Liberal Arts quick guide to Chicago Manual of Style (author-date)
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| Item type | In-text citation | Bibliography/reference list |
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Single-authored book |
“Quotation” (McGregor 2011, 16). [Here and throughout, the final number refers to page referenced] The narrative revolves around the discovery of a dead man in a dilapidated flat (McGregor 2011). |
McGregor, Jon. 2011. Even the Dogs. London: Bloomsbury. |
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Book by two authors |
Gilbert and Gubar (2000, 15) argue… Male writers in the nineteenth century tended to categorize female characters as either “angels” or “monsters” (Gilbert and Gubar 2000, 15). |
Gilbert, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar. 2000. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth- Century Literary Imagination. 2nd ed. New Haven: Yale University Press. [Note that only the first author’s name is given surname first] |
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Edited book by one editor |
In the introduction Finn (2015) contends…. After the coalition, education became increasingly…….(Finn 2015, 7). |
Finn, Mike, ed. 2015. The Gove Legacy: Education in Britain After the Coalition. Basingstoke: Palgrave. |
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Edited book by three editors |
Belasco, Folsom and Price (2007, 72) claim…. “Quotation” (Belasco, et al. 2007, 72). [In the author-date version of Chicago you should use “et al” when citing a work by three or more authors/editors] |
Belasco, Susan, Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, eds. 2007. Leaves of Grass: The Sesquicentennial Essays. Newhaven: Nebraska Press. |
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Chapter in an edited book |
“Quotation” (Thoreau 2016, 182). Developing his discussions with Emerson, in 1861’s “Walking” Thoreau (2016, 182) insisted that…. [Note how in the example above the author makes it clear that a historic text is being used in a new edition] |
Thoreau, Henry David. 2016. “Walking.” In The Making of the American Essay, edited by John D’Agata, 167–95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press. [Note that the bibliographic reference gives the page range for the entire chapter rather than the page referenced] |
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Translated book |
“Quotation” (Márquez 2014, 25). In chapter 5 Márquez (2014, 23-56) develops…. |
Márquez, Gabriel García. 2014. One Hundred Years of
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E-books [For books consulted online, include a URL or the name of the database. For other types of e-books, name the format. If no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section title or a chapter if available] |
As Gold (2016, 33) argues…
American monetary policy underwent a major review….. (Schonhardt-Bailey 2014, 12).
“Quotation” (Austen 2007, chap. 3). |
Gold, Matthew K., ed. 2016. Debates in the Digital Humanities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/
Schonhardt-Bailey, Cheryl. 2014. Deliberating American Monetary Policy: A Textual Analysis. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2014. ProQuest Ebrary.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. 2007. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle. |
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Journal article (print) |
Yeo (1981, 112) observes that… Chartist propaganda was heavily influenced by Christian theology (Yeo 1981, 112). |
Yeo, Eileen. 1981. “Christianity in Chartist Struggle, 1838-1842.” Past and Present Society 91, no.6: 109-139. [Note that the bibliographic reference gives the page range for the entire article rather than the page referenced] |
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Journal article (online) [Include URL, name of database or DOI] |
Kelly (2016, 457) continues, “Quotation”.
The topic of marriage among enslaved people was a contributing factor to …. (Stanley 2010, 755).
LaSalle (2017, 95) comments that… |
Kelly, Michael G. 2016. “Utopian Studies in Ireland.” Utopian Studies 27, no. 3: 457-476.
Stanley, Amy Dru. 2010. “Instead of Waiting for the Thirteenth Amendment: The War Power, Slave Marriage, and Inviolate Human Rights.” American Historical Review 115, no. 3: 732-65. doi:10.1086/ahr.115.3.732.
LaSalle, Peter. 2017. “Conundrum: A Story About Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1: 95–109. Project MUSE. |
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News or magazine articles
[In print editions a page number is given rather than a paragraph number and the URL is omitted] |
“Quotation” (Monbiot 2018, para. 1).
Monbi.ot (2018, para. 1) contends that…
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Monbiot, George. 2018. “Peer Review and Scientific Publishing. Scientific Publishing is a rip-off: We Fund the Research – it Should be Free.” Guardian, September 13, 2018. |
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Website [If possible include date that the site was last modified; if this information is not available include date of access instead] |
Referencing is important for the following reasons: (University of New South Wales 2013, para. 4).
The project’s aims were to….. (Quipu Project 2018).
As hooks (2015, para. 4) claims…
[note that bell hooks isn’t capitalized because the author chooses to use lower case; it is customary to follow the author’s expressed wishes, though some publishers do not] |
University of New South Wales. 2013. “Why is Referencing Important?.” Last modified June 24, 2013. https:// Student.unsw.edu.au/
The Quipu Project. n.d. Last accessed September 13, 2018.
hooks, bell. 2015. “Femme Feminista.” May 11, 2015. |
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Film |
The 1954 film Rear Window (Hitchcock 2001) portrays… |
Hitchcock, Alfred, director. 2001. Rear Window. 1954; Universal City: Universal Pictures. DVD. [note medium at end of reference; e.g. VHS/DVD/online. Provide URL if online] |
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Television episode |
In “Her Sister’s Shadow” (Mayberry 1971)….. |
Mayberry, Russ, director. 1971. The Brady Bunch. Season 3, episode 10, “Her Sister’s Shadow.” Aired November 19, 1971, on ABC. https://www.hulu.com/ |
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Album |
The album cover (Stormzy 2017a) recreates Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted in the 1890s. |
Stormzy. 2017a. Gang Signs and Prayer. #Merky Records. Spotify. |
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Song on album |
There are many references to faith; for example, at the end of “Mr Skeng” Stormzy spits “Quotation” (Stormzy 2017b). |
Stormzy. 2017b. “Mr Skeng.” Gang Signs and Prayer. #Merky Records. Spotify. |
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Tweet |
Conan O’Brien’s tweet was characteristically deadpan: “In honor of Earth Day, I'm recycling my tweets” (O’Brien 2015). |
O’Brien, Conan (@ConanOBrien). 2015. “In honor of Earth Day, I’m recycling my tweets.” Twitter, April 22, 2015, 11:10 a.m. |