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Citation Styles Playbook

The purpose of this playbook is to help you cite the sources used in your academic research.

Articles [Notes & Biblio.]

Article in a print journal

*List the specific page numbers consulted; in the bibliography, list the page range for the entire article.

FIRST NOTEAuthor's first & last names, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume number (Year): page number.

  • Joshua I. Weinstein, “The Market in Plato’s Republic,” Classical Philology 104 (2009): 440.
SUBSEQUENT NOTESAuthor's last name, "Article Title," page numbers.
  • Weinstein, “Plato’s Republic,” 452–53.

BIBLIOGRAPHYAuthor's last name, first name. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume number (Year): page range.

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

*For more information, see Chicago Manual of Style sections 14.168-187

Article in an online journal

*Include a DOI (digital object identifier) if the journal lists one. If no DOI is available, list a URL. Only include an access date if required by your instructor.

FIRST NOTE: Author's first & last names, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume number (Year): page number, accessed date, DOI or URL.

  • Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 411, accessed February 28, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1086/599247.
SUBSEQUENT NOTES: Author's last name, "Article Title," page number.
  • Kossinets and Watts, “Origins of Homophily,” 439.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume number (Year): page range. Accessed date. DOI or URL.
  •  Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.
*Chicago Manual of Style section 14.175, sections 14.168-187
Article in a database

*Include a DOI, URL or the name of the database. Only use the URL 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. See below for examples.

FIRST NOTE: Author's first & last names, "Article Title," Journal Title Volume number (Date/Year): page numbers. DOI or Database Name (Identification number) or permanent URL.

  • Beth Daley, "A Tale of a Whale: Scientists, Museum are Eager to Study, Display Rare Creature," Boston Globe, 3rd ed., (June 11, 2002). LexisNexis Academic.
  • William Maiben, "A Tombeau for John Lennon, 1940-1980," Perspectives of New Music 19, nos. 1/2 (Autumn 1980-Summer 1981): 533. http://www.jstor.org/stable/832614.
  • David H. Howard, "Hospital Quality and Selective Contracting: Evidence from Kidney Transplantation," Forum for Health Economics and Policy 11, no. 2 (2008). PubMed Central (PMC2600561).
  • Peter LaSalle, “Conundrum: A Story about Reading,” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95, Project MUSE.
SUBSEQUENT NOTES: Author's last name, "Article Title," page numbers.
  • Daley, "Tale of a Whale."
  • Maiben, "Tombeau for John Lennon," 533.
  • Howard, "Hospital Quality," 14.
  • LaSalle, “Conundrum,” 101.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Journal Title Volume number (Date/Year). DOI or Database Name (Identification number) or permanent URL.
  • Daley, Beth. "A Tale of a Whale: Scientists, Museum are Eager to Study, Display Rare Creature." Boston Globe, 3rd ed., (June 11, 2002). LexisNexis Academic.
  • Howard, David H. "Hospital Quality and Selective Contracting: Evidence from Kidney Transplantation." Forum for Health Economics and Policy 11, no. 2 (2008). PubMed Central (PMC2600561).
  • LaSalle, Peter. “Conundrum: A Story about Reading.” New England Review 38, no. 1 (2017): 95–109. Project MUSE.
  • Maiben, William. "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.

EXAMPLE FROM THE WOMEN AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS DATABASE

FIRST NOTE

Ernestine L. Rose, “Letter from Ernestine L. Rose to Susan B. Anthony, July 4, 1876,” in History of Women Suffrage, Vol. 3: 1876-1885, ed. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Cage (Rochester: Privately Published, 1886), 50-51.

SUBSEQUENT NOTES

Rose, “Letter from Ernestine L. Rose to Susan B. Anthony, July 4, 1876,” 50-51.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rose, Ernestine L. “Letter from Ernestine L. Rose to Susan B. Anthony, July 4, 1876.” In History of Women Suffrage, Vol. 3: 1876-1885, edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Cage, 50-51. Rochester: Privately Published, 1886.

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 14.168-187

Article in a popular magazine or newspaper

*Newspaper and magazine articles may be cited in running text (“As Sheryl Stolberg noted in a New York Times article on February 27, 2010, . . .”) instead of in a note, and they are commonly omitted from a bibliography. The following examples show the more formal versions of the citations. If you consulted the article online, include a URL; include an access date only if your instructor requires one. If no author is identified, begin the citation with the article title.

FIRST NOTE: Author's first & last names, "Article Title," Magazine or Newspaper Title, Date, page number, accessed date, URL, if applicable.

  • Daniel Mendelsohn, “But Enough about Me,” New Yorker, January 25, 2010, 68.
  • Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Robert Pear, “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote,” New York Times, February 27, 2010, accessed February 28, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

SUBSEQUENT NOTES: Author's last name, "Article Title," page numbers.

  • Mendelsohn, “But Enough about Me,” 69.
  • Stolberg and Pear, “Wary Centrists.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Magazine or Newspaper Title, Date. Accessed date. URL, if applicable.

  •  Mendelsohn, Daniel. “But Enough about Me.” New Yorker, January 25, 2010.
  • Stolberg, Sheryl Gay, and Robert Pear. “Wary Centrists Posing Challenge in Health Care Vote.” New York Times, February 27, 2010. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/us/politics/28health.html.

*Chicago Manual of Style sections 14.188-200

Book Review

FIRST NOTE: Author's first & last names, "Article Title," review of Book Title, by book author's first & last names, Magazine or Newspaper Title, Date, Section, URL, if applicable.

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

SUBSEQUENT NOTES: Author's last name, "Article Title."

  • Kamp, “Deconstructing Dinner.”

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Author's last name, first name. "Article Title." Review of Book Title, by book author's first & last names. Magazine or Newspaper Title, Date, Section. URL, if applicable.

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

*Chicago Manual of Style section 14.202