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HIST 3020: Historical Methods: Citations

Style Guide

For many of your style and citation questions, it's best to go straight to the source! The Chicago Manual of Style is available online and at the reference desk.

Style Guide

For many of your style and citation questions, it's best to go straight to the source! The Turabian manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations is available at the reference desk.

Chicago Online Guides

Used with most non-academic publications, such as magazines, newspapers, etc.

Turabian Online Guides

Except for a few minor differences, the Turabian style is the same as the Chicago Manual of Style but geared towards students and researchers.

Full Note Citation Examples (17th edition)

Your bibliography should be alphabetized by author last name. For works that do not have an author, alphabetize by item title (omitting articles like "a" or "the"). Your bibliography should also be formatted using hanging indents.

Books (Print): One Author

Footnote/Endnote:

1. 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.  

Reference List:

Last name, First name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Books (Print): Multiple Authors

Footnote/Endnote:

2. Scott Lash and John Urry, Economies of Signs & Space (London: Sage Publications, 1994), 241-51.

Reference List:

Lash, Scott, and John Urry. Economies of Signs & Space. London: Sage Publications, 1994.

Books (Electronic): One Author

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Donald Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events (Oxford: Clarendon, 2001), https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/essays-on-actions-and-events.pdf.

Reference List:

Davidson, Donald. Essays on Actions and Events. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/essays-on-actions-and-events.pdf.

Books: Translated Work with One Author

Footnote/Endnote:

3. Julio Cortázar, Hopscotch, trans. Gregory Rabassa (New York: Pantheon Books, 1966), 165.

Reference List:

Cortázar, Julio. Hopscotch. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.

Books: Books with Author and Editor

Footnote/Endnote:

4. Edward B. Tylor, Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization, ed. Paul Bohannan (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964), 194.

Reference List:

Tylor, Edward B. Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization. Edited by Paul Bohannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.

Books: Chapter from a Single-Authored Book

Footnote/Endnote:

5. Gloria Anzaldúa, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” in Borderlands: The New Mestiza – La Frontera (San Francisco: Aunt Lute Book Company, 1987), 53.  

Reference List:

Anzaldúa, Gloria. “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” In Borderlands: The New Mestiza – La Frontera, 53–64. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Book Company, 1987. 

Books: Contributions from an Edited Collection with Various Authored Chapters

Footnote/Endnote:

6. Muriel Harris, “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers,” in A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One, ed. Ben Rafoth (New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2000), 24-34.    

Reference List:

Harris, Muriel. “Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers.” In A Tutor’s Guide: Helping Writers One to One, edited by Ben Rafoth, 24-34. New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2000.

 

 

Periodicals [Journals, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles] (Print):

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Susan Peck MacDonald, “The Erasure of Language,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 619.

Reference List:

MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.

Periodicals [Journals, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles] (Electronic):

Footnote/Endnote:

1. Kirsi Peltonen et al. “Parental Violence and Adolescent Mental Health,” European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 19, no. 11 (2010): 813-822, doi: 10.1007/s00787-010-0130-8.

Reference List:

Peltonen, Kirsi, Noora Ellonen, Helmer B. Larsen, and Karin Helweg-Larsen. “Parental Violence and Adolescent Mental Health.” European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 19, no. 11 (2010): 813-822. doi: 10.1007/s00787-010-0130-8.

 

 

Webpage with Known Author and Date:

Footnote/Endnote:

7. Richard Kimberly Heck, “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report,” last modified August 5, 2016, http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

Reference List:

Heck, Richard Kimberly. “About the Philosophical Gourmet Report.” Last modified August 5, 2016. http://rgheck.frege.org/philosophy/aboutpgr.php.

Webpage with Unknown Author and Known Date:

Footnote/Endnote:

8. “Illinois Governor Wants to 'Fumigate' State's Government,” CNN online, January 30, 2009, http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/illinois.governor.

Reference List:

"Illinois Governor Wants to 'Fumigate' State's Government.” CNN online. January 30, 2009. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/illinois.governor.

Webpage with Unknown Author and Date:

Footnote/Endnote:

9. “Band,” Casa de Calexico, accessed October 27, 2017, http://www.casadecalexico.com/band.

Reference List:

“Band.” Casa de Calexico. Accessed October 27, 2017. http://www.casadecalexico.com/band.

Author Date Citaiton Examples (17th edition)

Books (Print): One Author

Reference List:

Yu, Charles. 2020. Interior Chinatown. Pantheon Books.

In-Text Citations:

(Yu 2020, 45)

Books (Print): Two Authors

Reference List:

Binder, Amy J., and Jeffrey L. Kidder. 2022. The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today. University of Chicago Press.

In-Text Citations:

(Binder and Kidder 2022, 117–18)

Books (Electronic): One Author

Reference List:

Borel, Brooke. 2023. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press. EBSCOhost.

In-Text Citations:

(Borel 2023, 92)

Books: Contributions from an Edited Collection with Various Authored Chapters

Reference List:

Doyle, Kathleen. 2023. “The Queen Mary Psalter.” In The Book by Design: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Greatest Invention, edited by P. J. M. Marks and Stephen Parkin. University of Chicago Press.

In-Text Citations:

(Doyle 2023, 64)

Books: Translated Work with One Author

Reference List:

Liu Xinwu. 2021. The Wedding Party. Translated by Jeremy Tiang. Amazon Crossing.

In-Text Citations:

 

Journals:

Reference List:

Hebert, B. T. 1925. “The Island of Bolsö: A Study of Norwegian Life.” Sociological Review 17 (4): 307–13. EBSCOhost.

In-Text Citations:

(Hebert 1925, 310)

 

Webpage:

Reference List:

Wikimedia Foundation. 2023. “Wikipedia: Manual of Style.” Last modified December 19, at 21:54 (UTC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style.

In-Text Citations:

(Wikimedia Foundation 2022)