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Chicago/Turabian Citation

How to cite sources using Chicago or Turabian styles

Basic Article Citation

Footnote/Endnote

Author First M. Last Name, "Article Title," Journal Title Issue, number (date): page cited, doi or URL (if online).

Short version: 
Author Last Name, "Article Title (shortened if necessary)," page cited.

Bibliography

Author Last Name, First M. "Article Title." Journal Title Issue, number (date): page range. doi or URL (if online).

Note: if using a URL, write "Retrieved from" before it. 

Example Scholarly Journal Article in Print

Footnote/Endnote

Patrick Wolfe, "Land, Labor, and Difference: Elementary Structures of Race," American Historical Review 106, no. 3 (2001): 890.

Short version:
Wolfe, "Land, Labor, and Difference," 890.

Bibliography

Wolfe, Patrick. "Land, Labor, and Difference: Elementary Structures of Race." American Historical Review 106, no. 3 (2001): 866-905.

Example Scholarly Journal Article Online

Footnote/Endnote

James Naylor, "Socialism for a New Generation: CCF Youth in the Popular Front Era," Canadian Historical Review 94, no. 1 (2013): 62. doi: 10.3138/chr.1164.

Short version:
Naylor, "Socialism for a New Generation," 62.

Bibliography

Naylor, James. "Socialism for a New Generation: CCF Youth in the Popular Front Era." Canadian Historical Review 94, no. 1 (2013): 55-79doi: 10.3138/chr.1164.

Example Magazine or Newspaper Article in Print

Magazine and newspaper articles usually do not include volume and issue information and instead emphasize the date.

Footnote/Endnote

Lerone Bennett Jr., "Why Black History is Important to You," Ebony, February 1982, 62.

Short version:
Bennett Jr., "Why Black History is Important to You," 62. 

Bibliography

Bennett Jr., Lerone. "Why Black History is Important to You." Ebony. February1982, 61-66.

Example Magazine or Newspaper Article Online

Footnote/Endnote

Andrew Curry, "The Mummy Diaries," Discovery, July 2008, 65. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32580475&site=ehost-live

Short version:
Curry, "The Mummy Diaries," 65.

Bibliography

Curry, Andrew. "The Mummy Diaries." Discovery. July 2008, 58-65. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32580475&site=ehost-live