit.ly/umcmos.
BOOKS
One author
Note
Bibliography
Two authors
Three authors
Four or more
authors
Edited
Note
1. Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities (New York: MacMillan, 1987), 127.
2. Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, 89.
Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. New York: MacMillan, 1987.
1. Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, Tiny Pretty Things (New York: HarperTeen,
2015), 53.
Bibliography
Charaipotra, Sona and Dhonielle Clayton. Tiny Pretty Things. New York: HarperTeen, 2015.
Note
1. Claudio Tuniz, Richard Gillespie, and Cheryl Jones, The Bone Readers: Science and
Politics in Human Origins Research (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, Inc., 2009), 166-177.
Bibliography
Tuniz, Claudio, Richard Gillespie, and Cheryl Jones. The Bone Readers: Science and Politics in
Human Origins Research. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2009.
Note
1. Jon F. Nussbaum et al., Communication and Aging, 2nd ed. (London: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, Inc., 2000), 20-23.
8. Nussbaum et al., Communications and Aging, 2nd ed., 292.
Bibliography
Nussbaum, Jon F., Loretta L. Pecchioni, James D. Robinson, and Teresa L. Thompson.
Communication and Aging. 2nd ed. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2000.
Note
1. William Burton, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2011), 118.
42. Burton, The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture, 13-15.
Bibliography
Burton, William, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2011.
1. Hockey Hall of Fame, 100 Years of the Stanley Cup (New York: NHL Press, 2014), 90.
23. Hockey Hall of Fame, 100 Years of the Stanley Cup, 55.
Organizations as
authors
Note
No author given
Note
Bibliography
Stanze in lode della donna brutta. Florence, 1547.
Chapter, essay,
story from a
collection
Note
1. Neel Smith, “Digital Infrastructure and the Homer Multitext Project,” in Digital Research in
the Study of Classical Antiquity, eds. Gabriel Bodard and Simon Mahony (Surrey: Ashgate
Publishing, 2010), 122.
19. Smith, “Digital Infrastructure and the Homer Multitext Project,” 124.
Bibliography
Smith, Neel. “Digital Infrastructure and the Homer Multitext Project.” In Digital Research in the
Study of Classical Antiquity, edited by Gabriel Bodard and Simon Mahony, 121-137. Surrey:
Ashgate Publishing, 2010.
Bibliography
Hockey Hall of Fame. 100 Years of the Stanley Cup. New York: NHL Press, 2014.
1. Stanze in lode della donna brutta (Florence, 1547).
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed. (1980), s.v. “salvation.”
Article in a
reference book
Note
Bibliography
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. 32 vols. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1980.
Online/electronic
Note
1. Brooke Borel, Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the
World (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), chap. 2, EBSCOhost.
13. Borel, Infested, chap. 7.
Bibliography
Borel, Brooke. Infested: How the Bed Bug Infiltrated Our Bedrooms and Took Over the World.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. EBSCOhost.
This is a footnote. Additional comments may be made in a footnote after the citation – but be sure they are permitted
by your professor or publisher before including them, and never overuse them.
2
An endnote is the same but is placed at the end of the document instead of at the end of the page.
1
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Online journal
with a DOI
Note
Bibliography
Online journal
without a DOI
Note
Bibliography
Print journal
Note
Bibliography
1. Shawn D. Ramsey, “The Voices of Counsel: Women and Civic Rhetoric in the Middle Ages,”
Rhetoric Society Quarterly 42, no. 5 (October 2012): 480-481,
https://doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2012.724513.
2. Ramsey, “The Voices of Counsel,” 486.
Ramsey, Shawn D. “The Voices of Counsel: Women and Civic Rhetoric in the Middle Ages.”
Rhetoric Society Quarterly 42, no. 5 (October 2012): 472–89.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02773945.2012.724513.
1. Robin Osborne, “Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece,” The Classical Quarterly 43, no. 2
(1993): 394-5, https://www.jstor.org/stable/639178.
2. Robin Osborne, “Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece,” 401.
Osborne, Robin. “Women and Sacrifice in Classical Greece.” The Classical Quarterly 43, no. 2
(1993): 392-405. https://www.jstor.org/stable/639178.
1. Megan K. Roberts, “Learned and Loving: Representing Women Astronomers in
Enlightenment France,” Journal of Women's History 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 20-21.
2. Roberts, “Learned and Loving,” 16.
Roberts, Meghan K. “Learned and Loving: Representing Women Astronomers in Enlightenment
France.” Journal of Women’s History 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 14-37.
ONLINE SOURCES
Websites
Note
Bibliography
Blog Posts
Note
Bibliography
Twitter
Note
Bibliography
Wikipedia
Note
Bibliography
Online Videos
Note
Bibliography
Podcasts
Note
Bibliography
1. “Nellie Letitia McClung (1873-1951).” Manitoba Historical Society, updated December 31,
2018, http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mcclung_nl.shtml.
“Nellie Letitia McClung (1873-1951).” Manitoba Historical Society. Updated December 31, 2018.
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mcclung_nl.shtml.
1. Brandon Stanton, “They are too young now, but one day I will tell them about Syria,”
Humans of New York (blog), December 2015, https://www.humansofnewyork.com/tagged/syrianamericans#7.
Stanton, Brandon. “They are too young now, but one day I will tell them about Syria.” Humans of
New York (blog). December 2015. https://www.humansofnewyork.com/tagged/syrianamericans#7.
1. CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts), “New NAFTA agreement inches towards passage in U.S.
Congress,” Twitter, December 9, 2019, 1:39 PM,
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1204123324512657408.
CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts). “New NAFTA agreement inches towards passage in U.S.
Congress.” Twitter. December 9, 2019, 1:39 PM.
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1204123324512657408.
1. Wikipedia, s.v. “Arab Spring,” last modified December 2, 2019, 9:02 UTC,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring
(It is not necessary to include encyclopedia in the bibliography if they are cited in the notes.)
1. CBC News: The National, “$120 banana art eaten by hungry artist,” December 9, 2019,
YouTube video, https://youtu.be/M5gvJeA-FQY.
CBC News: The National. “$120 banana art eaten by hungry artist.” December 9, 2019. YouTube
video, https://youtu.be/M5gvJeA-FQY.
1. North State Public Radio, “Six Months After The Camp Fire: Living in a Motel With No
Permanent Home,” May 10, 2019, in After Paradise, podcast, MP3 audio, 4:52,
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/674246747/after-paradise.
North State Public Radio. “Six Months After The Camp Fire: Living in a Motel With No Permanent
Home.” May 10, 2019. After Paradise. Podcast. MP3 audio, 4:52.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/674246747/after-paradise.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
From an online
newspaper
Note
Bibliography
From a print
newspaper
Note
Bibliography
1. Carol Sanders, “Eastern part of city free from lab closures – for now,” Winnipeg Free Press,
December 9, 2019, https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/eastern-part-of-city-free-from-labclosures--for-now-566003581.html.
2. Eva Wasney, “Sit, stay, heal: Visits from therapy dogs ease stress for hospital patients,”
Winnipeg Free Press, December 10, 2019, Proquest.
Sanders, Carol. “Eastern part of city free from lab closures – for now.” Winnipeg Free Press.
December 9, 2019. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/eastern-part-of-city-freefrom-lab-closures--for-now-566003581.html.
Wasney, Eva. “Sit, stay, heal: Visits from therapy dogs ease stress for hospital patients.” Winnipeg
Free Press. December 10, 2019. Proquest.
1. Marieke Walsh, “Ottawa okays Alberta’s industrial carbon tax,” The Globe and Mail,
December 7, 2019.
Walsh, Marieke. “Ottawa okays Alberta’s industrial carbon tax.” The Globe and Mail. December 7,
2019.
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