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The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th EditionArticle from a Scholarly Journal
Reference List Format:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article,” Name of Journal Volume,
issue number (publication year): page numbers.
(Note: When the issue number is given, it follows the volume number. See Example #2 below.)
Example:
Templin, Charlotte. “Marietta Holley and Mark Twain: Cultural-Gender
Politics and Literary Reputation,” American Studies 39 (1998): 75-92.
Example #2:
Smith, Johanna M. “Constructing the Nation: Eighteenth-Century Geographies for Children,” Mosaic 34, no. 2 (2001): 133-48.
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Article from a Magazine:
Reference List Format:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article,” Name of Magazine,
Publication date.
Example:
Weintraub, Arlene, and Laura Cohen. “A Thousand-Year Plan for
Nuclear Waste,” Business Week, May 6, 2002.
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Article from a Newspaper:
Reference List Format:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper (Place of Publication),
Publication Date.
Example:
Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.”
New York Times (New York, NY), July 13, 2002.
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Article - Online
Reference List Format:
The basic citation will be exactly as the citation for a scholarly journal, magazine or newspaper above.
To this add the following:
1. Date accessed. (If available)
2. Web address or DOI of the article.
Example:
Samway, Patrick. “Lucas Beauchamp: an Unpublished Story,” Virginia Quarterly Review. 75, no. 3 (1999): 417-419. Accessed January 15, 2014. http://search.proquest.com/docview/205360912
Article, Book Chapter or Essay in an Anthology or Edited Collection:
The basic citation will be exactly as the citation for a scholarly journal, magazine or newspaper.
Example:
Holladay, Hillary. “Narrative Space in Ann Petry’s Country Place.” In TwentiethCentury Literary Criticism. edited by Linda Pavlovski and Scott Darga, Vol. 112, 356-62. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2002.
Books
Reference List Format:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book.
City of publication: Publisher, Year Published.
Note: If there is more than one author, subsequent authors are listed Firstname Lastname.
Note: Cite eBooks like printed books with the addition of a description at the end of the citation denoting what sort eBook it was: Kindle edition, PDF e-book, Nook eBook, etc.,
Example:
Liebler, Naomi. The Female Tragic Hero in English
Renaissance Drama. New York: Palgrave, 2002.
Example eBook:
Brundage, James. The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession: Canonists, Civilians and Courts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. Kindle edition.
Encyclopedia or Dictionary Entry
Reference List Format:
Author’s name (if given). “Title of Entry.” In Title of Whole Work, edited by Editor’s Firstname Lastname. Edition number, number of volumes in set. City: Publisher, Publication year.
Example:
“Milk.” def. 2. Dictionary of American English. Edited by William S. Craigie and James R. Hulbert. 4 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1942.
Internet / Websites
Reference List Format:
Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Web Page.” Publishing Organization or Name of Website in Italics. Publication Date and/or Access Date if available. Web address.
Example:
“African American Sheet Music.” Brown University Library Center for Digital Scholarship. Accessed February 11, 2014. http://library.brown.edu/cds/sheetmusic/afam/