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16th Edition (2010)
Everett I. L. Baker Library, Norwalk Community College, Academic Year 2012-2013
This guide provides basic guidelines and examples for citing sources using The Chicago Manual
of Style, 16th edition. It will show you how to create endnotes or footnotes and a bibliography
for both print and electronic formats. When citing sources using the Chicago Manual of Style
use the following list of elements as a guide. Some elements may be in a different order
depending upon the specific source. Consult The Chicago Manual of Style for additional or
more detailed information. (Ref Z253. U69 2010) For variations and examples for situation not
given, please consult the guide or ask a reference librarian.
CHICAGO CITATION SYSTEMS
The Chicago Manual of Style allows two different systems for citing: notes-bibliography and
author-date style. The system you choose depends upon the requirements of your instructor
and field. See the Manual of Style for a complete discussion of these and other formats.
 The author-date system has long been used by those in the physical, natural, and social
sciences. In this system, sources are briefly cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by
author’s last name and date of publication. The short citations are amplified in a list of
references, where full bibliographic information is provided.
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The notes-bibliography system is often used by writers in literature, history, and the
arts. Notes are either footnotes or endnotes. Notes in a paper using a full bibliography
need not be as complete as notes in a paper without a complete bibliography. For
example, a note in a document with a complete bibliography may only include the
author’s last name, the title or the work, and the page consulted. Choose a format and
stick to it.
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Books
Basic Elements of Citations for Books:
1. Author(s): full name of author(s); or name of editor(s); or, if no author, name of institution standing in place
of author
2. Title: include subtitle, if applicable, separated by a colon ( : ) italicized.
3. Editor, compiler, translator: if applicable and if included on title page along with author
4. Edition: if not the first edition
5. Volume: if applicable
6. Series Title: if applicable
7. Publication Information: city, publisher, date
8. Page number(s) consulted: if applicable
9. For electronic books online, use URL or DOI; for other type indicate (DVD, CD-ROM, etc.) if applicable
Format: Author Date style
Author Last, First and Author. Title. Place of Publication; Publisher. Year of
Publication.
Format : Notes-Bibliography Style
1. Author name First and last name, Title of book (Place of Publication:
Publisher Year), page #.
Book with one author
Colvin, Geoff. Talent is Overrated. New York Penguin 2008.
1. Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated (New York; Penguin, 2008) 85.
Book with two or more authors
Dotlich David L. and Ciaro Peter C. Why CEO’s Fail. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
2. David Dotlich and Peter Ciaro, Why CEO’s Fail. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass 2003) 98.
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Edited book
Archer, David, and Raymond Pierrehumbert, eds. The Warming Papers. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
3. David Archer and Raymond Pierrehumbert eds., The Warming Papers (West Sussex: Wiley
Blackwell 2011) 225.
Chapter or Article in a Multi-Author Book
Alasry, Khadigah. "Subject to Change." In Arab Detroit 9/11 Life in the Terror Decade, edited by Nabeel
Abraham, Sally Howell and Andrew Shryock, 221-238. Detroit: Wayne State University Press,
2011.
4. Khadigah Alarsy, “Subject to Change” In Arab Detroit 9/11 Life in the Terror Decade (Detroit:
Wayne State University Press 2011), 235.
E-Book
McCormick, Helena. "I saw a nightmare-- ": doing violence to memory : the Soweto uprising, June
16,1976. ACLS Humanities E-Book electronic ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
5. Helena McCormick ,“I saw a nightmare—“: doing violence to memory: the Soweto uprising,
June 16, 1976 (New York Columbia University Press 2010), ACLS Humanities e-book , para. 52.
Journals/ Periodicals/ Newspapers
Basic Elements of Citations for Journals/Periodicals:
1. Author name(s)
2. Title and subtitle of article, separated by a colon ( : )
3. Title of periodical italicized.
4. Issue information (volume, issue number, date): journals are generally cited by volume and issue; magazines
are generally cited by date
5. Page(s)
6. URL or DOI*: if applicable
7. For articles from the Library’s Databases, include a URL if a “stable URL” is provided. Otherwise include the
name of the database.
*DOI preferable to URL when available
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Format: Author–Date style
Author Last name, First name. “Title of Article” Title of Periodical volume,
number(Year): page number(s).
Format: Notes-Bibliography style
1. Author First name Last name, ”article title” Journal Title, Issue no(Year):
page.
Journal Article in Print
Rodway, Cara. "Managing Quasi-Domesticity at the Roadside; Postwar Female Moteliers and the Space
of Reinvention." Women’s Studies 40, no. 8 (2011): 1030-1051. doi:
10.180/00497878.2011.609414.
6. Cara Rodway ,“Managing Quasi-Domesticity at the roadside; Postwar Female Moteliers and
the Space of Reinvention” Women’s Studies , 40 no.8 (2011)1030-1051. doi:
10.180/00497878.2011.609414.
Journal Article from a Full-Text Database
Nkoko, Didier Bompangue, Patrick Giraudoux, Pierre-Denis Plisnier, Annie Mutombo Tinda,
MartinePiarroux, Bertrand Sudre, Stephanie Horion, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Benoît
Kebela Ilunga, and Renaud Piarroux. 2011. "Dynamics of Cholera Outbreaks in Great Lakes
Region of Africa, 1978-2008."Emerging Infectious Diseases 17, no. 11: 2026-2034. Academic
Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 19, 2012).
7. Renaud Piarroux, et al. "Dynamics of Cholera Outbreaks in Great Lakes Region of Africa,
1978-2008." Emerging Infectious Diseases 17, no. 11 (November 2011): 2026-2034. Academic Search
Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 19, 2012).
Magazine Article in Print
Richard, Kim. "The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street." Nation, November 21, 2011, 15.
8. Kim Richard “The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street” Nation, November 21, 2011, 15.
Magazine Article from a Full-Text Database
Ferguson, Niall. "The Incredible Shrinking Superpower." Newsweek 158, no. 25 (December 19, 2011): 5.
Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 25, 2012).
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9. Niall Ferguson, “The Incredible Shrinking Superpower.” Newsweek 158, no.25 (December 19,
2011): 5 Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost.
Magazine Article online
Grant, Andrew . "How to Survive the End of the Universe." Discovery Magazine, Last modified February
28, 2012. http://discovermagazine.com/2011/dec/16-how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-universe.
10. Andrew Grant, “ How to Survive the End of the Universe” Discovery Magazine, February 28,
2012 http://discovermagazine.com/2011/dec/16-how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-universe.
Newspaper in Print
Amato, Annie M. "Elderly woman rescued as fire routs tenants." Connecticut Post, March 30, 2012, sec.
A, p. 7.
11. Annie M. Amato “Elderly Woman Rescued as Fire routs Tenants.” Connecticut Post ,March
30, 2012 sec. A.
Newspaper Article from a Full-Text Database
Zernike, Kate. 2011. "Tea Party Groups Plan Protest at Romney Speech." New York Times, September.
18. Newspaper Source Plus, EBSCOhost .
12. Kate Zernike, ”Tea Party Group Plan Protest at Romney Speech” New York Times, September
1, 2011,18. Newspaper Source Plus, EBSCOhost.
Basic Elements of Citations for Websites:
1. Title or description of page
2. Author of the content (if any)
3. Owner or sponsor of site
4. URL
5. Publication date or revision date, if any, otherwise include access date.
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About Electronic Sources:
• Be sure to verify the accuracy of URLs, since electronic addresses change frequently.
• Include DOI whenever available.
• All content on the Internet is “published” for copyright purposes and should be treated as such. Any
site that does not have a specific publisher or sponsoring body should be treated as unpublished or
self-published work.
• When material is available in both print and electronic formats, cite the format consulted. You can
mention other formats for the convenience of your readers.
• The first letter of a URL (http://www…) is never capitalized, even if it follows a period. Because URLs
frequently end in a slash (/), it is not necessary to omit punctuation after the URL. Do not use angle
brackets (< >) as they can be mistaken for code.
• In Chicago style, it is not generally necessary to include an access date for Internet sources, unless
required by your instructor or field.
• A revision date (date last updated) should not be included in a citation.
Format: Author- Date style:
Author Last name, First name. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization or
Name of Website. Publication date and/or access date if available. URL.
Format: Notes-Bibliography style
1. First name Last name, “Title of Web Page,” Publishing Organization or
Name of Website, publication date and/or access date if available, URL.
Webpage General
Farrow, Anne. "Black Men, Black Masters - Courant.com." Hartford Courant - Courant.com. accessed
March 19, 2012. http://www.courant.com/news/special-reports/hcblack_masters.artsep29,0,1953915.story.
13. Anne Farrow “Black Men, Black masters-Courant .com” Hartford Courant-Courant.com.
accessed March 19, 2012 http://www.courant.com/news/special-reports/hcblack_masters.artsep29,0,1953915.story.
Webpage with no author
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"Staying Active - The Nutrition Source - Harvard School of Public Health ." Harvard School of Public
Health - HSPH. Accessed April 25, 2012, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/stayingactive/ .
14. “Staying Active- The Nutrition Source- Harvard School of Public Health” Harvard School of
Public Health. Accessed April 25, 2012, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/staying-active/ .
Blog
Pogue, David. Pogue’s Posts: the Latest in Technology from David Pogue (blog). The New York
Times. http://pogue. blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equalThan-others/.
15. David Pogue, “Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others,” Pogue’s Posts: the Latest in
Technology from David Pogue (blog), The New York Times, July 17, 2009,
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com /2009/07/17/ some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others/.
Motion Picture/Video/DVD
Citation Elements in order:
1 Title of the film
2 Format
3 Director
4 Date of original release
5 Place of publication
6 Publisher/distributor.
7 Publication/distribution date.
Format: Author- Date style:
Last Name, First. Film Title. Medium. Directed by First Name Last Name.
Distributor City: Distributor, Year of Release.
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Format: Notes-Bibliography style:
1. Title of Movie. Directed by Name of Director. Original Release Date (if
applicable). Location of Distributer: Name of Distributer, Release Date,
Medium.
Dial M for Murder. DVD. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 1954; Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video,
2004.
16. Dial M for Murder, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1954; Burbank, CA: Universal Pictures,
2004), DVD.
Online Multimedia
Citation Elements in order:
1 Author.
2 Title of video.
3 Name of Web site.
4 Duration of video.
5 Publication date.
6 URL.
Format: Author- Date style:
Last name, First name of Performer, Writer or Creator. Title of video. Indication of
Medium, Running Time. Publication Date. URL.
Format: Notes-Bibliography style:
1. First name Last name of writer creator or performer. Title of video.
Indication of medium, Running time. Publication date. URL.
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TED: Ideas worth spreading “Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice” You Tube video, 20:23. Jan 16,
2007.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM.
17. TED: Ideas worth spreading “Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice” You Tube video, 20:23.
Jan 16, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM.
Television Show
Citation Elements in order: Document Example:
1 Author:
2 Episode or segment title:
3 Web site name:
4 Duration of video:
5 Broadcast date:
6 URL:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. “Quitter.” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. video, 6:16. July 27,
2009. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/ mon-july-27-2009/quitter.
18. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, “Quitter,” The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. video,6:16,
July 27, 2009, http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/ mon-july-27-2009/quitter.
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(Sample Author-Date bibliography page)
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Entries are alphabetized by authors’ last names.
First line of entry is at left margin; additional lines are indented ½".
Entries are single-spaced, with double-spacing between entries
Bibliography
Alasry, Khadigah. "Subject to Change." In Arab Detroit 9/11 Life in the Terror Decade, edited by
Nabeel Abraham, Sally Howell and Andrew Shryock, 221-238. Detroit: Wayne State
University Press, 2011.
Amato, Annie M. "Elderly woman rescued as fire routs tenants." Connecticut Post, March 30, 2012, sec.
A, p. 7.
Archer, David, and Raymond Pierrehumbert, eds. The Warming Papers. West Sussex: WileyBlackwell, 2011.
Colvin, Geoff. Talent is Overrated. New York Penguin 2008.
Farrow, Anne. "Black Men, Black Masters - Courant.com." Hartford Courant - Courant.com.
accessed March 19, 2012. http://www.courant.com/news/special-reports/hcblack_masters.artsep29,0,1953915.story.
McCormick, Helena. "I saw a nightmare-- ": doing violence to memory : the Soweto uprising, June
16,1976. ACLS Humanities E-Book electronic ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010
Rodway, Cara. "Managing Quasi-Domesticity at the Roadside; Postwar Female Moteliers and
the Space of Reinvention." Women’s Studies 40, no. 8 (2011): 1030-1051. doi:
10.180/00497878.2011.609414.
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(Sample Notes-bibliography page)
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First line of each note is indented ½".
Note number is not raised and is followed by a period.
Authors’ names are not inverted.
Last name and title refer to an earlier note by the same author.
Notes are single-spaced, with double-spacing between notes.
Notes
1. Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated (New York; Penguin, 2008) 85.
2. David Dotlich and Peter Ciaro, Why CEO’s Fail. San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass 2003) 98
3. David Archer and Raymond Pierrehumbert eds., The Warming Papers (West Sussex:
Wiley Blackwell 2011) 225.
4. Khadigah Alarsy, “Subject to Change” In Arab Detroit 9/11 Life in the Terror Decade
(Detroit: Wayne State University Press 2011), 235.
5. Helena McCormick ,“I saw a nightmare—“: doing violence to memory: the Soweto
uprising, June 16, 1976 (New York Columbia University Press 2010), ACLS Humanities e-book ,
para. 52.
6. Cara Rodway ,“Managing Quasi-Domesticity at the roadside; Postwar Female
Moteliers and the Space of Reinvention” Women’s Studies , 40 no.8 (2011)1030-1051. doi;
10.180/00497878.2011.609414.
7. Renaud Piarroux, et al. "Dynamics of Cholera Outbreaks in Great Lakes Region of Africa,
1978-2008." Emerging Infectious Diseases 17, no. 11 (November 2011): 2026-2034. Academic Search
Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 19, 2012).
8. Kim Richard “The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street” Nation, November 21, 2011, 15.