Citation Styles Playbook

*In the note, list the specific page numbers consulted; on the reference page, list the page range for the entire article.

• (Weinstein 2009, 440)

•  Weinstein, Joshua I. 2009. “The Market in Plato’s Republic.” Classical Philology 104:439–58.

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 15.9, 15.46

*Include a DOI (digital object identifier) if the journal has one. If no DOI is available, list a URL. Only include an access date if you are required to do so.

IN-TEXT CITATION: (Author's last name Year, page number)

• (Kossinets and Watts 2009, 411)

REFERENCE LIST: Author's last name, first name. Date. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume number: page range. Accessed date. DOI or URL.

• Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. 2009. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115:405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 15.9, 15.46

*Include a DOI, URL, or the name of the database. Use the URL only if the database includes a recommended stable or persistent form; otherwise, include the name of the database and in parentheses, any identification number provided with the source. For items that do not include a publication or revision date, include an access date.

IN-TEXT CITATION: (Author's last name Year, page numbers)

• (Daley 2002)
• (Maiben 1980-1981, 533)
• (Howard 2008, 14)

REFERENCE LIST: Author's last name, first name. Year. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume number (Month Day): page range. DOI or Database Name (Identification number) or permanent URL.

• Daley, Beth. 2002. "A Tale of a Whale: Scientists, Museum are Eager to Study, Display Rare Creature." Boston Globe, 3rd ed., (June 11). LexisNexis Academic.
• Maiben, William. 1980-1981. "A Tombeau for John Lennon, 1940-1980." Perspectives of New Music 19, nos. 1/2 (Autumn 1980-Summer 1981). http://www.jstor.org/stable/832614.
• Howard, David H. 2008. "Hospital Quality and Selective Contracting: Evidence from Kidney Transplantation." Forum for Health Economics and Policy 11, no. 2. PubMed Central (PMC2600561).

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 15.9, 15.46

*Newspaper and magazine articles may be cited in running text (“As Oliver Whang noted in a New York Times article on January 25, 2023, . . .”) instead of in a note, and they are commonly omitted from a reference list entry. The following example shows the more formal version of the citations. If you consulted the article online, include a URL; include an access date only if you are required to do so. If no author is identified, begin the citation with the article title. 

IN-TEXT CITATION: (Author's last name Year, page number)

• (Mendelsohn 2010, 68)
• (Whang 2023)

REFERENCE LIST: Author's last name, first name. Year. "Article Title." Magazine or Newspaper Title, Month Day. Accessed date. URL.

• Mendelsohn, Daniel. 2010. “But Enough about Me.” New Yorker, January 25.
• Whang, Oliver. 2023. "A New View of the Most Explosive Moon in the Solar System." New York Times. January 25, 2023. Accessed January 25, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/science/io-volcano-eruption.html.

*Chicago Manual of Style section 15.9, 15.49

IN-TEXT CITATION: (Author's last name Year)

• (Kamp 2006)

REFERENCE LIST: Author's last name, first name. Year. "Article Title." Review of Book Title, by book author's first & last names. Magazine or Newspaper Title, Month Day, Section. URL, if applicable.

• Kamp, David. 2006. “Deconstructing Dinner.” Review of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan. New York Times, April 23, Sunday Book Review. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/books/review/23kamp.html.

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 15.9 and 14.201-14.204