Chicago Style: Digital

Article from a Library Database

        ¹Barbara Welter, "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860," American Quarterly 18, no. 2 (1966): 156, http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed August 8, 2009).

Welter, Barbara. "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860." American Quarterly 18, no. 2
        (1966); 151-74. http://www.jstor.org/ (accessed August 8, 2009). 

 Article Published on the Web (with no page numbers)

        ²Rebecca L. Davis, " 'Not Marriage at All but Simple Harlotry': the Companionate Marriage Controversy," Journal of American History 94, no. 4 (2008), under "The Bull
Mouse Takes on Modern Marriage," http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/94.4/davis.html (accessed September 24, 2009).

 Davis, Rebecca L. " 'Not Marriage at All but Simple Harlotry': the Companionate
        Marriage Controversy." Journal of American History 94, no. 4
       (2008).http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/94.4/davis.html
       (accessed September 24, 2009).

Please note:  Turabian and Chicago require that the stable URL for the article in a library database be included. 

Popular Magazine Article from a Library Database

        ²Thomas P. Lowry, "The Army's Licensed Prostitutes," Civil War Times Illustrated, December 2002, 30. http://search.ebscohost.com/ (accessed September 10, 2009).

Lowry, Thomas P. "The Army's Licensed Prostitutes." Civil War Times Illustrated,
          December 2002, 21-35.http://: 30. http://search.ebscohost.com/ (accessed
          September 10, 2009).

Please note: Turabian and Chicago require that the stable URL for the article in a library database be included. 

Entire Website with No Known Author

         ¹U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service, Women's Rights National Historical Park, http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm (accessed July 14, 2009).

U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. Women’s Rights National
         Historical Park. http://www.nps.gov/wori/index.htm (accessed July 14 2009).

Please note:  When no author is apparent, use the producer of the website, as above.

Section of a Website - No Publisher

         ²Catherine Lavender, "Making It Their Own: Women in the West," WestWeb, http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/women.html (accessed July 14, 2009).

Lavender, Catherine. "Making It Their Own: Women in the West.” WestWeb.
          http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/women.html (accessed July
          14, 2009). 

From a Library Database

          ¹Reed Albergotti, "The Dunk That Made History," Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2009, http://search.ebscohost.com (accessed July 15, 2009).

Albergotti, Reed. “The Dunk That Made History.” Wall Street Journal, March 20,
           2009, Eastern edition, section W5. http://search.ebscohost.com (accessed
           July 15, 2009).
         

From the Web

          ¹Peter Baker and Jeff Zeleny, "Obama Hails Judge As Inspiring," New York Times, May 26, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com (accessed July 20, 2009).

Baker, Peter, and Jeff Zeleny. “Obama Hails Judge As Inspiring.” New York Times,
           May 26, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com (accessed July 20, 2009).          

          ²Jonathan Fildes, "US Relaxes Grip on the Internet," BBC News, September 30, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm (accessed October 1, 2009).

Fildes, Jonathan. "US Relaxes Grip on the Internet." BBC News, September 30, 2009,
          http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8283310.stm (accessed October 1, 2009).

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.  Chcago 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.