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Cite in Chicago Style NB: References: Articles

General Format

References are entered in two places. The Bibliography goes at the end of your paper, and the Notes are the in-text citation in the body of your paper.

The Bibliography has the full citation information

  • Single-spaced and with no extra space between entries.
  • Alphabetize entries and use a hanging indent.
  • See the examples in the boxes below.

Notes are either endnotes (at the end of the body of paper) or footnotes (bottom of each page)

  • Use either footnotes or endnotes, not both. The content and format is the same, the only change is where the note goes in your document. 
  • Numbered notes are coordinated with superscript numbers in the body of the text.
  • The first time you cite a source, use the Full Note as indicated below; subsequent times, use the Shortened Note form.

Journal Articles

Print

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume, no. # (date): page range. 

If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the bibliography; in a note, list only the first, followed by et al. (“and others”).

If there are ten+ authors, list the first seven in the bibliography, followed by et al.

Baumler, Ellen, Laura K. Ferguson, Jodie Foley, Annie Hanshew, Anya Jabour, Martha Kohl, and Marcella Sherfy Walter. “Women's History Matters: The Montana Historical Society's Suffrage Centennial Project.” Montana: The Magazine of Western History 64, no. 2 (2014): 3-20, 91-92.

 

Full note:

1. Baumler, Ellen et al., “Women's History Matters: The Montana Historical Society's Suffrage Centennial Project,” Montana: The Magazine of Western History 64, no. 2 (2014): 8.

Shortened note:

2. Baumler et al., "Women's History Matters," 11.

Online

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal volume, no. # (date): page range. Accessed Month Day, Year. https://doi.org/xxxxxxx.

Narr, Charlotte F., and Amy C. Krist. “Host Diet Alters Trematode Replication and Elemental Composition.” Freshwater Science 34, no. 1 (March 2015): 81–91. Accessed August 1, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1086/679411.

 

Full note:

3. Charlotte F. Narr and Amy C. Krist, “Host Diet Alters Trematode Replication and Elemental Composition,” Freshwater Science 34, no. 1 (March 2015): 81, accessed August 1, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1086/679411.

Shortened note:

4. Narr and Krist, “Host Diet,” 88–89.


Magazine or Newspaper Articles

Newspapers and magazines are usually cited by date only, not volume/issue number. They also usually do not include inclusive page numbers in the bibliography, as the content may be separated by extra material. 

Print

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper or Magazine. Month Day, Year.

Lepore, Jill. “The Man Who Broke the Music Business.” New Yorker. April 27, 2015.

 

Full note: 

5. Jill Lepore, “The Man Who Broke the Music Business,” New Yorker, April 27, 2015, 59.

Shortened note: 

6. Lepore, "Man Who Broke," 59.

Online

Last name, First name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper or Magazine, Month Day, Year. URL. 

Petrusich, Amanda. "Hayley Williams: Without a Guidebook." New Yorker, February 12, 2023. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/hayley-williams-without-a-guidebook.

 

Full note:

7. Amanda Petrusich, "Hayley Williams: Without a Guidebook," New Yorker, February 12, 2023. 

Shortened note: 

8. Petrusich, "Hayley Williams."

What Is a DOI?

A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is an alphanumeric string that provides a persistent link to content online. It is good practice to try to include a DOI for every citation accessed electronically.