Chicago style for notes and bibliographic entries

For easy reference, the following examples demonstrate how to format both notes and bibliographic entries according to Chicago style.

BOOKS
1. One author
2. Multiple authors
3. Corporate or group author
4. Unknown author
5. Editor
6. Selection in an anthology or chapter in a book with an editor
7. Edition other than the first
8. Multivolume work
9. Reference work
PERIODICALS
10. Article in a journal
11. Article in a magazine
12. Article in a newspaper
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
13. Article from a database
14. Article in an electronic journal
15. Article in an online magazine
16. Work from a Web site
17. Entry in a Web log (blog)
18. Online book
19. Email and other personal communication
OTHER SOURCES
20. Published or broadcast interview
21. Podcast
22. Video or DVD
23. CD-ROM
24. Pamphlet, report, or brochure
25. Government publication

Books
1. ONE AUTHOR

     1. James S. Hirsch, Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002), 119.

Hirsch, James S. Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy.
     Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

2. MULTIPLE AUTHORS

     2. Margaret Macmillan and Richard Holbrooke, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World (New York: Random House, 2003), 384.

Macmillan, Margaret, and Richard Holbrooke. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed
     the World. New York: Random House, 2003.

When there are more than three authors, you may list the first author followed by et al. or and others in the note. In the bibliography, however, list all the authors’ names.

     2. Stephen J. Blank and others, Conflict, Culture, and History: Regional
Dimensions
(Miami: University Press of the Pacific, 2002), 276.

Blank, Stephen J., Lawrence E. Grinter, Karl P. Magyar, Lewis B. Ware, and Bynum
     E. Weathers. Conflict, Culture, and History: Regional Dimensions. Miami:
     University Press of the Pacific, 2002.

3. CORPORATE OR GROUP AUTHOR

     3. World Intellectual Property Organization, Intellectual Property Profile of
the Least Developed Countries
(Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization,
2002), 43.

World Intellectual Property Organization. Intellectual Property Profile of the Least
     Developed Countries
. Geneva: World Intellectual Property Organization, 2002.

4. UNKNOWN AUTHOR

     4. Broad Stripes and Bright Stars (Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2002), 10.

     Broad Stripes and Bright Stars. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2002.

5. EDITOR

     5. James H. Fetzer, ed., The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception
in the Death of JFK
(Chicago: Open Court, 2003), 56.

Fetzer, James H., ed. The Great Zapruder Film Hoax: Deceit and Deception in the
     Death of JFK
. Chicago: Open Court, 2003.

6. SELECTION IN AN ANTHOLOGY OR CHAPTER IN A BOOK WITH AN EDITOR

     6. Denise Little, “Born in Blood,” in Alternate Gettysburgs, ed. Brian Thomsen and Martin H. Greenberg (New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2002), 245.

Little, Denise. “Born in Blood.” In Alternate Gettysburgs, edited by Brian Thomsen
     and Martin H. Greenberg, 242–55. New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 2002.

7. EDITION OTHER THAN THE FIRST

     7. Charles G. Beaudette, Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed,
2nd ed. (South Bristol, ME: Oak Grove Press, 2002), 313.

Beaudette, Charles G. Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed. 2nd ed.
     South Bristol, ME: Oak Grove Press, 2002.

8. MULTIVOLUME WORK

     8. John Watson, Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time, vol. 2 (Washington, DC: Ross & Perry, 2003), 514.

Watson, John. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time. Vol. 2.
     Washington, DC: Ross & Perry, 2003.

9. REFERENCE WORK

Cite well-known reference works in your notes, but do not list them in your bibliography. Use s.v., the abbreviation for the Latin sub verbo (“under the word”) to help your reader find the entry.

9. Encarta World Dictionary, s.v. “carpetbagger.”

Periodicals

10. ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL

     10. Karin Lützen, “The Female World: Viewed from Denmark,” Journal of
Women’s History
12, no. 3 (2000): 36.

Lützen, Karin. “The Female World: Viewed from Denmark.” Journal of Women’s
     History
12, no. 3 (2000): 34–38.

11. ARTICLE IN A MAGAZINE

     11. Douglas Brinkley and Anne Brinkley, “Lawyers and Lizard-Heads,” Atlantic
Monthly
, May 2002, 56.

Brinkley, Douglas, and Anne Brinkley. “Lawyers and Lizard-Heads.” Atlantic
     Monthly
, May 2002, 55–61.

12. ARTICLE IN A NEWSPAPER

     12. Caroline E. Mayer, “Wireless Industry to Adopt Voluntary Standards,”
Washington Post, September 9, 2003, sec. E.

Mayer, Caroline E. “Wireless Industry to Adopt Voluntary Standards.” Washington
     Post
, September 9, 2003, sec. E.

Electronic sources

13. ARTICLE FROM A DATABASE

     13. Peter DeMarco, “Holocaust Survivors Lend Voice to History,” Boston Globe,
November 2, 2003, http://www.lexisnexis.com (accessed November 19, 2003).

DeMarco, Peter. “Holocaust Survivors Lend Voice to History.” Boston Globe,
     November 2, 2003. http://www.lexisnexis.com (accessed November 19, 2003).

14. ARTICLE IN AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL

     14. Damian Bracken, “Rationalism and the Bible in Seventh-Century Ireland,”
Chronicon 2 (1998), http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/bracfra.htm (accessed November 1,
2005).

Bracken, Damian. “Rationalism and the Bible in Seventh-Century Ireland.”
     Chronicon 2 (1998). http://www.ucc.ie/chronicon/bracfra.htm (accessed
     November 1, 2005).

15. ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE MAGAZINE

     15. Kim Iskyan, “Putin’s Next Power Play,” Slate, November 4, 2003,
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090745 (accessed November 7, 2005).

Iskyan, Kim. “Putin’s Next Power Play.” Slate, November 4, 2003.
     http://slate.msn.com/id/2090745 (accessed November 7, 2005).

16. WORK FROM A WEB SITE

The source map on pp. 294-95 shows where to find important information for a typical work from a Web site.

     16. Rutgers University, “Picture Gallery,” The Rutgers Oral History Archives of
World War II
, http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm (accessed
November 7, 2007).

Rutgers University. “Picture Gallery.” The Rutgers Oral History Archives of World
     War II
. http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm (accessed
     November 7, 2007).

17. ENTRY IN A WEB LOG (BLOG)

     17. Josh Marshall, “Neologism Watch,” Talking Points Memo,
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/182621.php.

Marshall, Josh. “Neologism Watch.” Talking Points Memo.
     http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/182621.php.

18. ONLINE BOOK

     18. Janja Bec, The Shattering of the Soul (Los Angeles: Simon Wiesenthal
Center, 1997), http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/resources/books/shatteringsoul/
index.html (accessed December 2, 2007).

Bec, Janja. The Shattering of the Soul. Los Angeles: Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1997.
     http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/resources/books/shatteringsoul/index.html
     (accessed December 2, 2007).

19. EMAIL AND OTHER PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Cite email messages and other personal communications (letters, text messages, postings on social networking sites such as Facebook, telephone calls, and so on) in the text or in a note. Do not cite personal communications in the bibliography.

19. Kareem Adas, e-mail message to author, February 11, 2008.

Other sources

20. PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST INTERVIEW

     20. Warren Buffett, interview by Charlie Rose, The Charlie Rose Show, PBS,
June 26, 2006.

Buffett, Warren. Interview by Charlie Rose. The Charlie Rose Show. PBS, June 26, 2006.

Interviews you conduct are personal communications (see model 19).

21. PODCAST

Treat a podcast like a work from a Web site, and include as much of the following information as you can find: the author (or speaker); the title of the podcast; the title of the site on which it appears; the site sponsor; and the URL.

     21. Kelly O’Brien, “Developing Countries,” KUSP’s Life in the Fast Lane,
Central Coast Public Radio, http://www.kusp.org/shows/fast.html.

O’Brien, Kelly. “Developing Countries.” KUSP’s Life in the Fast Lane. Central Coast
     Public Radio. http://www.kusp.org/shows/fast.html.

22. VIDEO OR DVD

     22. Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker, The Great Debaters, DVD,
directed by Denzel Washington (2007; Los Angeles: MGM, 2008).

Washington, Denzel, and Forest Whitaker. The Great Debaters. DVD. Directed by
     Denzel Washington, 2007. Los Angeles: MGM, 2008.

23. CD-ROM

     23. The Civil War, CD-ROM (Fogware, 2000).

The Civil War. CD-ROM. Fogware, 2000.

24. PAMPHLET, REPORT, OR BROCHURE

Information about the author or publisher may not be readily available, but give enough information to identify your source.

     24. Jamie McCarthy, Who Is David Irving? (San Antonio, TX: Holocaust
History Project, 1998).

McCarthy, Jamie. Who Is David Irving? San Antonio, TX: Holocaust History Project,
     1998.

25. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION

     25. U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Report on Trade Mission to
Sub-Saharan Africa
, 108th Cong., 1st sess. (Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 2003), 28.

U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. Report on Trade Mission to
     Sub-Saharan Africa
. 108th Cong., 1st sess. Washington, DC: U.S.
     Government Printing Office, 2003.