Chicago Style: Print

With One Author

          ¹Martha Elizabeth Hodes, The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of
Love, Race,and War in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Norton,
2006), 35.

Hodes, Martha Elizabeth. The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Love, Race, and
         War in the Nineteenth-Century. New York: Norton, 2006.

 
With Two or Three Authors

        ²Linda S. Peavy and Ursula Smith. Women in Waiting in the Western
Movement: Life on the Home Frontier (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1994), 145.

Peavy, Linda S. and Ursula Smith. Women in Waiting in the Western Movement:
          Life on the Home Frontier. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
         1994.

With More Than Three Authors

         ³Phyllis L. Brodsky et al., The Control of Childbirth: Women Versus Medicine
Through the Ages (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008), 208.

Brodsky, Phyllis L., Mary Smith, Jane Doe, and Agnes McCloskey. The
         Control of Childbirth: Women Versus Medicine Through the Ages.
         Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008.

Please note: If the work has more than thee authors, you may use et al. in the footnote, but all authors must be listed in the Bibliography.

With an Editor & Edition Statement

         ¹Michael Gordon, ed., The American Family in Social-Historical
Perspective, 2nd ed. (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1978), 245. 

Gordon, Michael, ed. The American Family in Social-Historical Perspective.
          2nd ed. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1978.

Rules for Place of Publication

If there are two or more cities listed for the publisher, list only the first.

If the city of publication might be unknown to the readers or it might be confused with another city of the same name, include the abbreviation of the state. For example:

            Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

When the publisher’s name includes the state name, no state abbreviation is needed. For example:

            Laramie: University of Wyoming Press

If there is no place of publication, you may use: N.d.

If there is no date, you may use: n.d.

You may use abbreviations, such as Inc., Ltd., and Co.

Journal Article

With an Author

        ¹Smith, John, “Women Gather for Education,” Helena (MT) Independent,

December 4, 1889.

 Without an Author

       ²“Montana: Same Sex Parental Rights,” New York Times, October 1, 2008,

late edition, sec. A. 

Please note:  An individual newspaper is typically not listed in your bibliography unless you refer to it often or it is central to your argument.  If you do list an article in your bibliography, it should look like this:

Smith, John. “Women Gather for Education.” Helena (MT) Independent,

         December 4, 1889.

Article Published Monthly

          ¹Amy B. Barsanti, “A Collage of Western Women,” OAH

Magazine of History, November 2005, 42.

Barsanti, Amy B. “A Collage of Western Women.” OAH Magazine of History,

November 2005, 41-43.

Article Published Weekly

           ²Sonya Jason, “From Gunpowder Girl to Working Woman,” Newsweek,

February 23, 2004, 20.

Jason, Sonya. “From Gunpowder Girl to Working Woman.” Newsweek,

February 23, 2004, 20-21.

Article Without an Author

          ³ “Celebrate Women’s History Month,” Reading Today,

 February 2007, 48.

"Celebrate Women's History Month." Reading Today, February 2007,

          48.

Follow the style guide – ALWAYS.  This is not time to be creative.  Don’t agonize about why the guide tells you to do something, just do it!

Be consistent.  If the style guide says to use italics for the title of the book or journal (and Chicago does) use italics ALWAYS.

Don’t mix style guides.  Chicago and MLA cannot be used simultaneously in a paper.  Choose one and stick to it.

If you don’t know how to cite a particular source, look it up.  The style guide has thought of nearly every type of source.

Print off the citation of the source you consulted, when you consult it. Don’t say, “I’ll do it later,” or “I am not sure I want to use this source, I’ll go back to it if I do.”  Going back later without the citation is often impossible.

With these style guides you can choose to use either footnotes or endnotes.  Always ask your instructor if s/he prefers one or the other. 

Place a raised number, called a superscript at the end of the last word of a quotation, paraphrase, or summary.  This number corresponds to the numbered note that provides citation information about your source. 

If you place the notes at the bottom of the page, they are called Footnotes.  Notes placed at the end of the paper are called Endnotes.  The notes are numbered consecutively.

Word processing programs have features that number and create footnote and endnotes within your paper.  You will still need to check the formatting of each individual citation to make sure it agrees with the style guide.

No matter which method you choose, you will also need to have a Bibliography at the end of your paper.