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Chicago Examples

Book

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1. First Name Last Name, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), page number.

1. Harriet Murav, Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011), 219-220.

Bib:        

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Location: Publisher, Year.

Murav, Harriet. Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-revolution Russia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2011.

Chapter of a Book

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2. First Name Last Name and First Name Last Name, “Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter,” in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book (Location: Publisher, Year), page range.

2. Susan Greenhalgh, “Strengthening China’s Party-State and Place in the World,” in Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010), 82.

Bib: 

Last Name, First Name and First Name Last Name. “Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter.” In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, page range. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010.

Greenhalgh, Susan. “Strengthening China’s Party-State and Place in the World.” In Cultivating Global Citizens: Population in the Rise of China, 79-114. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010.

Journal Article

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14. First Name Last Name, “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Title of Journal volume, number (year): page range, accessed Date, website accessed.

14. Saskia E. Wieringa, “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia,” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-86, accessed February 15, 2012, http://dx/doi/org/10.1086/658500.

Bib:        

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Title of Journal volume, number (year): page range. Date accessed. Website.

Wieringa, Saskia E. “Portrait of a Women’s Marriage: Navigating between Lesbophobia and Islamophobia.” Signs 36, no. 4 (Summer 2011): 785-93. Accessed February 15, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/658500.

Magazine/Newspaper Article

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8. First Name Last Name, “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article,” Periodical Title, date published, page ##. website (if necessary).

8. Robin Black, “President Obama: Why Don’t You Read More Women?,” Salon, August 24, 2011. http://www.salon.com/books/writing/index.html?story=/books/feature/2011/08/24/obama_summer_reading.

Bib:         

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle of Article.” Periodical Title, date published. URL.

Black, Robin. “President Obama: Why Don’t You Read More Women?” Salon, August 24, 2011. http://www.salon.com/books/writing/index.html?story=/books/feature/2011/08/24/obama_summer_reading.

Website/Webpage

With Author

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6. First Name Last Name, “Title of Webpage,” Title of Website, Publishing Organization, date published/last modified, date accessed if no other date is available, website.

6. Susannah Brooks, “Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads,” University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 1, 2011, http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.

Bib:           

Last Name, First Name. “Title of Webpage.” Title of Website, Date Published/Last Modified. Date Accessed if no other date available. Website.

Brooks, Susannah. “Longtime Library Director Reflects on a Career at the Crossroads.” University of Wisconsin-Madison News, September 1, 2011. http://www.news.wisc.edu/19704.

No Author

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11. “Title of Webpage,” Title of Website, date published/last modified, date accessed if no other date available, website.

11. “Toy Safety,” McDonald’s Canada, accessed November 20, 2011, http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.

Bib:         

“Title of Webpage.” Title of Website. Date Published/Last Modified. Date Accessed if no other date available. Website.

“Toy Safety.” McDonald’s Canada. Last modified November 20, 2011. http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/community/toysafety.aspx.

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